America's Best Hospitals: 2009-10

Wish the article was clearer in what they meant by "the best"

I've worked at four of the top ten -- none of them are great places to work. At least, not for nurses. I understand the physicians are quite happy . . . .

MPLS VAMC is a pretty darn good hospital......It won the system wide performance award for the VA this year...

MN is a good place to live and work. Rochester is a very family oriented city.

Well im disappointed in how its become a hospital and Drs that keep placing more on the nurses. We have to lvie also and should have the best healthcare. Im looking for that hospital that really values its nurses and everyone works like well oil machine. I have worked the medical field a long time. Love pt care . LOve the people. Never in my life did I say I dont need things also. I guess its a thing of past but when Drs , nurses and hospital work together and get treated well it was awesome. When did they ever get the right to keep slamming the nurses. We have given alot in our life. Id like to find a hospital and doctors that appreciated nurses and show it . A family based unit. When your happy then everyone wins. I have seen these greatest hospital , highly recommended places. I also saw surgery was a concern for me to take my family to. Cuts are always on nurses. Doctors have a high recommendation for me . This hospital everyone is related and outside not welcome. But nurses are great notch but willing to take low healthcare, more pt load and then get wrote up for not tagging a IV line, they just have gotten out of control and nurses are expected to be perfect. Along with this, if you arent related you dont have a chance. Guarenteed to be last no matter how many patient love you ,the many lives you save, or great care you give. Healthcare changed and im looking for hospital that will invest in me as I would with them. That hospital will be number one because were all in it for same reason. Being number one and knowing you did the best and are the best. But we need money too to retire. Today I see nurses that gave there life to give to others come in as patient and with no healthcare. Guess what no one cared. They gave there life for everone but where is everyone when she needs assistance. Its just sad.We need a good retirement also. I do care about my patient. I have high recommendation by doctors. But I need to make more and have great healthcare for when I or my kids are sick. Nurses need to be treated great also. Were people to saving patient lives, having doctors back, and bring great scores to hospitals. If anyone find a hosptal as such let me know. I would like to be in florida but you know I have to live also.

Don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but University of WA is horrible. Good for research, terrible for patient care. Nurses are not allowed to be patient advocates.

I think it depends upon your unit and the unit culture. My experience at the UWMC was different from yours.

does anyone else see that some of the highest ranking hospitals treat their nurses the WORST?!?! Im a travel nurse, and I've been to john hopkins, cleveland clinic, and duke, ALL of which have treated their staff like crap! I was especially surprised with john hopkins...i was so excited to go there, and then couldn't wait to leave! Duke lost me with their, "we're better than everyone else attitude" and crappy pay...they were only going to pay 22/hr...as TRAVEL PAY!!! and when i questioned it there words to me were...."we're duke...you get the privlidge of putting that on your resume" WOW. talk about being full of ourselves! I currently work at the MOST amazing hospital....National Institutes of Health. I've never worked at a hospital where they were more concerned about pt care and aquity. I never have more than 4pts/night (days get between 2-3) because they focus on pt needs....isn't that what its really all about? And they don't even make the list....THIS i think is a shame...

couldn't agree with you more!

Let's face it. We don't matter. We are still no better off than we were 25 years ago. We are bodies on a schedule to be used up and paid as little as possible. There is no glory in nursing, it is no different from being a waitress or a cashier. Make your life be important. Work to live, don't live to work. If you put too much value on your work you just get your heart broken. There is no such thing as a career in nursing. It is just a job. We need to stop being such softies and stop deluding ourselves. We need to get unionized and protect ourselves. Employers just do not care.