Reviews Received

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  February 16, 2023

   • Med-Surg

  Oh my gosh, RUN. I’m supposedly on a Med-Surg unit here. They give IV lidocaine, IV Fentanyl, TPA, IV Ketamine. They load you up with a 1:5 patient ratio, which on med-surg, that sounds great! But no, many of these patients are at least PCU level of care but have be to med-surg in such an unsafe way. Most of these patients are not on continuous monitoring while receiving high risk medications that are not appropriate for med-surg. I’ve dealt with some awful, rude staff nurses and most of the staff nurses and techs are lazy, so you’re very much on your own a lot. I once told a charge nurse I was already drowning and if she was giving me a direct admit right now, I needed help. She looked at me and said “I don’t see anyone to help you right now”. I feel torn in so many directions (again, normal for med-surg) but I feel so incredibly stressed because my patients are on high risk medications that I am not used to (even as a prior ICU stepdown nurse), they’re not on continuous monitoring, and you’re on your own. I’ve cried AT WORK every day while working this unit. Management may seem nice, but they talk shit about their own nurses DURING HUDDLE at the front of the nurses station. I started orientation with many other travel nurses and several were lied to about which units they were assigned to. Nurses told they were going to ICU ended up in neuro PCU and management told them to their faces that they purposefully lie about the unit in order to attract ICU nurses.

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  December 31, 2021

  ER RN • Emergency Room

  VERY traveler friendly in the MWHC ED. They really appreciate their travelers and often make you feel like part of the ER family. High acuity, lots of holding, but often times there will be Med-surg and ICU RN’s sent down to hold patients so the ER waiting room doesn’t get negatively affected. The teamwork amongst the nurses, doctors, techs and ancillary staff is excellent. Management is nice but the hospital system is quite unorganized and you may experience a fair amount of push back from med surg nurses. If you want somewhere where you can stand to make LOTS of money, but see a lot of acute and chronically ill patients and deal with a lot of psych/social work patients, then this is the place for you!

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  June 29, 2021

  Travel RN • Intensive Care

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  September 7, 2023

   • Intensive Care

  Surgical CVICU staff RNs are unhelpful and cliquey. They go out of their way to ignore you when you ask for help. Techs disappear from the unit, especially on night shift. APPs can be difficult to find on night shift and will leave their phones behind but are usually available on day shift. Ratios are good. The unit will train you on devices but loves to float to stepdown for LVADs. Overall didn’t like this unit BUT floating to other ICUs is great, staff on other units are very helpful and friendly.

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  April 4, 2025

   • Med-Surg

  Union is very strong!