Facility used meditech DOSS which was ancient, and that was pretty much the theme of the hospital: old. Facility was dated, equipment was dated, policies and procedures etc. ratios and assignments were heavy, 1:5 or 1:6 for days and nights. Doctors were difficult to get a hold off, but it is a small rural hospital so kind of expected. Always short on supplies and equipment. Staff mostly kept to themselves, few friendlies that would offer to help travelers.
Facility used meditech DOSS which was ancient, and that was pretty much the theme of the hospital: old. Facility was dated, equipment was dated, policies and procedures etc. ratios and assignments were heavy, 1:5 or 1:6 for days and nights. Doctors were difficult to get a hold off, but it is a small rural hospital so kind of expected. Always short on supplies and equipment. Staff mostly kept to themselves, few friendlies that would offer to help travelers.
I would not ever work med/surg at this hospital again. As an LPN, I was given patients I should not have been given. Some of the other nurses made me feel that I should not have been there as an LPN. It was just not a good work environment.