Pros
Great work envirnonment. Critical care unit is well supplied, well staffed, professional and employs best practices. Respect from MDs on the unit and true autonomy in practice. Culture of excellence.
Cons
Cannot read emails during contract negotiations because it is too upsetting to hear about the hospital management trying to cut critical items from nursing. Magnet status, Best nursing quality per ANA, Stroke center, etc, yet pay, benefits, etc being threatened by management, Please dont advertise how excellent the nursing is in one breath, them turn and try to cut pay and benefits in the next! Lift issues are ignored although turning patients every 2 hours is required, and nurses are constantly injuring themselves. Computer charting is soooo redundant, with dozens of required flowsheets per hour, that RN, have lost alot of bedside time. "Quality Assurance" initiatives undermined by discipline overlapping, as in lab errors. No overtime allowed, so any minutes over 12 are deducted from vaca or floating holiday time.
