In range for Virginia staff rolesVirginia staff postings that state pay run $63k/yr to $122k/yr, the middle half $79k/yr to $103k/yr, across 583 postings.
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Bristol Hospice
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The concrete public detail we can stand behind right now is mostly the place itself—Virginia Beach, VA—rather than posted pay ranges, ratios, or a spelled-out residency path. If you are weighing this against other local employers, names that show up…
Are you a Registered Nurse who thrives on providing compassionate, whole-person care—and wants to be more than just a caregiver, but a true advocate, companion, and comfort to patients and their families? At Bristol Hospice, we believe hospice is not the end—it's a meaningful journey. We're seeking dedicated RN Case Managers who are passionate about walking beside their patients through every step of this sacred path.
Call for help the minute your patient looks off to you, not once you are sure. Needing help is not a mark against you. It puts more eyes on the patient, sooner.
“The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.”
— Florence Nightingale
Some shifts end with you crying in your car because it all catches up at once. That is allowed. Just say out loud, to someone you trust, that it was a bad one.
Get certified in whatever you keep gravitating toward. After my wound care certification it was like new glasses: I saw what I had not known to look for.
“Willingly, had they accepted me, I would have worked for the wounded, in return for bread and water.”
— Mary Seacole
When you are unsure and everyone else is slammed, try this: if another nurse walked up and put that exact question to you, what would you tell them to do?
Someone on clinicals may say something that has you wondering if you are cut out for this. Do not take it to heart. A couple of bad days are not the profession.
Three or four years went by before the overwhelmed feeling lifted, and close to six before I felt expert at the bedside. Measure this in years, not months.
Expect the unexpected every shift and at every hour of it. The part you can learn is flexibility: managing a bit of chaos, and finding something in it to enjoy.
“But time has helped to settle the question and a trained nurse’s position now is largely what she herself makes it.”
— Isabel Hampton Robb
Most of what a dying person's family needs is to hear that nothing has gone wrong, that this is what dying looks like, and that they are caring for them well.
There will always be one more patient and one more paper. Your kid is only a toddler once. Do not give the people at home what is left at the end of the week.
“To do what nobody else can do, in a way that nobody else will do, despite all that we go through, that is to be a nurse.”
— Rawsi Williams
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Life in Virginia Beach, VA
Neighborhoods+Town Center and Pembroke are the inland, lower-maintenance choice: attached homes and condos typically $275,000–$500,000 with walkable retail, drawing people who want errands without a beach premium. Kempsville is the established suburban interior—mature trees, detached three-bedroom, two-bath homes often $280,000–$380,000—and sits closer to the Norfolk border and I-264. Oceanfront and East Beach are the sand-at-the-door recommendations, with the caveats of jet noise and high rents; Chic's Beach and Great Neck give Chesapeake Bay access without oceanfront tourist congestion, while Sandbridge is a quieter, isolated dune community of large houses and Pungo is agricultural south-end acreage. Locals repeatedly point to Chesapeake when Virginia Beach prices or noise feel too high.
Town Center and Pembroke are the inland, lower-maintenance choice: attached homes and condos typically $275,000–$500,000 with walkable retail, drawing people who want errands without a beach premium. Kempsville is the established suburban interior—mature trees, detached three-bedroom, two-bath homes often $280,000–$380,000—and sits closer to the Norfolk border and I-264. Oceanfront and East Beach are the sand-at-the-door recommendations, with the caveats of jet noise and high rents; Chic's Beach and Great Neck give Chesapeake Bay access without oceanfront tourist congestion, while Sandbridge is a quieter, isolated dune community of large houses and Pungo is agricultural south-end acreage.
Locals repeatedly point to Chesapeake when Virginia Beach prices or noise feel too high.
Getting around+Citywide average commute is about 21.24 minutes. Interstate 264 cuts east–west through the center toward Norfolk and regional employers; homes in the northern or southern extremes should budget an extra 15–20 minutes just to reach that highway. Reddit relocators say Virginia Beach or Chesapeake are the only realistic bases unless you want a much longer drive, with Yorktown named as a farther alternative. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus or light-rail lines, or parking conditions, so a nurse should map the specific facility against I-264 and the borough they choose.
Citywide average commute is about 21.24 minutes. Interstate 264 cuts east–west through the center toward Norfolk and regional employers; homes in the northern or southern extremes should budget an extra 15–20 minutes just to reach that highway.
Reddit relocators say Virginia Beach or Chesapeake are the only realistic bases unless you want a much longer drive, with Yorktown named as a farther alternative. These sources do not name hospital campuses, bus or light-rail lines, or parking conditions, so a nurse should map the specific facility against I-264 and the borough they choose.
Outdoors+First Landing State Park is the workhorse for hiking and on-leash dogs; False Cape State Park and Mt. Trashmore are the other named staples, alongside 300-plus publicly funded parks. Beaches split by vibe: the three-mile Oceanfront boardwalk (about 2nd to 40th Streets, King Neptune at 31st), residential Chic's Beach, and less-trafficked Sandbridge, plus dog-friendly Little Island Fishing Pier. Atlantic Park opened a Wavegarden surf lagoon generating up to 1,000 waves an hour; Chesapean Outdoors runs kayak trips and dolphin watching, and horseback riding is offered on the sand. The city markets 28 uninterrupted Atlantic miles and 10 miles on the Chesapeake Bay.
First Landing State Park is the workhorse for hiking and on-leash dogs; False Cape State Park and Mt. Trashmore are the other named staples, alongside 300-plus publicly funded parks.
Beaches split by vibe: the three-mile Oceanfront boardwalk (about 2nd to 40th Streets, King Neptune at 31st), residential Chic's Beach, and less-trafficked Sandbridge, plus dog-friendly Little Island Fishing Pier. Atlantic Park opened a Wavegarden surf lagoon generating up to 1,000 waves an hour; Chesapean Outdoors runs kayak trips and dolphin watching, and horseback riding is offered on the sand.
The city markets 28 uninterrupted Atlantic miles and 10 miles on the Chesapeake Bay.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach is Virginia's largest independent city, nearly 250 square miles, so daily life depends on which edge you pick: the tourist Oceanfront and King Neptune boardwalk, bay-side Chic's Beach and Great Neck, isolated Sandbridge dunes, or inland Town Center, Pembroke, and Kempsville nearer I-264 and Norfolk. The draw is coastal access as ordinary life—28 miles of Atlantic beach, First Landing trails, 300-plus parks, Lynnhaven oysters, ViBe murals, and Town Center dinners—without Northeast mega-city prices. Housing still sets the budget: values typically $386,000–$425,000, Town Center condos $275,000–$500,000, Kempsville three-bedrooms $280,000–$380,000, one-bedrooms renting near $1,500, with vacation rentals squeezing stock. Locals flag Oceana jet noise, hot crowded summers, and a stable but hard-to-hop job market (military, healthcare, tourism); Chesapeake is the affordability overflow. Sit near I-264 for ~21-minute commutes; the north or south extremes add 15–20 minutes. May and September–November are the seasons residents actually rave about.
