Bournewood Health Systems Reviews

The job posting promised a $5k sign-on bonus, but after I didn't receive this, I called HR. They said that the bonus was actually only $4k, and that new hires only receive the first $1k after 90 days of employment. Because management knew I would be going back to school in the fall, I believe they wanted to fire me before August so that I would not get my bonus. The first time I was disciplined, it was during my first week and due to a huge patient safety and HIPAA issue--that someone else did. They told me that they checked the cameras and saw that it wasn't me who caused the issue, but they were still mad at me for some reason. My punishment was to work the night shift (I was hired for day/evening shifts), but I had to tell the scheduler that I wanted to work nights rather than management telling her it was a punishment for me. The second time I was disciplined, it was actual discrimination. I have a disability (misophonia), and one of my coworkers was berating me for it and telling me I shouldn't have a job if I have a disability. I could feel myself becoming frustrated, and I stepped off the unit for five minutes to deescalate myself. I was doing checks at the time, and I gave them to another MHC while I was off the unit; when I came back, she told me she had not done them. Management told me that I was endangering the patients by not doing the checks and would not accept the fact that I gave them to someone else who refused to cover them for five minutes. They asked me why I had to step off the unit, and after I explained to them what my coworker had said to me, they told me I should've solved that "interpersonally" and not brought it to them (when they're the ones who asked for it). They told me that they can't have staff more concerned about me than they are about their patients (which I never imposed on anyone, as I was sitting alone listening to music), and they told me that I made patients feel unsafe by being emotional (I did not talk with a single patient while I was emotional; I went directly into the staff office. The office does have windows to the patients' common area, so if a patient was looking into the office and saw me upset, that is not my fault). They also told me that if they had to talk to me again, they would fire me. After about a week of me doing absolutely nothing wrong, I received a text from the scheduler asking if I could come in early the next day to meet with the Chief Nursing Officer. I knew I was going to be fired, although I couldn't think of any reason why, so I submitted my two weeks notice. They accepted my resignation as effective immediately and told me not to come in for the next two weeks other than to drop off my keys. I greatly regret having to leave Bournewood, as I've met some wonderful staff members there and had amazing interactions with patients. I am a kind person, and I have treated all of my patients with nothing but the utmost respect and dignity as they all deserve. I worked very hard to provide patients with the best experience they could have, but I guess management and some other staff didn't see it that way. I truly loved my job even with its low pay, high risk factor, and demanding schedule, but I guess I'll have to do it at a different hospital.

Or you can have a draining, needy group that will make you question why you signed up in the first place. Codes are a huge safety concern, management expects you to be thrown into a potentially dangerous situation without the proper training for physical interventions or the means to properly protect yourself and when you do prevent a patient from harming you, you get frowned upon and put into question. The safety of the patients are top priority no doubt...how about your safety though? Willing to take the risk with a pat on the shoulder being told that management is sorry for the incident as they send you to the ER, only to be asked to come back to work immediately upon discharge of the ER because your shift hasn't ended yet. I can live without that