Pros
Money. They have a PIL (pay in lieu of benefits program) that is pretty sweet. They pay more because they HAVE to in order to keep staff around.
Cons
Nurse to patient ratio is the biggie. I would have 5 vents and 1-2 walkie-talkies. All on numerous antibiotics and needing full care. Did I mention that we would have 2 CNAs for the ENTIRE floor. Sometimes only one. So MOST days I did ALL the care for 6-7 VERY SICK patients. I left as I wanted to protect my license. Secondly, the work morale and ethic is so bad. I would get called almost EVERY day off to come in and work. Most staff at one point were agency, which made matters exponentially worse. All in all, a hellhole, and that's why those of us who endured that place called it "HELLDRID".
