Currently paying new LPN’s $20.40. Scope of practice wise, you do everything a RN does except spike a blood bag…you can order blood, pick up blood, verify blood, just can’t spike the bag before hanging. It’s literally robbery the way you do the same job and get paid much less. You get 6 weeks of orientation even though you’re allotted more. Choose anywhere else.

Be aware before excepting a job position here. Integris was my first job after I graduated nursing school. They did not give me a raise for the first two years nor did I have an annual review. The only reason that I got a raise was because I was offered another position at a competing hospital. The staffing ratios were horrendous. I was oftentimes supposed to have another nurse working with me. I had 23 patients and the supervisors would add their name onto the schedule to make it look like we were staffed. It is a huge liability and risk for your nursing license. It looks like we had staff because of how they designed the matrix. Staffing was never in ratio and I always felt very unsafe. The culture is very toxic and it’s the same group of people that have been there for over 20 years. You are just a number, not a person at Integris. I worked there for nearly 4 years. The culture is toxic and gossip is rampant and constant. There are not enough staff members or trained behavioral health techs to ensure the safety of the units. There was also a psychiatric patient who died in a pediatric units a few years ago. Thank goodness it was not on my shift because it was handled poorly as it was preventable. I do not recommend Integris to anybody under any circumstances. They provide sub optimal healthcare services, and do not support their employees.