Florida International University

There the work is concrete: triage, phlebotomy, CLIA-waived labs, minor procedures, patient education, and EHR documentation for students. The center was expanded and renovated to pull clinics together, add teaching space, and open an outdoor garden, with the stated aim of improving how staff work and how students get in the door. Campus medicine is growing around you. FIU and Baptist Health broke ground on a $158M, seven-story academic medical center for outpatient multi-specialty care, imaging, same-day surgery, infusion, and interprofessional training that includes nursing. A separate academic partnership with Nicklaus Children’s is expanding pediatric GME and research in South Florida. FIU’s graduate nursing programs are nationally ranked, and the college leads the university in doctoral degrees produced, with MSN NP, DNP, educator, and certificate routes available. Flexible scheduling shows up often in staff comments, and some describe manageable workloads and decent coworkers. The tradeoff people name plainly is pay that feels low and little room to move up inside departments, even when learning resources are easy to find. Remote-work rules are described as inconsistent. Florida has no state income tax and is a compact-license state; Miami’s overall price level sits roughly 14% above the national average, with housing the main swing factor.

Public research university setting focused on student wellness access, interprofessional training, and expanding on-campus outpatient and academic medicine with partners such as Baptist Health.