Pros
Absolutely loved my patients and their families. Fleet car helped get me everywhere without cutting into my pay.
Cons
Where to start… poor pay across the board. Merit raises are a joke. Branch level management do not listen, but they preach communication nonstop. They are not team oriented, only about CYA. They don’t listen to the nurses when they say they need help and then the help they receive gets run off by the PCM and ED. HCC acts like she is in middle school and gossips private and personal information that is twisted into untruths to people not even associated with the branch. AVPO does not to stop the behavior or back the one being lied about. Instead, the one lied about gets interrogated about conversations had with other people. Concerns that are expressed falls on deaf ears until the branch implodes like it always does, then everyone looks around wondering what happened. Constantly admitting patients that are not hospice appropriate just to increase census, commissions, and bonuses while the nurses and HHAs that are doing all the work get nothing but more work. Patients that need supplies get the cheapest supplies possible so the branch can say supplies are provided even if the supplies are ineffective for the patient’s needs. Stage IV wound?? Slap a bandaid on it and brag about the care being provided. Just how corporate treats the clinical staff. Oh and did I mention that for Nurses Week, no gift. Nothing! We don’t do it for a gift, but it sure would feel nice to be appreciated for helping provide such a huge company get richer while losing more time with our families.