New England Baptist Hospital- YAY or NEY ??

NeoPediRN · Jul 22, 2009

I find this story difficult to be credible, especially since according to this writer she was basically abused by basically every single person at the hospital. Interesting that she dropped the lawsuit because she didn't want to give her doctor's names to the defendants. That seems odd for someone who claims to be so victimized. NE Baptist has some of the highest patient satisfaction scores in MA and the country. It's also one of the top ortho hospitals. I know a couple nurses who work there and they love the environment and the patient population. I wouldn't let one hospital deter you from applying, especially when HCAHPS and Press Ganey reports rank it among the top, even from 2008...those are composed of MANY patient experiences, not one disgruntled patient's website. Here's more on their ratings from Press Ganey:

http://www.pressganey.com/cs/industry_awards/summit_awards/summit_awards_details_page?contentId=123

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Jul 26, 2009

First of all this incident took place over a decade ago.

Second not one agency ( Joint Commission, Board of Medicine, or the Legal System ) seems to have agreed that this patient was harmed.

Third, I wonder how sick she really was since she only released selective parts of her medical record.

If you are lucky enough to get a position take it, jobs are hard to come by in Boston.

GuatericanNurse · Aug 6, 2009

very true...very true...

i am way too gullible it seems lol

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Aug 6, 2009

Did you get the position ??

GuatericanNurse · Aug 7, 2009

not yet..still waiting to hear from them....eh.

c_white1 · Aug 8, 2009

Wow, I just looked at that website and I'm flabbergasted. I can't believe that someone would go to such an effort. While I agree with the previous posters that it's hard to find it completely credible I do have to wonder what on earth happened to anger her so greatly. Also, I can't imagine being transferred all the way from Idaho to Boston with such injuries. The whole thing is pretty fascinating (and sad).

Aaron MIller RN · Dec 15, 2009

As a graduate of the New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing and former Baptist employee, I can assure you that it is a fine place to work. During my years in Boston, I also had occasion to be a patient at the Baptist, and the care that I received was excellent by both physicians and nurses.

20+ years of nursing in all types of acute care settings has taught me that there can indeed be difficult Physicians to deal with....even difficult nurses. But lets not forget the difficult patients. This woman appears to have WAY too much time on her hands. Perhaps she suffered some head trauma during her unfortunate accident? Whatever the circumstances, her tale is full of scenarios that could never have happened. One glaring statement is that a "Nursing Supervisor" "Assigned" her an attending physician. I've been a nursing supervisor for some years now, and that could never happen. I know one of the physicians that this poor woman references in her diatribe, and I have never known him to be anything but kind to his patients. If any of this fairy tale were true, this unfortunate woman would be sitting pretty as the beneficiary of several costly lawsuites, the conditions of which would have undoubtedly barred her from talking about her "experiences". As it is, this is her only venue for venting hostilities of a dubious nature.

I hope that you did get your job at the Baptist! I worked there right out of school and learned a great deal! No matter where I work, it was the fundamentals of nursing that I learned during my years as a student and New Graduate while at the Baptist that have paved the way for the next steps in my carreer.