Reviews Received

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  December 5, 2022

   • Intensive Care

  Incredibly unsafe. Management is very catty and bullies. I loved a few of my colleagues but it was all petty drama. Physicians argued and didn’t cohesively take care of patients. I felt like my license was on the line. Awful to travelers floating them almost every shift to PCU with unsafe ratios or giving unsafe triples to them in the icu to “earn their pay”. I’ll never step foot in a Novant location again because of this place.

• 
  August 30, 2022

  Rn • Telemetry/Step-down

• 
  November 15, 2021

  RN • Emergency Room

  First contract as a traveler and it’s not terrible. They are severely short staffed, which is common anywhere hiring travelers. Ratios are appropriate the majority of the time. Cafeteria is just okay. Coffee shop in the hospital not great, stop before work if you like good coffee. Staff nurses are friendly and willing to show you where things are. Everyone works every other weekend. You can swap shifts with staff or other travelers. Got a full 3 days of orientation. Management is decent but less visible than other places I’ve worked. My badge worked for everything the first day. Communication is poor (when getting EMSs or a new patient) but not a deal breaker. I was told the day I picked up my badge by management that lunch breaks are basically non-existent but they are not sticklers about eating at the desk etc. so it isn’t terrible or a deal breaker. Large ER with 4 different main sides/care areas. They change assignments generally every 4 hours. Hit or miss on ancillary staff. EKG techs and phlebotomy some days but the monitors in the room do 12 leads which is so nice. ER pharmacist on the unit 24/7, RT is pretty absent but hey i can bag someone all day if needed lol Doctors are overall nice and receptive. Transport services are used for any ICU or IMC/PCU pts so you don’t have to know how to get to other units. Teamwork is absolutely non-existent in this ED. Pyxis is the medication dispenser, EPIC charting, they have iPhones that connect to epic so you can chart/scan meds/collect labs/message doctors. Any combo of navy and white is scrub color for RNs. ER dayshift is 0645-1915 (earliest clock in 0638 last way clock in 0652), no huddle so everyone sits in the break room until 7am then everyone migrates to the charge desk to find out assignments which is strange to me but also not terrible. Break room is large with PLENTY of fridge space and men’s/women’s locker rooms. Overall a good experience so far. Located in downtown Charlotte so plenty to choose from for food options, lodging, and entertainment.

• 
  August 17, 2022

  RN • Emergency Room

  As previously written, severely understaffed. Orientation was 2 shifts, which was fair. Most shifts are taking care of admissions held in the ER. Difficult to determine hospitalist of ER holds. Typical assignment is 3-4 patients with one being a hallway patient. May have room assignment changed every 4 hours. Core staff was rude and not willing to help- with the exception of the charge nurse. Materials are hard to come by which makes it hard to complete your job/tasks. For example, no electrodes/pulse oximetry/ BP cuffs. Pharmacist is available until 1:30AM on the unit.

• 
  February 7, 2022

  CSSO • Intensive Care

• 
  September 16, 2021

  Neuro ICU RN • Intensive Care

  Half of staff is travellers and the actual staff were many new nurses. Travellers get tripled or floated daily. Management was not professional, appreciative, considerate, or kind. Management created a very toxic/gossip-y environment. 10/10 would not recommend or return to this unit based on the culture.

• 
  April 14, 2023

   • Pediatrics

• 
  October 24, 2023

  RN/BSN • Intensive Care

  1:2 ratios, never tripled, half the time the charge did take at least 1 patient. Always had a provider on the unit. Had a manager on the unit overnight as well.