ProMedica Flower Hospital

Patient ratio.

Schedule flexibility…don’t do block schedules…wait until last minute to renew contract

It's overall a decent smaller hospital. Easy to get around to different units. Uses Epic. Compared nationwide, the ratios aren't bad. 1:4 or 1:5

Getting any help can be an issue at times. Nursing assistant shortage is a common problem. Charge nurses will be off patients, but not helpful at all (Not all of them, some are good) except to give you admissions and then sit down and audit everything you do. There were several shifts when I was without nursing assistant help, given an admission and then written up on incident reports for missing any random thing. On one occasion it was for not documenting provider notification of an abnormal blood sugar that was taken when the patient was in ER. There are some amazing RNs there, but the toxic ones outnumber the good ones. Hopefully this culture will change someday.

Good patient ratiis

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