Pros
Great teamwork on my unit; I know it'll be a good day if I'm not pulled. My team leader is fantastic, helpful, and caring..all of us are comfortable going to her about any problem Plenty of opportunities for OT/extra money and they compensate well when you agree to work an extra shift Great place to learn a lot quickly because of the diversity of patients. I've been here for a year and can't believe how much I know now that I didn't when I started. There is absolutely none of the 'nurses eat their young' that you hear so much about. Everyone wants everyone else to succeed and will go out of their way to help you learn. -PTO adds up quickly and the cap is pretty high so you can save up for a nice long trip
Cons
They consistently understaff our units and management likes to add more and more responsibilities for what nurses have to do each shift while not giving them enough staff to even meet the patients needs, let alone managements needs Pay is really so-so...My nurses can barely make ends meet and they make twice as much as I do! For the amount they expect us to do we should all be making 50% more an hour. The health insurance provided can only be used with SSM doctors. Which can be awkward. Since we work with those doctors. Every day. Also, their health insurance doesn't cover birth control unless it's coded/billed EXACTLY right. You are required to work minor holidays that they don't pay you for and if you call in they schedule you for the next holiday. The major holidays you are required to work you still probably won't get holiday pay for. Have fun spending New Year's Eve at the hospital for base pay. And after spending Christmas Eve and New Years Eve at the hospital making base pay, you won't get a holiday bonus.
