High turnover - ER Nurse HCA Healthcare Employee Review

1.0
2 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive pay Opportunity to specialize as new grad Amazing coworkers New director making positive changes and hiring more staff No crisis pay during COVID (only one laughable bonus of around $300) Nurses not given adequate food or sleeping arrangements during disaster (freeze)

Cons

Previous management with current admin did not staff or hire appropriately. Over the last year there has been a mass exodus of nurses seeking better pay and safer patient ratios. Patients are shuffled into ER rooms as soon as one is available with no regards to if the nurse is ready or able to take another patient Nurses clean the rooms 90% of the time- not enough housekeeping staff to keep unit clean. Nurses are forced to still take 3-4 additional patients even when they have critical 1:1 patients Unrealistic metrics with not enough staffing Lack of EMT techs on night shift (only 1 full time night tech) Triage nurse often forced to take 10+ patients in the lobby bc there are not enough nurses on the floor

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
11 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There some flexibility with scheduling and they let you pick up as many shifts as you want and pretty much your own schedule.

Cons

Very poorly managed, chronically understaffed but managers are dismissive and deny it. The support from staff is inconsistent, the staff nurses are either fresh new grads or very bitter nurses who don’t want to help and expect you to handle everything by yourself as a tech. Most nurses here are PRN’s on contracts that get floated so it’s really hard to expect consistency in the staff you work with and build trusting relationships. Management will promise to train you as a unit secretary but will never follow up. They also agree to help you get opportunities for learning and growth but refuse to follow up or forget about it altogether, despite reminders. It’s not a priority. If your goal is to grow and learn more this is not the place. It’s running on fumes at 95% of the time. Very high turnover, we struggle to keep staff. They’ll call you in to pick up when they’re understaffed with no incentive or something minimal like “swag” (some gear). Very poorly compensated and you will not be appreciated for the hard work you do. Also it took 2 months for them to get me started despite numerous attempts to reach the HR, Management etc.

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