Understaffed and underpaid. We work overtime every week to help out with staffing issues, but are offered no incentive or recognition. The floor I work on gets sent the worst patients. We have the sickest, most confused, and most non-compliant patient population. The float pool nurses say "it is the worst unit in the whole hospital and the highest acuity". Our turnover rate should speak volumes because very few nurses stay after they finish out their contract. Since Mike Keating has taken over the CEO position, the nurse satisfactory has gone downhill. What Mike Keating doesn't realize is that the nurses are vital to this hospital. Patients appreciate seasoned nurses, yet the turnover rate is so high. As long as he gets his paycheck, he does not care if the staff who actually run this hospital are satisfied with their jobs.
