HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

Community Hospital · Gainesville, Florida 32605

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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Community Hospital
Shifts hiring now: Days 1 · Nights 1

Benefits

Employees cite good benefits and ample time off; free cafeteria food is mentioned. Pay and raise growth draw more criticism than the benefit package itself.

The city

Living in Gainesville, FL

Gainesville is a lively north-central Florida college town built around the University of Florida, offering nurses a mix of academic energy, abundant parks, and relatively easy commutes. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy nearby Paynes Prairie Preserve, while a growing healthcare sector anchors steady RN demand in a mid-size city with a youthful, outdoorsy vibe.

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Metro price level · Gainesville area: 96.7; 3% below the national average
Median gross rent: $1,296/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities

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Who they are

You would be joining a 523-bed full-service hospital on W Newberry Road in Gainesville, a short drive from the University of Florida campus, that has cared for North Central Florida since 1973. Days here run through EPIC, with units that range from Med-Surg Neuro inside a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center to Labor and Delivery with an anesthesiologist on-site around the clock, plus a Critical Care Float Pool on nights if you want to move between ICUs.

Community Hospital · Gainesville
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More about HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

If you are new to the bedside, the year-long HCA Healthcare Nurse Residency in North Florida is built to carry you from classroom habits into real shifts with mentoring from experienced nurse leaders. Scheduling often mixes rotating weekends; employees call the flexibility a plus, and some mention free cafeteria food. The hospital has taken the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award five years in a row and is a DAISY Award partner — ICU RN Corey Cruce is one name on that wall. Pay is the part you should weigh carefully. Nurses on public review sites say base pay sits among the lowest in the area for the workload, overtime and certification incentives feel thin, and annual raises can be tiny or missing even after strong reviews. Third-party staffing figures show about 0.59 RN per bed. Benefits and time off get warmer mentions. Florida has no state income tax, and Gainesville’s cost of living runs a few points under the national average with short average commutes.

Why nurses stay

How they describe the culture

patient-safety focusnew-grad residencylean staffingflexible schedulingDAISY recognitionstroke-center acuitymixed reviews on paybedside mentoring

What nurses say in reviews

Glassdoor shows about 2.9/5 from 155 ratings with roughly 24% willing to recommend and 48% CEO approval; Indeed shows about 3.6/5 from 267 reviews (pay/benefits 3.4, work-life 3.4, management 3.3, culture 3.5). Nurses often praise coworkers, learning, purpose, flexible scheduling, ample time off, and free cafeteria food, while criticizing low base pay relative to workload, thin overtime and certification incentives, small or missing raises, and lean RN staffing.

The good

Year-long new-grad nurse residency with mentoring from experienced nurse leaders
Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center with stroke response times nearly half the national average
Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award five consecutive years
DAISY Award partner hospital that publicly recognizes nurses
Flexible scheduling appreciated by employees; EPIC EHR
No state income tax and cost of living about 3% below national

The hard parts

Employees report base pay among the lowest in the area for the workload
Minimal overtime compensation and little pay bump for certifications or extra responsibilities
Annual raises described as missing or very small even after excellent reviews
CMS staffing grade D with 0.59 RN per bed and 4.1 nursing HPPD

“I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.”

A nurse, on why they stayed

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Aug 4, 2026
Website: hcafloridahealthcare.com ↗

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