Any nurses have opinions on working at Tenet Hospitals?

[BettyBoop01]

Just looking for opinions and experiences. TY

[RNTOBE_1970]

Enjoyed it...worked for two prior to Hurrican Katrina.

[MJB2010]

Awful!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!! I would never work for them again. Ever. Google their 900 million dollar fine.

[elkpark]

I worked as a hospital surveyor/inspector, specifically in psych, for my state and CMS, for several years. My team had one Tenet hospital in our "territory," and, I must say, it really stood out from the other psych units and hospitals we surveyed, and not in a good way. They cut every possible corner they could and squeezed every nickel until it screamed. That facility had a much higher, more frequent level of problems/incidents than most of the facilities we surveyed. From the coverage of the chain nationally and my own observations, I would certainly never consider working for Tenet or recommending them to anyone else, nurses or clients.

[caliotter3]

I have only ever seen negative opinions concerning this chain. I once applied at a Tenet hospital before I knew about their negative reputation and recall encountering one of the most cold, aloof, dismissing group of people ever.

[tejas-nurse]

Seems like the comments about Tenet are mostly bad. But I also think that almost all hospitals will find somebody complaining about them.

There are a lot of new grads out of work. What if Tenet was the only game in town? Would you hold out for something better?

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

There are a lot of new grads out of work. What if Tenet was the only game in town? Would you hold out for something better?

Nope! I would also ask around locally, because even if the overall reputation of Tenet isn't so great, individual facilities could be decent.

[MJB2010]

Seems like the comments about Tenet are mostly bad. But I also think that almost all hospitals will find somebody complaining about them.

There are a lot of new grads out of work. What if Tenet was the only game in town? Would you hold out for something better?

That is how I got sucked in. Be very cautious with any hospital hiring droves of new grads in this economy. It should have been a red flag, but they recruit out of state new grads.

[elkpark]

What if Tenet was the only game in town? Would you hold out for something better?

Yes, I would -- but, then, I would never work for any for-profit hospital/healthcare facility. That is counter to my personal and professional values (which were only reinforced by what I observed during my surveyor experience).

[tejas-nurse]

I know bad things have been said about the Tenet hospitals near Hermann Park.

Anyone hear anything about the others, such as the Northwest Houston Medical Center?

Right it it's a really rough patch for new grads. Don't know how long it's going to be rough...

But it's only going to get harder for those who continue to not get jobs for 6mo to a year...

[rkitty198, BSN, RN]

I worked in Texas and I really liked my hospital.

Now that was the co-workers.

I always said that if I stayed there I was going to have a heart attack by the age of 30....

I never had one and I am 31, but then again I dont work there anymore.

My patient load was 7 and I was in charge. I also had to jump through many obstacles and hoops to get a raise- there is a large packet one must complete in a year to get a raise (attend meetings, hold inservices, teaching, precepting, community service). If you get the raise you have to continue doing all the stuff you did to get it in the first place. So if the next year you are too burned out, your raise goes bye bye.

They dont nickel and dime a thing, yet they nickel and dime everything.

Which is probably why they dont give out raises either, yet they are totally wastefull.

I wouldn't let "Tenet" make your decision for working at a particular facility. Each floor, each manager, your co-workers really make the difference. Times like these are not ones where you want to be picky.

[tejas-nurse]

True, the market dictates that new grads get what scraps they can.