3.0
Feb 10, 2012
Former employee
Hinsdale, IL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
rewarding, hands-on patient care, exposure to/opportunity to learn skilled nursing techniques, learn a lot about life...and death, good practice for students and/or those considering nursing, offer tuition reimbursement and support for nursing students, opportunity to work with a group of compassionate individuals
Cons
high pct/nurse:patient ratio, can be stressful, physically/emotionally draining, clique-y, hard work, little pay, must work weekends, a lot of exposure to germs/contagious diseases, working with very, very sick and dying patients (must be comfortable with this),