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[COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]It's taken me a while to write this because I have had to allow some time to pass and distance to be created. I have to write about my experience working for a particular facility of this corporation. I am not going to name names or give too many specifics but it has to do with one of the campuses in Pinellas County. A reason why I feel so strongly is because of the way certain coworkers and myself were treated. Once I left and worked at other facilities in the area I found out we were not the only ones wronged by this organization. It all starts out nice enough. The facilities are nice and up to date. They offer good benefits and discounts on attractions, events, etc. Management greets you with a smile and pretends to be interested in your feedback but then something happens. All of a sudden you realize what you have gotten yourself into. Never in my career have I ever worked at a hospital that was more obsessed with HCAP scores. Yes, they are what keep the hospital doors open. As a nurse, no one understands that more. But here it is taken to the extreme. To the point where if it means belittling or humiliating staff members to the core of what makes them human. Never in my career have I seen more backstabbing, favoritism or unprofessionalism by middle and upper management that goes unnoticed and continues to go on. There was a time in a staff meeting when I wish I could have recorded it with my phone and given it to the local news. The manager was swearing, making crude references and worst of all, talking about a particular "problem patient" and his family that was extremely unbecoming for someone in her position. I was embarrassed for her. Also, how certain staff members were constantly under the microscope and others could get away with whatever they wanted (i.e., taking extended cigarette breaks instead of tending to his duties on the floor) because they were on the "manager's favorites list". The absolute worst was the one time I was spoken to about my interaction with a patient and seeing the stack of pure fiction in front me fabricated by the management. That was the true moment of clarity. When I saw this hospital and organization for who they really were. I minded my p's and q's until I was in a comfortable position to resign. The manager (the one I mentioned earlier) seemed flabbergasted. Someone who was ready to terminate me some months earlier couldn't contemplate why I no longer wanted to work there. Around that time there were a few other resignations, one or two not as cordial as mine. One former employee tried applying for a position at another facility within the system but she was denied and many said it was because that particular manager purposefully sabotaged her chances. I didn't dare trying. I found another position outside that system where I am thriving and appreciated. I know I am a good person and a good nurse. I knew as soon as I could get away from that environment I could believe that again. I am not saying all for the facilities within the system are like this, I am just writing about my experience at this particular one. Just some advice to those on their application website. If there are consistently openings for new staff at one facility more than the others, there's usually a good reason why. [/COLOR]

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