Pros
New grad program hires into exciting units. High acuity patients are challenging in a way I love. Nursing staff are very smart and competent.
Cons
The union is too big to be successful and the pay is downright ridiculous. Even if Swedish was a good work environment, the money alone makes it impossible to stay afloat and save for a house and other basic necessities in the long term. I can barely pay 1 bedroom apartment rent. Unfortunately, you will never have the staff, equipment, or support you need to provide your patients with care they deserve. Swedish has been hit by a mass exodus following poor treatment of staff, medieval level pay, and management that is tone-deaf at best, and completely incompetent at worst. When doctors try to intervene on the behalf of nurses, they are told to “stay in their lanes.” Management asks what will keep nursing staff? Nurses all say we need fair compensation, and it falls on deaf ears. I get texts about 3 times a day asking to come in for overtime because we’re so short.