Too many chiefs not enough Indians! - Staff Nurse Novant Health Employee Review

1.0
Aug 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Team mates work together to provide patient care needs to the best of their ability. Benefits are above average. CEUs are provided in house. If you love working under pressure, this is a great place for you. You will find enormous growth in your multi tasking skills. You will find it easy to grow, because we learn from our mistakes and leadership hone in on any you make. Every department has a director, manager (or two), a coordinator (or two), so even tough you only have a few seasoned nurses on the floor either you, occasionally you can look forward to one the aforementioned chatting it up with your patients to reveal how behind you were delivering appropriate and safe care. It's so refreshing when your pulled from your duties to discuss those revelations so you can get further behind!

Cons

If they would require ALL nurses with a leadership hat to wear a uniform, put their tablets down, their phones off, stop meeting and talking about how to get the herd to be more productive and get their fannies to the bedside to provide the care a nurse is trained to do then maybe life would be better for patients and staff. Never worked anywhere in the country that had so managers, assistants, coordinators and charge nurses. It's nuts. Fire them all and hire nurses to tend to patients. No one would miss any of them.

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5.0
Apr 23, 2026
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Pros

Great work environment and plenty of room for growth

Cons

Salary increase could be more

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Novant Health Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re glad to hear you enjoyed the work environment and found opportunities for growth during your time with us. We also appreciate your feedback on salary increases. We consistently review our compensation to remain competitive and support our team members, and insights like yours help inform those efforts. Thank you for the contributions you made while you were here and hope you'll make your way back to Novant Health.
3.0
Mar 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, benefits, time off, and they strive hard to make employees feel heard. Not afraid of change or doing something different. Definitely a lot of effort in turning feedback into action.

Cons

Corporate smothers the smaller offices. Way too big and everything is way too detailed to where nothing is easy to find or understand (policies change almost weekly). IT is outsourced and not helpful. Everything is cheap. Employees feel like pampered cattle. "Float" is only for bigger offices and isn't guaranteed. They will short staff you in a heart beat and tell you your burn out is "growing pains". Raises and bonuses are pathetic. Better compared to PHC, but when the CEO earns 6+ million every year and all we are given is $400 bonus and a 1% raise because we didn't reach impossible goals = not fair. 8-5 M-F is not ideal for healthcare. Bring back more Friday at noon hours.

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Novant Health Response
3mo
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on communication, resources, and compensation. Feedback like yours helps inform ongoing conversations as we continue working to support teams across all locations. Thank you for the care and work you provide every day.
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