Any thoughts on Kindred Hospital?

blarn · Mar 19, 2014

Ive Heard Those Same Negative Things. I Have Never Been A Kindred Employee, But Ive Done Dialysis Treatments At Kindred. None Of The Dialysis Nurses Liked GoingThere Because If You Or The Patient Needed Something You Would Not Be Able To Find Help.

TexasRN09 · Mar 20, 2014

I am wondering the same thing about Kindred. But I heard mix stories about it. Some people that I know who works at Kindred said it's a good place to get an experience especially for those who are new grads. I am a new grad and have an interview with Kindred tomorrow. If you guys know how they interview or is it hard or not please let me know. It would be a great help :)

newbieRN724 · Mar 22, 2014

Kindred ' s icu ratio is normally 1:3 at most. At l least the one I work at

isharRN, ASN, RN · Mar 22, 2014

I am wondering the same thing about Kindred. But I heard mix stories about it. Some people that I know who works at Kindred said it's a good place to get an experience especially for those who are new grads. I am a new grad and have an interview with Kindred tomorrow. If you guys know how they interview or is it hard or not please let me know. It would be a great help :)

How did your interview go? Was it a panel interview or one on one?

TexasRN09 · Mar 25, 2014

How did your interview go? Was it a panel interview or one on one?

My interview went well. I thought it would be difficult but it wasn't at all. There were two people interviewing me and asked me behavioral (standard) questions such what are your strengths/weakness; why do you want to work here n all. I just received a call from that but unfortunately I missed it so the lady left a voicemail that I got an offer from Kindred :) I am beyond excited but nervous at the same time because I missed her call and now she's not answering. This was my first interview as a new grad and I haven't heard anything from other places either. After hearing about the hospital, I feel it would be a great place to learn.

Orca, ADN, ASN, RN · Mar 25, 2014

I have not worked for Kindred either, but I know a number of people who have. They have a very poor reputation in my area, both for the care they deliver and how they treat employees.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2014

The Kindred ICU's are a 3:1 on days and 4:1 on nights with an aid. Their staffing is system wide and done by supervision on the computer with acuity (sort of) considered. 10:1 is a floor ratio but these are SICK patients.

You will work hard. Kindred is a no frills for profit corporation. Patients actually do well and go home. But the staff is worked very hard. You will get experience but these patients are sick.

maccheese · Mar 27, 2014

I had a couple of interviews with Kindred in Atlanta. I was very impressed that those I interviewed with were very honest about the work environment. They stated it would be hard and challenging, but the experience is invaluable. After taking a tour, I definitely saw what they were talking about. A lot of trachs and vents in a non ICU environment. The nurse educator was also excited about cross training opportunities that would soon be available in the OR (some places you go aren't interested in rounding you out, they want to keep you in one place for staffing purposes and not losing you.) The nurse educator emphasized the invaluable experience that you would get as a nurse. So valuable, that there were some comments made that seemed that there were those who came, got their 6 month training and left. (I would never condone this, at least stick it out a year.) But that in itself shows the value of the training and the acuity that they have. Again, I liked the fact that they were honest about being a nurse there, but they emphasized how they tried their best to train nurses to survive in that type of environment, providing direct follow up and feedback with the nurse educator, to make sure that your critical thinking skills and ability to survive and being realistically evaluated regularly. The chief nursing officer was honest about out 5-7:1 was an average. When 8:1 was happened, she expressed that she got concerned as 8 patients in that acute of an environment was a huge risk to patient safety. Shows to me, the somebody is paying some type of attention for the sake of their patients and also for some kind of consideration of the nurses.

The Kindred ICU's are a 3:1 on days and 4:1 on nights with an aid. Their staffing is system wide and done by supervision on the computer with acuity (sort of) considered. 10:1 is a floor ratio but these are SICK patients.
You will work hard. Kindred is a no frills for profit corporation. Patients actually do well and go home. But the staff is worked very hard. You will get experience but these patients are sick.

isharRN, ASN, RN · Mar 27, 2014

I am wondering the same thing about Kindred. But I heard mix stories about it. Some people that I know who works at Kindred said it's a good place to get an experience especially for those who are new grads. I am a new grad and have an interview with Kindred tomorrow. If you guys know how they interview or is it hard or not please let me know. It would be a great help :)

Congrats on your first RN job!! I just applied to at least 5 positions at Kindred in San Antonio. Hopefully I get a call too. I really want to get the experience. Thanks so much for your reply:) and good luck on your new job! :nurse: :)

newbieRN724 · Mar 29, 2014

The one I work at the ratio at most is 5-6:1 and 6 is rare but it happens if there are call offs.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2014

I had a couple of interviews with Kindred in Atlanta. I was very impressed that those I interviewed with were very honest about the work environment. They stated it would be hard and challenging, but the experience is invaluable. After taking a tour, I definitely saw what they were talking about. A lot of trachs and vents in a non ICU environment. The nurse educator was also excited about cross training opportunities that would soon be available in the OR (some places you go aren't interested in rounding you out, they want to keep you in one place for staffing purposes and not losing you.) The nurse educator emphasized the invaluable experience that you would get as a nurse. So valuable, that there were some comments made that seemed that there were those who came, got their 6 month training and left. (I would never condone this, at least stick it out a year.) But that in itself shows the value of the training and the acuity that they have. Again, I liked the fact that they were honest about being a nurse there, but they emphasized how they tried their best to train nurses to survive in that type of environment, providing direct follow up and feedback with the nurse educator, to make sure that your critical thinking skills and ability to survive and being realistically evaluated regularly. The chief nursing officer was honest about out 5-7:1 was an average. When 8:1 was happened, she expressed that she got concerned as 8 patients in that acute of an environment was a huge risk to patient safety. Shows to me, the somebody is paying some type of attention for the sake of their patients and also for some kind of consideration of the nurses.

I was a supervisor at Kindred in MA for a quite while. They may have changed to staffing some, it's been a couple of years, but staffing there was a challenge. They had different acuity floors but I have never seen 5:1 on any floor. Never. I'll give 7-8:1 on days with aides to help. The reality of interviews and reality of working are 2 different things.

They do staff according to acuity and some acuity models did call for 6:1 but never had the staff to have that many nurses. Census ebbs and flows there a bit and there are time low census can be an issue