Reviews Received

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  March 17, 2023

   • Pediatrics

  Do not work at this facility. Us travelers in the NICU, PICU, and peds units are putting lists together of all of the unsafe and inappropriate things that have happened to us at this hospital to send to our agencies to prevent future travelers from experiencing what we’ve been through. To start off, my pay got cut by $700/week three weeks into starting my contract and then today I got notified that they’re cutting it again. I’m a NICU nurse who has worked more shifts in the PICU and peds unit combined than I have in the NICU. We had one patient in the NICU two days ago. We had three yesterday. Census is low and inconsistent. The staff don’t want to work and give travelers all of the shitty assignments while many of them will sit around all shift with NO patients. They’re rude to travelers and don’t like us. There are constantly unsafe assignments or safety issues. It seems as if most of the staff doesn’t care, shouldn’t work in this field, or need to retire. This might sound like a crazy review to write but I promise you that all of the other travelers that work with me would vouch for me when I say that we are appalled at the working conditions at Stroger.

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  March 17, 2023

   • Pediatrics

  Do not work at this facility. Us travelers in the NICU, PICU, and peds units are putting lists together of all of the unsafe and inappropriate things that have happened to us at this hospital to send to our agencies to prevent future travelers from experiencing what we’ve been through. To start off, my pay got cut by $700/week three weeks into starting my contract and then today I got notified that they’re cutting it again. I’m a NICU nurse who has worked more shifts in the PICU and peds unit combined than I have in the NICU. We had one patient in the NICU two days ago. We had three yesterday. Census is low and inconsistent. The staff don’t want to work and give travelers all of the shitty assignments while many of them will sit around all shift with NO patients. They’re rude to travelers and don’t like us. There are constantly unsafe assignments or safety issues. It seems as if most of the staff doesn’t care, shouldn’t work in this field, or need to retire. This might sound like a crazy review to write but I promise you that all of the other travelers that work with me would vouch for me when I say that we are appalled at the working conditions at Stroger.

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  February 24, 2023

   • Emergency Room

  Absolutely the worst working experience I’ve encountered in my life. For starters, the hospital is union but has minimal core staff. Most of the staff is extremely rude to travelers. Orientation is extremely minimal on the unit. Was given two hours to be shown where the stock rooms are, get access to med dispenser, etc. If you have any psych patients, you have to chart every hour on the minute in live time, no back charting. If you are off schedule more than twice you are canceled. (As in, if you are not literally signed in documenting at the exact minute you are charting on, you are in trouble). If you chart at 1901 for a 1900 reassessment, that is considered an error. Constant work place bullying, intimidation, and retaliation. Charge nurses known to pick on certain travelers to make their lives miserable. Had up to 8 patients at one time. Physicians are nearby but disorganized and have minimal rapport with nursing staff. It’s a struggle to find the most basic equipment there. Literally no towels, no wash clothes. Had to use paper towels to clean patients up half the time. Couldn’t even find adequate IV start kit supplies half the time. You are required to take an hour break, but there is no break nurse. So you and coworkers have to break each other, assuming care of 12+ patients at a time. Anyone who stands up for themselves has their contract canceled. Yes, their rates are the highest in the city, but it’s not worth the complete nightmare of a time you’ll have working here.

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  February 24, 2023

   • Emergency Room

  Absolutely the worst working experience I’ve encountered in my life. For starters, the hospital is union but has minimal core staff. Most of the staff is extremely rude to travelers. Orientation is extremely minimal on the unit. Was given two hours to be shown where the stock rooms are, get access to med dispenser, etc. If you have any psych patients, you have to chart every hour on the minute in live time, no back charting. If you are off schedule more than twice you are canceled. (As in, if you are not literally signed in documenting at the exact minute you are charting on, you are in trouble). If you chart at 1901 for a 1900 reassessment, that is considered an error. Constant work place bullying, intimidation, and retaliation. Charge nurses known to pick on certain travelers to make their lives miserable. Had up to 8 patients at one time. Physicians are nearby but disorganized and have minimal rapport with nursing staff. It’s a struggle to find the most basic equipment there. Literally no towels, no wash clothes. Had to use paper towels to clean patients up half the time. Couldn’t even find adequate IV start kit supplies half the time. You are required to take an hour break, but there is no break nurse. So you and coworkers have to break each other, assuming care of 12+ patients at a time. Anyone who stands up for themselves has their contract canceled. Yes, their rates are the highest in the city, but it’s not worth the complete nightmare of a time you’ll have working here.

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  February 24, 2023

   • Emergency Room

  Absolutely the worst working experience I’ve encountered in my life. For starters, the hospital is union but has minimal core staff. Most of the staff is extremely rude to travelers. Orientation is extremely minimal on the unit. Was given two hours to be shown where the stock rooms are, get access to med dispenser, etc. If you have any psych patients, you have to chart every hour on the minute in live time, no back charting. If you are off schedule more than twice you are canceled. (As in, if you are not literally signed in documenting at the exact minute you are charting on, you are in trouble). If you chart at 1901 for a 1900 reassessment, that is considered an error. Constant work place bullying, intimidation, and retaliation. Charge nurses known to pick on certain travelers to make their lives miserable. Had up to 8 patients at one time. Physicians are nearby but disorganized and have minimal rapport with nursing staff. It’s a struggle to find the most basic equipment there. Literally no towels, no wash clothes. Had to use paper towels to clean patients up half the time. Couldn’t even find adequate IV start kit supplies half the time. You are required to take an hour break, but there is no break nurse. So you and coworkers have to break each other, assuming care of 12+ patients at a time. Anyone who stands up for themselves has their contract canceled. Yes, their rates are the highest in the city, but it’s not worth the complete nightmare of a time you’ll have working here.

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  February 24, 2023

   • Emergency Room

  Absolutely the worst working experience I’ve encountered in my life. For starters, the hospital is union but has minimal core staff. Most of the staff is extremely rude to travelers. Orientation is extremely minimal on the unit. Was given two hours to be shown where the stock rooms are, get access to med dispenser, etc. If you have any psych patients, you have to chart every hour on the minute in live time, no back charting. If you are off schedule more than twice you are canceled. (As in, if you are not literally signed in documenting at the exact minute you are charting on, you are in trouble). If you chart at 1901 for a 1900 reassessment, that is considered an error. Constant work place bullying, intimidation, and retaliation. Charge nurses known to pick on certain travelers to make their lives miserable. Had up to 8 patients at one time. Physicians are nearby but disorganized and have minimal rapport with nursing staff. It’s a struggle to find the most basic equipment there. Literally no towels, no wash clothes. Had to use paper towels to clean patients up half the time. Couldn’t even find adequate IV start kit supplies half the time. You are required to take an hour break, but there is no break nurse. So you and coworkers have to break each other, assuming care of 12+ patients at a time. Anyone who stands up for themselves has their contract canceled. Yes, their rates are the highest in the city, but it’s not worth the complete nightmare of a time you’ll have working here.

• 
  February 20, 2023

   • Other

  This hospital sucks. This hospital is Union so some people like it but it’s a problem if you’re agency because while they were nice to my face they were always complaining about me being there. They hired too many agency nurses and a month in they cut my pay in half. I could never understand what physicians or other nurses were saying to me due to a language barrier and they didn’t bother to clarify so I had a couple interactions where I was dismissed and left confused or retaliated against. I got floated almost every day of my assignment due to low census in the NICU. My contract was canceled a month a half early and I found 4 days prior. This place isn’t worth the trouble. At least if your in the NICU. Also I didn’t like waking up at the buttcrack of dawn to park in the juvenile detention center parking and to try to make it to the shuttle so I could clock in on time. Cuz if you don’t make the shuttle in time you have to wait for the next shuttle and clocking in at 0701 is considered late.

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  February 20, 2023

   • Other

  This hospital sucks. This hospital is Union so some people like it but it’s a problem if you’re agency because while they were nice to my face they were always complaining about me being there. They hired too many agency nurses and a month in they cut my pay in half. I could never understand what physicians or other nurses were saying to me due to a language barrier and they didn’t bother to clarify so I had a couple interactions where I was dismissed and left confused or retaliated against. I got floated almost every day of my assignment due to low census in the NICU. My contract was canceled a month a half early and I found 4 days prior. This place isn’t worth the trouble. At least if your in the NICU. Also I didn’t like waking up at the buttcrack of dawn to park in the juvenile detention center parking and to try to make it to the shuttle so I could clock in on time. Cuz if you don’t make the shuttle in time you have to wait for the next shuttle and clocking in at 0701 is considered late.

• 
  December 4, 2022

   • Other

  ALL travel positions are being used as a float pool, you will float anywhere in the hospital, every single shift, regardless of experience. I never worked on my own unit my entire contract, only floated to different units that I had no prior experiences with. Nurses are unionized here and I was told by multiple staff nurses that travel nurses are the hospital's "scapegoats". One travel nurse was currently sueing a patient's family member for abuse. PLEASE STAY AWAY IF YOU AREN'T COMFORTABLE FLOATING EVRRYWHERE.

• 
  October 20, 2022

   • Telemetry/Step-down

  I was here for a 15 week contract through agency, I was here from December 2021- March 2022. Felt like units were micromanaged, you can’t go overtime without written approval or they will deduct any minute on your next paystub. Staff were somewhat helpful but rude at times. Managers micromanaged and beat around the bush for any issues. Agency staff were navy blue for uniforms. Area is a bit sketchy, parking was $30 a day, no discounts. Medsurg patient ratio 6:1 and primary care. Atleast residents and doctors did most of the discharge paperwork and help with discharge process.

• 
  September 12, 2021

  Rn • Other

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  June 21, 2023

   • Med-Surg

  This is by far one of the worst assignments I’ve ever had. I live in Chicago (local contract) so had heard about this hospital but never imagined it being as bad as it was. There was no orientation. I had one dull day. I was only going to get half a day but because I had never used Cerner they gave me a full day. Let me by saying, run, don’t walk from this place. Staff are some of the rudest people I’ve ever met in my life! You can be as nice as you want to them but they will continue to bully you if you don’t stand up for yourself. I floated SO much. Sometimes mid shifts. I had a designated home unit but never saw it. Techs were non existent & if they were there they barely helped at all. Some nurses, if you didn’t do all your charting (mind you, you’re floated at least once a shift at times having multiple patients in one shift) would berate you and try to bully you into staying longer to finish. But be aware, Stroger pays ZERO for any overtime. That is dependent on your agency and I’ve heard some (Aya) don’t pay any OT, so when it’s time to leave, leave. Don’t let anyone make you feel bad about not finishing charting or whatever it is. Also, when you take a lunch, make note of who you give report to. I had a charge RN relieve me & whom I gave report to & she told the supervisor I left without giving report. The supervisor tried to then berate me. Everyone from techs to upper management are extremely unprofessional & they don’t have your back. Your word means nothing compared to their staff. As well, they are very quick to fire agency nurses. For anything. Sure, the money is decent but it’s not worth the anxiety, stress & bullying you may experience here. I’d absolutely not ever recommend this horrible place to anyone! Like I said, run don’t walk!

• 
  July 20, 2023

   • Intensive Care

  They connect their wound vacs to wall suction. WALL. SUCTION.

• 
  December 18, 2024

   • Emergency Room