Every few weeks another nurse would put in her notice, I believe for the following reasons: 1. Company's for-profit model is extreme. They would rather cut benefits for employees, make brand new nurses work holidays and not give them holiday pay, and take small cuts from employees (that are actually large impacts on employees) than pay people the money they were deserved. 2. In the time I was there, several emails were sent out regarding lunch breaks. Even though you are not paid for 30 minutes of work, and you are legally entitled to a 30 minute break plus 15 minute break per colorado state law. Many nurses did not take lunches, which promotes burnout 3. For an outpatient setting, I hardly ever saw two teams of nurses leave on time due to high volume of patients and high turnover of staff. 10.5 hour days were always 11.5 hour days, at least. Even though it's "4 days per week", you are required to work "occasional" weekends (though they seem to schedule the same nurses consistently for weekends", on call, come in early to teach classes, etc, so 4 days per week ends up being a lot more than anticipated. 4. Minimal communication between teams. There is no work flow between teams (ex- front desk, ultrasound, nursing staff, medical staff, lab). I am not qualified to speak on how to make this better, but it was very apparent and errors occurred due to severe lack of communication. 5. Salary and benefits- After working there for a while, I noticed many nurses and even some of the physicians were being paid very under-market value. I understand this is part of the for-profit model, however it makes it pretty apparent that the company does not value employees. 6. No culture due to under-appreciation of staff. I understand the for profit model is not for every nurse, and it certainly was not for me. 7. Inexperienced COO.
