HOSPITAL FACTORS to want to work there

keward01, MSN · Aug 11, 2021

Culture....bottom line. You should go to the hospital as a visitor. See if people look happy, say hello, ask if you need help. These are all signs that there is a true value system being followed.

Guest1176712 · Aug 14, 2021

Fed Staffing Ratios Law first. Over $50/hr pay with great benefits. No Bully Policy.

kbrn2002, ADN, RN · Aug 18, 2021

On 8/5/2021 at 7:48 PM, Emergent said:

An organized, helpful, compassionate manager who is straightforward and a great communicator.

While I can agree with the idea of good management being a big one for the plus column the problem I found is managers come and go and the good one's always seem to go to quick.

In the 25 years I spent at my previous employer I'd honestly have to think real hard to even remember all the managers. There are a couple that stand out both for good and bad. The best was the first administrator I worked under. The DON was so-so but that administrator was amazing. He knew the names of every staff member and resident in the building. He actually spent a lot of his day outside his office. Heck, he'd even go into the kitchen and help if somebody called in. Raises were yearly and decent, staff suggestions were paid attention to and followed up on. I was sad when he left.

The worst was a DON that was legitimately a little unhinged and her crazy redneck friend that she hired as the ADON. They were a pair! The ADON was the first of the two to leave when somebody reported her for throwing ice cubes at a resident in the dining room. When they finally got rid of the DON after she spent a few days in jail and lied to the administrator about where she had been they found a bottle of booze in her desk when they cleaned it out.

So good management is important but for me not the most important factor in job satisfaction. Honestly the biggest factors for me are a good team to work with and pay appropriate for the job and competitive for the region.