Nova Southeastern University

Faculty pages lean on clinicians with long healthcare careers and personalized student support rather than a classic hospital preceptor pool. Next door, HCA Florida University Hospital operates a multi-specialty tower with all-private rooms, and the grounds around you are mid-build: an Academical Village with healthcare and residential space, an ALS center, and a dining-hall expansion. Day to day you are inside a large university employer (roughly a thousand to five thousand people campus-wide), not a standalone bedside unit with a posted ratio board. Florida’s lack of state income tax and compact-license status make the move simpler on paper; many nurses settle a bit inland in places like Plantation, Tamarac, or Lauderhill to keep rent workable while staying near campus. Employee voices land in the middle: about 3.8 out of 5 across hundreds of ratings, roughly six in ten willing to recommend the place. One reviewer praised the flexible, technology-driven, individualized feel; another—a former professor—said leadership jobs go by connections. In 2025, unionized janitors and landscapers authorized a strike over wages, so the labor picture on campus is mixed even if your own role is academic.

Community engagement is a stated institutional mark (2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, alongside highest-level research and opportunity classifications). College of Nursing messaging focuses on preparing graduates for Florida’s projected nursing shortfall.