Pros
Presently, it is very hard to give pros on my job. The only pros are related to the other bedside nurses that I work with. Many of them continue to give good care and stand up for what is right for the patient despite the criticism they receive from the management and lack of support from the management.
Cons
They say they have open communication throughout al levels of management. Yes, you can talk to anyone and they listen but they never resolve issues or problems. They are all about the all mighty dollar and care little for their employees. The management is never accountable for their mistakes but tend to place blame on employees when things do not work. They are the worst hospital management I have ever worked under as an RN. Bottom line is they actually do not care about patient care- just if they are making money. They have nursing staff ratio to patients is high. They do not use acuity of patient to calculate nurse to patient ratio- though JCAHO is starting to recognize that better patient outcomes are found is lower patient to nurse ratio. HCA is not about patient care just about making money at the cost of their employees and the patients.