Pros
Decent pay for Midwest, annual retirement contribution, strong union (did go on strike 3 years ago, narrowly avoided one this year), fair teamwork and decent direct supervision & management in ICU.
Cons
Corporate leaders did not listen to us about how ICU RN’s felt about merging ICU with “stepdown” patients into 2 huge ICU’s in the brand new hospital, with excessively long hallways and a potentially risky layout for critical care patients. Decentralized nursing stations have promoted a decrease in teamwork and a sense of isolation among staff, especially new grad RN’s. Mass exodus of experienced RN’s, with very little experience left to sprinkle around two 32-bed ICU’s. Executive leadership has not listened to beside RN’s or direct management/supervision regarding these concerns.