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Academic Medical Center · Louisville, Kentucky

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What the day-to-day looks like

Setting
Academic Medical Center

Benefits

Posted cash levers include a $4.25/hour shift differential (4+ hours between 3p–7a), $20/hour weekend incentive on weekend-only roles, and a $3,000 Peace Hospital sign-on for weekend nursing shifts. Broader benefits package details are not in the validated set.

The city

Living in Louisville, KY

Louisville blends Southern charm with Midwestern practicality, offering nurses an affordable Ohio River city known for bourbon heritage, the Kentucky Derby, and a surprisingly vibrant arts scene. The Highlands and NuLu neighborhoods showcase local dining and nightlife, while the city's extensive park system provides easy outdoor access between shifts.

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Who they are

You are looking at night and weekend nursing work inside UofL Health’s Louisville hospitals—Jewish, Mary & Elizabeth, UofL Hospital, and Peace among them. PCU Float roles post a $55/hour base for 7p–7a, part- or full-time, with two or more years of acute care expected.

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Mixed-acuity float sits at the same $55 rate; critical-care float is listed at $57. A $4.25/hour differential applies when you work four or more hours between 3p and 7a, and weekend-only jobs add a $20/hour weekend incentive. Peace Hospital has also posted a $3,000 sign-on tied to weekend nursing shifts. On the unit side, PCU Float is written as facility-level float among PCU units—not a system-wide float pool—so your map of floors stays tighter than a full float team. Scheduling texture in the postings is nights and weekends: 7p–7a part or full time, plus weekend-only tracks. Louisville itself is a compact-license city with a flat ~4% state income tax and a cost of living often described as 5–10% under the national average, with housing as the biggest gap versus places like Nashville or Cincinnati. What you should weigh honestly: UofL Health RN reviews sit around 2.5/5 with only about 30% recommending the employer to a friend, and at least one current RN pointed to management that does not take staff input well.

Why nurses stay

How they describe the culture

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What nurses say in reviews

UofL Health overall sits at about 3.1/5 from roughly 492 ratings, with around 42% willing to recommend. RN-specific reviews average about 2.5/5 with only ~30% recommending across 56 reviews; category scores land near 3.3 for comp/benefits and 3.1 for work-life and career, with business outlook around 20% positive. One current RN BSN review (2023) described poor management and staff input not being heard. Separately, University of Louisville as a whole rates about 3.9/5 from over 1,000 ratings, with ~76% recommending.

The good

  • PCU Float RN base listed at $55/hour for 7p–7a part- or full-time
  • Critical Care float posted at $57/hour across facilities
  • $4.25/hour night/evening differential when working 4+ hours between 3p and 7a
  • $20/hour weekend incentive on weekend-only positions
  • PCU Float limited to PCU units at the hired facility rather than system-wide float
  • Peace Hospital $3,000 sign-on posted for weekend nursing shifts

The hard parts

  • UofL Health RN reviews average ~2.5/5 with only ~30% recommending to a friend
  • Current-employee feedback citing poor management and staff input not heard
  • RN business outlook only about 20% positive in review category scores
  • Overall UofL Health recommend rate around 42% across hundreds of ratings
I came for the sign-on bonus. I stayed because on my hardest night, my whole team stayed with me.
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