Pay is average to below average for RNs and workload is outrageous - Clinical RN Select Medical Employee Review

1.0
Aug 13, 2018
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Pros

I can only think of the free scrubs.

Cons

Pay is not good for experienced RNs. The workload is outrageous. Night shift is a CNA paradise in that the CNAs do little to no work all night while everything is on the back of respiratory and nursing. Why is this company still not using some sort of computerized access? It's welcome to 1970 there. The makeup of the staff is new grads, agency nursing, and people returning to the workforce after being unemployed for awhile. I can't think of any non-agency RTs or RNs with any kind of current hospital experience that would put up with the climate here that consists of paper charting, paper orders, and a punitive atmosphere. Select won't even contribute to the school of your choice for tuition reimbursement. Thumbs down on pay, workload, benefits, and atmosphere. I would only work in a long-term position here as an agency RN making the big bucks and nothing else.

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 4, 2026
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Pros

The pay is better than most places- but for a reason. Rehab team fabulous.

Cons

Greedy for-profit system. Benefits are terrible. Unsafe patient assignments. This patient population is critically ill, unstable, and often come with infections, pressure injuries and other conditions they acquired at the sending hospital. Most packed ICUs send patients here when they aren’t progressing fast enough or about to die. You often have 5 of these patients at a time on ventilators, critical drips, complex wound treatments, etc. Due to high staff turnover you are often working with a staff who was rushed through orientation and hired with no acute care experience. Their clinical liaisons often withhold or fail to assess for pertinent information prior to them arriving and they often make promises to the families and patients that are untrue (they get paid bonuses to bring in patients- regardless of their outcomes). If you become a charge nurse expect to have a full patient assignment while rounding with providers, running codes, and doing admissions. Don’t expect support from your local leadership team as their expectations from the regional team are too high and they are also overburdened with responsibilities.

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