Pros
Pay for Nurses is pretty good due to Nurse Union. Most of the staff around the hospital are very caring and wonderful people (you always have a few bad eggs wherever you go). Overall the facility is maintained well and some things are fixed relatively quickly. Nurses are given a decent amount of autonomy.
Cons
UNSAFE staffing. No nursing unit educators leading to less competent nurses. New Sound Physician group full of travel docs giving UNSAFE orders for patients. I currently would not bring my family here. Benefits are lacking, 403b match is a joke compared to other places I've worked. Recognition for employment is also laughable, you may get a printed generic "thanks for being her" card after 5 years. No meals provided for staff who have to work holidays. Heck, we had to donate blood just to get a turkey around Thanksgiving. Currently a lot of administrative people are being laid of (some with 20+ years of service) less than two weeks away from Christmas. Meanwhile the CEO of Ascension, Anthony Tersigni, is the highest paid nonprofit CEO of around 17 million...
