Pros
Employees treat one another as family. We treat our patients like family because most of them are in our small community, others we treat like neighbors because they are. It is this family atmosphere that allows us to bear up against the constant barrage of corporate mistreatment.
Cons
No raises in 5 yrs, new grad Rn's making $2-3 more per hr than those with decades more experience. Overworked middle management, managers telling lies, pitting one department against another, department managers taking 2-3 hr lunches while floor nurses get none. Issues with patient satisfaction that have everything to with life point hiring incompetent physicians, yet nurses are blamed for not properly managing said physicians and directing them in the "life point way"of practicing medicine. How absurd! These same Nurses, mind you, most have >10yr in/on their chosen field or unit, are practicing competently, yet their jobs are threatened constantly by corporate and are invited to seek employment elsewhere if they feel unable or unwilling to fulfill assigned physician babysitting duties. Competent physicians don't seem to be rewarded, competent and caring nurses, cna's rad-techs are sinfully treated at times, completely dismissed and discarded as one would a pus-infused section of wound packing at others. At least every quarter, new requirements, new responsibilities are placed on nurses, sometimes chasing the latest patient satisfaction craze, others times attempting to garner a new hospital credential that more charges can be assessed thereby enhancing revenue. 5 yrs since life point made a 401K contribution, yet CEO Dill and others command 4-6 million per year in salary, bonuses, stocks.
