- This hospital does not believe in calling report when patients are admitted or transferred between units;
- Lowest pay in the region;
The following apply to OCC, based on my experiences:
- Assignments are not equitable (some nurses routinely have no admits while others have multiple admissions each shift);
- No continuity with patient assignments when returning the following day;
- Assignments tend to change more than an hour after you have received report, passed meds, and completed your patient assessment;
- Self scheduling exists in theory but is ignored in practice;
Several rooms do not have a shower and these patients must share a community shower;
- Rain and cold air blows through cracks in the foundation and the windows;
- Schedules are changed by management with less than 12 hours notice;
- Lunch breaks rarely occur (yet staff is told to clock out whether a break was taken or not);
- Supplies are rarely in stock;
- Phlebotomy often calls after 0500 to inform that they are short staffed and nurses have to draw morning labs;
- For a “ministry” dedicated to Jesus Christ, His name is blasphemed regularly;
- Inappropriate conversations occur at the nursing station yet no action is taken when reported to the director;
- Look at the pictures for Christus Health—medical equipment is piled on counters and overflowing into the sink. There is no pride in the department.
