[Dec07Grad]

Hi,
Does anyone know anything about Braintree Rehab Hospital? I graduated with an ASN in Dec 07 and have been looking for a position. I have an interview at Braintree Rehab Hospital and was wondering if anyone out there had any advice on starting out at a rehab or any feedback on this particular facility? I would love to work at a hospital but like many others on this site, haven't had much luck with that and I have very specific schedule limitations (can only work weekends).

Thanks!! I appreciate any feedback!!

[gerry79]

A few of my classmates work at Braintree rehab and none like it. Since they have their year of experience they are trying to find hospital jobs at this very moment. I dont know if rehab nursing is looked upon the same as long term care nursing (hospitals generally dont consider LTC as experience towards working in a hospital). I did not realize how hard it is for new grads to find jobs! So much for the nursing shortage!!!

[Nurseismade RN]

Originally Posted by gerry79

........ I dont know if rehab nursing is looked upon the same as long term care nursing (hospitals generally dont consider LTC as experience towards working in a hospital).

but they do consider Long-Term Acute Care hospital experience, you might want to look in that direction......they hire ADN's and the pay is comparable and even higher than city hospitals....the upside too is that you actually see your patient improve as the stay is usually between 2-4weeks

LTAC stands for "long-term acute care" hospital. LTAC hospitals treat critically ill, medically complex patients who suffer from multiple organ system failures - active disorders of many parts of the body. These conditions include cardiopulmonary disorders, wounds, kidney diseases, cancer, amputees, complex infections, and neurological disorders such as head and spinal cord injury and stroke. Because they are medically complex, patients often are dependent on technology, such as mechanical ventilators, total parenteral nutrition, respiratory or cardiac monitors and dialysis machines for continued life support Patients recover through a carefully orchestrated multidisciplinary team approach. Patient/nurse ratios are usually 4-6 patients.

Some common misperceptions:

LTAC is not chronic care.
LTACs are not skilled nursing facilities.
LTACs are not rehabilitation facilities.
LTACs are not sub acute facilities.
Hope this helps!!!

[Dec07Grad]

Thank you for the great information!

Gerry79, do you know what the pay is like at Braintree?

NurseismadeRN, can you provide some names of places that provide the types of services you describe?

Thank you both for the info!

[Nurseismade RN]

you can google LTAC ...that should bring them up.

I work at the Sinai Hospital in stoughton.....we have a vent floor, cancer floor and my floor which deals with everything I mentioned in my post. patient ratio on my floor is 5/6 patients. My floor is considered the most difficult. I heard the cancer floor is the best, as you usually get the same patients, lots of IV meds. my floor is like med-surg, yesterday most of my patients were on IV meds, around the clock prn narcs for pain, wound care and wound vacs, lots of insulin shots given...it is quite busy.

check out their website...www.newenglandsinai.org and take the tour and watch the video.

if you are interested pm me and I will tell you who to speak to.

[Alexk49]

I live in Stoughton and NESH has a wonderful reputation. The patients are often transferred from an ICU to NESH...that tells you about the acuity.

Braintree is also a good hospital but it is a for profit which to me gives a little different background.

[Boston-RN]

I have worked at both Braintree (now five star) for 6 mths and NE Sinai (the satellite at the Carney) for a year and I have to say that NE Sinai will better prepare you for your career in an acute care hospital. Like the other poster said you will see and learn things you won't even get a chance to do on a med surg floor at most acute hospitals. Like vents/trachs/wound vacs.

I now work at BIDMC on a thoracic surgery/medical telemetry floor and it was a very smooth transition. The only downfall at NE Sinai is the orientation is not that long/strong (at least not when I was there).

[Boston-RN]

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR NURSEISMADE RN....your inbox was full and wouldn't let me respond to your PM so here is my response.

Sorry for the delay I haven't checked in a couple days. The carney branch does use meditech, they don't have the same capabilities as the stoughton location yet because they use carney's pharmacy and carney has an older version of meditech that is not yet compatible with the newer version as far as medication admin and order entry. But for documentation it's the same. I left 6 mths ago but I still keep in touch and on occ. do Per Diem. The staff at carney are great and I miss them. It's a different atmosphere from what I've been told, I never worked at the stoughton location so it's hard for me to judge. The nurse mgr is BLANK and she's wonderful.