Pros
Family setting. Great place for new doctors to get their feet wet. The lights work most of the time.
Cons
Here is a list of dangers: 1) One MD was given a patient with the symptoms of abdominal cancer - he does not order a PET, instead does surgery... the patient dies 3 weeks later of infection due to a nicked bowel. Same MD throws diapers at nurses. 2) Surgeon operates on wrong leg. Tells the family he decided to look at the "other" leg and repair it too - while the patient is still under anesthesia he gets family to sign consent. 3) Charge nurse asks during training of new charting system, "where do we document 'there was no time to do a time out'?" (time outs are protocol for double checking the correct site, correct patient, correct procedure, etc... to be done on every patient before surgery) 4) Confused patient found in the lab. Nurse assesses patient and takes to ER giving report that confused, low orientation, new cancer dx, possible stroke. ER finds high alcohol content in blood with pain killers. ER releases patient who then totals his car. 5) New procedure room built without emergency lighting. Nurse mentions it to MD, Manager, Director of Nursing, and General Manager - no action taken. 2 weeks later lights go out during cranial surgery. Lanterns uses to close patient. 6) Turn over is outrageous. I stopped counting after 23 people left in a 3 month period - mentioned it to management. Was asked to name each person rather just listen to retention ideas. 7) Pay is below living wage for Austin which is the highest cost of living in Texas. 8) Raise the price of cafeteria, get rid of the employee discount, and lower the quality of food. It is cheaper to eat at local restaurants... yet MD's eat free and often eat 3 times per day and/or treat their family. 9) Favoritism and VIP treatment... Directors use their positions to get priority to their family and friends when they need medical care, i.e., bumping other patients appointments, getting free care, asking for medical advise or patient information when they are not directly involved in the patient's care - this is highly illegal btw. 10) The CEO announces no pay raises due to need to cut costs. The CEO then uses a helicopter for personal transport and as a prop in a play during a team building exercise. I'll stop the list here (even though I could go on and on).
