Carondelet Health Network

On the floor that can mean Telemetry nights as a new graduate, Pre-Op at St. Joseph's, or deeper specialty work at St. Mary's Heart & Vascular Institute, the private-bed ER, stroke care, hyperbaric wound healing, orthopedics, bariatrics, or obstetrics. If you are new, the Novice RN Resident path runs a full year: you are paired with a preceptor for roughly 8–12 weeks of unit orientation (longer in specialty areas), with residency sessions twice a month at first and mentoring that continues through year one. Full-time schedules are typically 72–80 hours a pay period on 12-hour shifts, days, nights, or variable, with weekends by unit need. Listed sign-on reaches up to $10,000 for eligible Pre-Op RNs and up to $5,000 for eligible new-grad Telemetry, and the benefits slate includes medical/dental/vision/life, 401(k) match, PTO, tuition reimbursement, and continuing education. Hold the other side of the picture too. Nurses on Glassdoor rate the network around 3.1 across roughly 127 reviews, and only about 28% say they would recommend it. People often praise coworker support and still name understaffing, pay that feels low for the market, and frustration with senior leadership. You weigh whether the residency structure, specialty depth, and Tucson base fit the kind of nurse you want to become.