Gundersen Health System

Health system employer · Based in Spring Grove, MN

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11
open roles, live count: $66k–$81k/yr
posted pay across 7 roles: 4.3
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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Shifts hiring now: Days 7 · Nights 1 · Rotating 1

Benefits

Total rewards framing for nurses includes generous PTO, flexible scheduling, comprehensive medical for employee and family, tuition reimbursement, nursing scholarships, and shift/weekend/holiday differentials on ICU roles; ICU sign-on up to $2,500 where posted.

What stands out

New graduates
If you have under one year of patient care experience, you auto-enroll in the 12-month Transition to Practice residency with six core sessions, simulation, and small groups.
As of 2025Source 1: gundersenhealth.org Source 2: gundersenhealth.org
Experienced nurses
ICU RN starting pay is listed at $38.96/hr and up by years of experience in La Crosse critical care, with shift, weekend, and holiday differentials plus a sign-on bonus up to $2,500.
As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
Experienced nurses
Nursing careers here span more than 30 specialty areas across surgical, emergency, inpatient, ambulatory, and outpatient settings, with a Career Development Center for mapping your next step.
As of 2025Source: gundersenhealth.org
Moving here
Clinic schedules run as 8-hour days with no weekends, holidays, or on-call, and the system cites flexible scheduling and generous PTO for nurses.
As of 2025Source 1: credenzahealth.com Source 2: gundersenhealth.org

More about working here

New graduates
Tuition reimbursement and nursing scholarships are available, and an internal Career Development Center supports career mapping.
As of 2025Source: gundersenhealth.org
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic inside a non-profit integrated system headquartered in La Crosse that lists Spring Grove Clinic among its Minnesota locations.
From employer postingsAs of 2025Source 1: en.wikipedia.org Source 2: gundersenhealth.org Source 3: gundersenhealth.org Source 4: glassdoor.com
Moving here
Gundersen is unifying with Bellin Health as Emplify Health while keeping comprehensive primary and specialty care across Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.
As of 2025Source 1: gundersenhealth.org Source 2: en.wikipedia.org Source 3: gundersenhealth.org Source 4: gundersenhealth.org Source 5: glassdoor.com

Working conditions

Charting system: Epic; From employer postings
Scheduling: ICU example: 12-hr day/night rotation or straight nights, every 3rd weekend/holiday; clinic example: 8-hr days, no weekends/holidays/on-call; flexible scheduling and generous PTO cited for nurses.; As of 2025Source 1: credenzahealth.com Source 2: gundersenhealth.org
Pay and benefits: ICU RN starting pay $38.96/hr and up based on years of experience, La Crosse WI Critical Care; As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
Pay and benefits: Generous shift/weekend/holiday differentials for ICU RNs, La Crosse WI; As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com
Pay and benefits: Sign-on bonus of up to $2,500 based on experience for ICU RN, La Crosse WI; As of 2025Source: credenzahealth.com

Starting out and growing here

Nurse residency: Transition to Practice nursing residency; As of 2025Source 1: gundersenhealth.org Source 2: gundersenhealth.org
Preceptors and orientation: APRN students work with passionate preceptors in acute, primary, specialty, teaching hospital, clinics, and rural settings.; As of 2025Source: gundersenhealth.org
Career development: Nursing internship, Transition to Practice residency, orientation, Career Development Center, leadership paths; research and nursing councils.; As of 2025Source: gundersenhealth.org
Tuition support: Tuition reimbursement and nursing scholarships available; internal Career Development Center supports career mapping.; As of 2025Source: gundersenhealth.org

The city

Living in La Crosse, WI

Nestled along the Mississippi River and framed by dramatic bluffs, La Crosse blends small-town warmth with college-town energy. Nurses relocating here will find riverfront trails, a compact downtown with local breweries, and year-round outdoor recreation in Wisconsin's scenic driftless region.

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Metro price level · La Crosse area: 8% below the national average; BEA index 91.8 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,010/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $55,866/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

You are looking at Gundersen Health System through its Spring Grove, Minnesota clinic—one site in a non-profit integrated network headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin, serving communities across Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.

Hiring days & nights & rotating

More about Gundersen Health System

The flagship teaching hospital runs about 325 beds as a Level II trauma center; nursing careers across the system cover more than 30 specialty areas from surgical and emergency to inpatient, ambulatory, and outpatient work. You chart in Epic. If you are new to practice, the Transition to Practice residency auto-enrolls RNs with less than one year of patient care experience into a 12-month path with six core sessions, simulation, and small groups. Tuition reimbursement, nursing scholarships, and an internal Career Development Center sit alongside internship, orientation, councils, and leadership paths. Clinic schedules can look like straight 8-hour days without weekends, holidays, or on-call; ICU postings in La Crosse describe 12-hour day/night rotation or straight nights with every third weekend and holiday. Flexible scheduling and generous PTO are part of how nursing benefits are framed, along with comprehensive medical for you and your family. Pay figures on record are for La Crosse critical care: ICU RN starting pay at $38.96/hr and up by experience, with shift/weekend/holiday differentials and a sign-on bonus up to $2,500. The system is unifying with Bellin Health under the Emplify Health name while keeping primary and specialty care. Glassdoor sits near 3.9/5 across a few hundred reviews; the honest gap is that work-life and compensation land only in the mid-3s there, and allnurses scores the system a Fair 40/100 NurseScore.

Mission framing emphasizes relentless caring, learning, and innovating.

Working here

Culture and working life

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Themes from public reviews

Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.

Overall employee rating: About 3.9/5 from 362 reviews; roughly 77% would recommend; CEO approval near 76%; work-life and comp around mid-3s.; As of 2025Source 1: glassdoor.com Source 2: glassdoor.com
Flexibility for students: Long-tenured patient attendant said they were treated well and allowed part-time work through undergrad and grad school.; As of 2024-01-11Source: glassdoor.com

What to weigh

On allnurses the system’s average NurseScore is 40/100 (Fair), and Glassdoor work-life and compensation ratings sit only in the mid-3s.

As of 2026 · 2025Source 1: allnurses.com Source 2: glassdoor.com Source 3: glassdoor.com

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Umbrella organization
Roles last seen active: Sep 4, 2026
Website: gundersenhealth.org ↗

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