Pros
The pay, the schedule flexibility, and the employee benefits. The focus on teamwork is excellent at this hospital. We had such an amazing team on our floor. The new RN internship program was also a great experience to go through. Quality patient care.
Cons
Patient satisfaction here is HUGE. I definitely understand what it means for ratings and what not, but it sometimes gets in the way of providing care. Patients are made to feel like this a 5 star hotel instead of a hospital...Nurses end up running around trying to fetch all kinds of things to please patients when they could be providing care, charting, or helping a fellow nurse. It's a little messed up. Our unit was almost always short staffed so we were often forced to accept more patients than we needed to. The ratio was supposed to be 1:5 at most but we would sometimes go up to 1:6. It didn't happen ALL the time but when it did, it was very stressful and it felt unsafe. Also, If you do the RN internship program you have to sign a 2 year contract. If you break it immediately after the internship you have to pay over $4000! It's prorated the longer you stay during those 2 years. That's a big decision to make because you never know what will happen in life.
