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Chronically Understaffed - Registered Nurse 2 Baystate Health Employee Review

2.0
Sep 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

A great place to learn because you often take on more than the job description tells you, multiple different floors and specialties so it's easy to transfer floors, most of your coworkers try to look out for each other, 3 months of paid orientation for new grads, at least a month of paid orientation for new staff on floor, recently gave raises across the board so the pay is one of the highest in the state

Cons

Every single floor in this hospital is chronically understaffed, I worked on two different floors and have friends on other floors and I've never heard of anyone happy with the ratios, super dangerous ratios at times, I've had as many as 8 patients on a med/surg tele floor as a charge nurse with only 1 year of experience under my belt, they force their new grads to become charge nurse even if you express that you're not ready, management gaslights you when you bring up unsafe staffing issues, have had multiple coworkers act rude and discourage asking questions or for help

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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

good communication and teamwork as a whole

Cons

short staffed quiet frequently on the floor

2.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay range is well even for starting out

Cons

Not much diversity at all, most employees are of European decent or MIXED. Wouldn't recommend this dept for people who aren't of euro or mixed race. Confidentiality goes out the window, CM's are not team players, Manager cannot lead a team effectively. Too much personal life talk within staff, makes it hard to focus on work when colleagues are busy gathering personal info about you.

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