Nurses: Hospital Red Flags

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What are some red flags at hospitals that let you know that this might not be the best place to work?

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HCA on the front door.:laugh:

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HCA on the front door.:laugh:

I agree 100%

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

High turnover. If they were fired, you wonder what type of management you're getting into the ring with. If they left voluntarily, you wonder about the working environment and why they were driven to leave.

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

More new grads than experienced staff.

Dirty floors and rooms, everywhere.

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When I was still doing travel nursing, I worked at a hospital that was 90-95% staffed by travel and agency nurses-that is aways a HUGE red flag. Some nights on the unit I was assigned to, we were all travelers and drew names at random to see who would be stuck doing charge.

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Specializes in ICU.

Sorry if this is dumb, but what is HCA?

I agree with the high turnover being a major red flag.

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
Sorry if this is dumb, but what is HCA?

I agree with the high turnover being a major red flag.

Hospital Corporation of America---a chain of corp owned health care facilities....we have many here in South Florida.

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You hear negative comments from many people who work there. You hear nothing positive over the years and these are from people in different departments. The nurses are trying to get unionized in an area where unions don't exist.

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You hear negative comments from many people who work there. You hear nothing positive over the years and these are from people in different departments. The nurses are trying to get unionized in an area where unions don't exist.

I experience this a lot actually. With people from all departments and not just the nurses...

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People mentioning that they never take lunch very casually, or that everyone stays late but doesn't fill out overtime slips, or clocks out and keeps working. No laughter (or at least pleasantness) in the nurses' station on your tour of the unit. You get ignored by the reception desk or the unit desk.

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People mentioning that they never take lunch very casually, or that everyone stays late but doesn't fill out overtime slips, or clocks out and keeps working. No laughter (or at least pleasantness) in the nurses' station on your tour of the unit. You get ignored by the reception desk or the unit desk.

May I ask, why is this considered a red flag?

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