UHS

RNshy · Jun 24, 2015

In a word, yes. They're terrible. Check out watchinguhs.wordpress.com for more info.

EatYourVeggies · Jun 25, 2015

Yes it is all about the $$$ in my opinion.

macfar28 · Jun 26, 2015

I worked at a local UHS hospital for all of 6 hours before turning my keys in. There were so many red flags, that my gut said "RUN!" And that was just in the orientation classroom. I didn't even need to see the mess on the units. Hearing about it was enough.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jun 28, 2015

As a rule of thumb, almost all for-profit hospitals are driven by the dollar: they want to acquire as much profit as they can while spending the least amount of money to do so. They'll cut corners wherever they can get away with it.

That's not to say that working at a for-profit is necessarily a nightmare, but keep that in mind.

chanperrybsn · Jun 30, 2015

Absolutely. I worked at an UHS facility directly out of nursing school. I was given three shifts of orientation and was given 18 violent female adolescent patients on my fourth shift as a brand new nurse. We were always understaffed and underpaid, but administration always got huge bonuses even if the hospital needed repairs/equipment. Staff never stayed, at least 20 people were hired every month due to turnover. Somehow, I lasted three years.

EatYourVeggies · Jun 30, 2015

Sounds pretty similar to my experience. I got hired straight out of school as a registry rn and given a week of orientation. I would float throughout all the units; adolescent girls, adolescent boys, young adults, autistic/mr unit, and peds. Some days I would work as an RN some days I would work as a tech. Sometimes I was the only nurse on the unit and if our census was high there would be two nurses. I think the ratio was 24 patients to 1 nurse or something ridiculous like that. It was all paper charting too it was awful.

RatchedAfterMidnight, MSN, APRN · Jul 1, 2015

UHS Behind Closed Doors | The hidden harm of maximizing profits

This website has many links to stories circulating in the media and a map of "problem facilities" that have been under the scrutiny of regulators. Of course take some of the commentary with a grain of salt...it is a website with the specific purpose of exposing UHS.

EatYourVeggies · Jul 2, 2015

Thank you so much for sharing this website! It is so sad that they continue to make a huge profit off of mentally ill individuals who need help. It is sickening that our tax dollars are being used in medicaid fraud.

PickleRicked · Jul 5, 2015

Yup! But we can literally throw all the paper in the air, so there is that.