Staff RN's are sweatshop employees - RN Staff Nurse HCA Healthcare Employee Review

2.0
16 July 2015
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Pros

The cafeteria actually does a pretty good job.

Cons

Staff level employees and dept managers have no power to influence operations. The for profit model places more emphasis on wooing potential customers with pricey foyers and eye candy, and less on patient care by skilled and talented clinicians. Understaffing is a daily issue, as strict adherence to a patient-to-staff productivity model, does not allow fluctuation in patient census and acuity to influence staffing levels. Usually we run short, and it's my guess that we can't get agency/travellers to come in when we need, because we'll still be short and there is little to no support for someone unfamiliar to the hospital. Oh, and you'll be struggling with the antiquated software more than doing patient care.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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