Pros
One hour paid lunch, shift report takes just a couple minutes, can do the minimum and get away with it... relatively a non-physical job.
Cons
Clinicians are treated like expenses and a mere inconvenience. Self-scheduling is anything but that. Chronic understaffing. Cronyism. Threatening ultimatums from management. Company touts critical care expertise but caters to client staff who are inefficient clinically and abuse our services by asking for things that aren't steeped in evidence-based practice. Providers encouraged to cater to these wishes in order to make clients happy rather than improving patient care. Orientation process states a patient ratio of 45 patients per nurse. 99% of the time, you wind up with 60+ patients, which not only complicates your workflow but prevents us from doing the service we've been hired to do. RNs are tasked with obtaining a CCRN or "willing to obtain" a CCRN certification within 4 months of hire. However, if you don't pass the exam, you will be given a deadline to pass or be placed on unpaid leave... and if you're less than a year into the job, you'll be responsible for hundreds of dollars in licensing fees. Promotions are given to those who excel in brownnosing rather than those who offer realistic solutions. Highly technical position with perpetual IT problems that impair the ability to do the job.
