Northside Hospital reviews

Management is terrible. NOT the place to work if you intend on moving up. And if there is a mistake on their part, be prepared to take the fall.

Patient satisfaction here is HUGE. I definitely understand what it means for ratings and what not, but it sometimes gets in the way of providing care. Patients are made to feel like this a 5 star hotel instead of a hospital...Nurses end up running around trying to fetch all kinds of things to please patients when they could be providing care, charting, or helping a fellow nurse. It's a little messed up. Our unit was almost always short staffed so we were often forced to accept more patients than we needed to. The ratio was supposed to be 1:5 at most but we would sometimes go up to 1:6. It didn't happen ALL the time but when it did, it was very stressful and it felt unsafe. Also, If you do the RN internship program you have to sign a 2 year contract. If you break it immediately after the internship you have to pay over $4000! It's prorated the longer you stay during those 2 years. That's a big decision to make because you never know what will happen in life.