Parkland Hospital, Dallas Texas.

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Hello..Anyone working at parkland or has worked there..How much do they start RN1 pay? What is the shift differential at night? weekend? How is there Insurance? Do you like it overall? Please help me with this questions..Thanks

I also read the comment on "The Parkland House of Horrors."

While every hospital does have dirty laundry with bodily fluids they need to clean, what Jr Admin failed to point out was that Parkland recycles the waste water to clean their laundry, which should be treated as a biohazardous waste.

Most hospitals don't recycle their septic waste water like that. She fails to point that out, so what is the point Jr Admin is making of the website being silly?

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

My name is not.done.yet., not Jr. Admin. ;)

I am never a fan of websites set up with an obviously skewed agenda. Give me research done in a scientific fashion with more than anecdotal evidence and "investigative reporting" and we'll talk.

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Well not.done.yet, if you look at that documents section on "The Parkland House of Horrors", it doesn't seem that this is all just biased and slanted anecdotal evidence. Apparently, CMS terminated Parkland from their deemed status in Medicare and UTSW already settled a case for Medicare fraud. Parkland failed several safety inspections and were deemed an "immediate jeopardy" to the safety of all its patients by CMS, JCAHO, and the Texas Dept. of State Health Services. There is a significant paper trail, which you can't seem to "scientifically" explain away as poppycock.

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Specializes in CCU, CVICU, Cath Lab, MICU, Endoscopy..

"All great changes are preceded by chaos"....Deepak Chopra....

Hence be happy that great Nurses are still fighting for an institution that caters to the uninsured....good luck at Parkland! " be the change you want to be":-)

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I too was just hired on and honestly I would rather hear information coming from a PARKLAND employee rather than someone who doesnt work there or has never been employed there. Also I still havent heard anything on why they would be building a NEW facility if it was going to be closed down everyone seems to be ignoring that statement. I am excited to work there and I will be saving lives and doing what A NURSE should be doing rather than focusing on everything else that is going on on these other websites... Patient safety FIRST remember!

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
Well not.done.yet, if you look at that documents section on "The Parkland House of Horrors", it doesn't seem that this is all just biased and slanted anecdotal evidence. Apparently, CMS terminated Parkland from their deemed status in Medicare and UTSW already settled a case for Medicare fraud. Parkland failed several safety inspections and were deemed an "immediate jeopardy" to the safety of all its patients by CMS, JCAHO, and the Texas Dept. of State Health Services. There is a significant paper trail, which you can't seem to "scientifically" explain away as poppycock.

Believe me, I am not arguing that there are problems at Parkland. I am arguing that the website placed here is there simply to stir up trouble rather than look for solutions. It is an amateur website with an agenda that does not forward the best interests of the population that Parkland serves.

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Specializes in SICU.

Yes I think Parkland would be a wonderful learning experience either way :)

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I agree! I think Parkland is a great training ground. I doubt they'll Shut it down coz where would d people go? Plus, they won't be spending money on that new hospital...i hope Parkland find its way back up!

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Specializes in ER, OR, Geri-Psych, Med-surg/Post-trauma.

This hospital sounds just like The Regional Medical Center at Memphis. People talk about it the same way but I love where I work.

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They've just fired all their senior executive management from when their problems began, and they've just fired their interim CEO who replaced their CEO of 30-years in December.

On top of that, they've failed every monthly progress report with their federally-mandated safety monitors. There's a great reference website from watchdog group at the Parkland House of Horrors at theparklandhouseofhorrors.blogspot.com.

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Are you kidding?! That website is such a joke! It looks like it was put together by some teenagers. Movie clips? Haunted houses? Please!

I work at Parkland and it's wonderful. We receive the sickest of the sick, mangled of the mangled. The average ER in the area sees 40 patients per day. Parkland sees 400. There will be happy patients and unhappy patients-it comes with the territory. There are issues to be addressed, and they are being aggressive with change at Parkland, but it is in no danger of being shut down. All of the COPC clinics just received critical certifications and the main hospital also just received it's renewal as a Level 1 trauma center. These certification processes are highly detailed and critical. If the place was just a shop of horrors like some claim, they would never pass the rigorous standards they do. There are alot of politics involved, unfortunately. You have to look past some of that and see the good that is being done in the community. You would be lucky to get to work there and see some of the things we see. You will learn so very much. Good luck to you!

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It's funny how you have exactly 3 posts on this website, all of them slamming Parkland. :down: Are you a nurse? Medical professional? Reporter? What qualifies you to speak how you do other than that ridiculous webpage?

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