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Specializes in Surgical/Trauma ICU RN.

As nurses, what do you want to see from hospitals that will make you want to work there and stay? Need help looking at different factors

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

RESPECT! Find out what it means to me.

Decent pay concommitant with risk/hazards we take on as nurses....

Decent treatment from management/admin....we are not mindless robots to do their bidding. We have licensure and ethics to follow....

Non-tolerance policy for abuse toward health care workers.....

I could go on and but those are a start for me.

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Specializes in Surgical/Trauma ICU RN.
Just now, SmilingBluEyes said:

RESPECT! Find out what it means to me.

Decent pay concommitant with risk/hazards we take on as nurses....

Decent treatment from management/admin....we are not mindless robots to do their bidding. We have licensure and ethics to follow....

Non-tolerance policy for abuse toward health care workers.....

I could go on and but those are a start for me.

Which one would be the most important to you?

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Decent treatment and non-tolerance of violence/inappropriate behavior from patients and families I guess....that's two but both matter to me.

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14 minutes ago, Mursemade said:

Which one would be the most important to you?

Seems like respect covers all of them. If you respect someone you don't generally take advantage of them in any of the other ways mentioned or any yet to be mentioned.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

I tolerated endless BS at Wrongway Regional Medical Center for 17 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days because of the great pay. At one time, a few years before I was "fired & retired", I was given a raise which increased my monthly take home by $1,000.

I am not down playing any of the factors mentioned, but when it all came down to bottom line, I couldn't deposit any of it in my savings account.

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28 minutes ago, Davey Do said:

I tolerated endless BS at Wrongway Regional Medical Center for 17 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days because of the great pay. At one time, a few years before I was "fired & retired", I was given a raise which increased my monthly take home by $1,000.

I am not down playing any of the factors mentioned, but when it all came down to bottom line, I couldn't deposit any of it in my savings account.

Just wondering what unit were you on? If you could go back in time, would you still pick the same hospital or seek other opportunities?

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
1 hour ago, Mursemade said:

Just wondering what unit were you on? If you could go back in time, would you still pick the same hospital or seek other opportunities?

What a wonderful question to ask, Mursemade!

I'll give you a pat answer: Even though I've been through some horrendous major life crises- as many of us have- I would not change one thing in my entire life because it brought me to where I am right now, at this very moment.

I have never been happier and more at peace with where I'm at and who I am.

That's not saying that I'm not a chronically necrotic malcontent, just a relatively happy chronically neurotic malcontent!

 

 

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I’ve worked every type of hospital; Magnet, non-Magnet, Level I, Ii, III, teaching, non-teaching, community, large urban, unionized, non-union.  I better employee advocacy, pay, staffing, equipment, in a hospital that has a strong union presence.  

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

One of the things I look for in a hospital is how the patients are treated. I've worked in, done clinical or training, or been with people being cared for, in about six different hospitals in my area. When I stand back and watch how patients are cared for by staff it really speaks volumes about the culture of the hospital. There is one local hospital that stands out in my mind. When a call bell rings, immediately people move. And not just the nearest tech (at my hospital nurses have been known to tell new orientees "that's the tech's job to answer the lights"), but nurses and even doctors. People go out of their way to help, no matter the issue. There is a genuine feel for doing what's right for the patient and that respect comes through. And every nurse I've spoken with from that hospital feels supported and respected by their peers, the other staff members, and management. I think it's not just coincidence that it's one of the only remaining community hospitals that hasn't been swallowed up by a larger corporation. I know it's my goal to work there at some point in my career. Maybe it won't live up to my expectations, but I'll take my chances. 

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15 minutes ago, JBMmom said:

One of the things I look for in a hospital is how the patients are treated. I've worked in, done clinical or training, or been with people being cared for, in about six different hospitals in my area. When I stand back and watch how patients are cared for by staff it really speaks volumes about the culture of the hospital. There is one local hospital that stands out in my mind. When a call bell rings, immediately people move. And not just the nearest tech (at my hospital nurses have been known to tell new orientees "that's the tech's job to answer the lights"), but nurses and even doctors. People go out of their way to help, no matter the issue. There is a genuine feel for doing what's right for the patient and that respect comes through. And every nurse I've spoken with from that hospital feels supported and respected by their peers, the other staff members, and management. I think it's not just coincidence that it's one of the only remaining community hospitals that hasn't been swallowed up by a larger corporation. I know it's my goal to work there at some point in my career. Maybe it won't live up to my expectations, but I'll take my chances. 

@JBMmom That is an environment I hope my current hospital reaches as well. To you the work environment and culture is a big factor when seeking another opportunity am I correct. Would pay play an important role or a greater role than the environment/culture?

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3 minutes ago, Mursemade said:

Would pay play an important role or a greater role than the environment/culture?

I can't feed my family or send my kids to college on ideals, I'll be the first to admit. But when I left (was fired from) one hospital and started at another, it was a $8/hr pay CUT and yet I was quite happy with that, because of how I felt in the new hospital. I think even had I not been fired, I would have made that move, just not so early. When the culture you're in makes every day a struggle, I don't think that money can make up for it. But then again I've been a live within my means person for most of my 47 years, even when I made $11K a year in grad school. If I can get hired there and make a wage that's liveable for me and my family, I'm okay if it's not quite as high as the miserable place down the road. 

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