Are there any decent hospitals left in NYC?

[Student_murse]

I am an ICU nurse at Mount Sinai West. Our working conditions are horrible. Short staffed and tripled nearly everyday. No visible management, no leadership, no charge, no PCA’s, no unit secretaries, poor interdisciplinary work-flow. I sign a protest of assignment at least 1x a week. Patient outcomes suffer when nurses are spread so thin but we are doing our best. The health care system continuously sets us up to fail and then blames nursing for poor outcomes under impossible circumstances. Does anyone work in an NYC hospital that is not experiencing this? Someone told me it’s this bad like this everywhere but, I need to know. I have to leave this place for my health and sanity. My worst fear is going somewhere else, giving up my seniority and shift and then landing in the same bad situation. Are there any hospitals left that value their nurses? 

[JKL33]

3 hours ago, Student_murse said:

Someone told me it’s this bad like this everywhere but, I need to know.

I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't too great anywhere right now. BUT...we've been hearing this "it's like this everywhere" stuff forever. Employers do, to some degree, want you to worry about exactly what you're worrying about--that if you leave you'll be in an even worse situation. When everybody thinks that way well then some of the motivation for employers to improve things is lost.

This is exactly why more people are deciding to travel: They figure if conditions are going to be horrid everywhere they might as well make a lot more money doing what they're going to have to do anyway.