Pros
Some of the staff are amazing human beings Some of the patients The critical care physicians and ICU medical staff
Cons
Nursing administration is dumpster fire quality. They could care less about the patients and worry more about inner office politics and how they can make people quit so they do not have to fire them rather than the issues at hand. The CNO seems to truly cares; however, the level below that position paints a rosy picture to make themselves look good so the CNO has no idea what is truly going on. Extremely short staffed all the time on purpose. The needs of the patient do not come first unless you’re wealthy. Inadequately trained nursing staff that struggle to make it through a shift because of poor training. The turnover is beyond abysmal. Look how many ICU openings there are all the time. Triple and quadrupled ICU patients at times. That is absolute madness! Not enough management for the number of employees either. A culture of bullying and blame/shame game with a “Mutual Respect” facade painted on top. Terrible time off. You are given a PTO bucket that is utilized for everything. Sick days, time off, cancellations, etc. You are told not to come to work sick but when you call in you’re given an occurrence. We work with sick people in high stress environments, people are going to get sick but we are penalized rather than nurtured. Zero pay incentive to succeed. No holiday pay, no certification pay, no preceptor pay. Zilch. Shut up and do what we say or you’re targeted as “a problem” employee. Lazy charge nurses are allowed to remain in charge. They sit at the nurses station and micromanage with clipboards never helping staff and do what they have to to look good. Extremely high staff turnover?!? Entire units turnover multiple times in one year. Entire units! Survey results no longer publicized to protect awful managers so they can make it into administration. You should see how many grievances are filed on nurse managers. It will blow your mind! They promote 20 somethings with minimal experience into management positions. Just because you have a masters doesn’t mean you’re management experience. Nurse managers that close their doors when it’s noisy on the unit rather than helping their staff out. They are too good for that now apparently. Patient safety issues. One could write a book about how awful this place is but it will not change a thing.