Northwest Hospital Employer Reviews

A typical day at work : involves starting the day with six pts. and ending w/six pts. Most of the time, four out of six pts. are stable. This does not mean that you are free from any statues changes. You must realize that these four pts.can change for the worst at any given time. keeping this in mind you must at all times keep your eyes closer on those – more... two unstable pts. and manage your time more effecient to be ready for changes at any given time. You must at all times work close to your co-workers as a team. Why? because they must be able to count on you at any cost and so do you w/them. It does not matter if you agree w/every thing about them or if you even like them.Think as if wee are all family for these 8-12hr. for the pts. sake. The hardest part of the job is having a nurse or a cna. transferred to your floor who is not a team player. This day just happens to be one of those days when you have two adimissions and two discharges within a 12hrs. shift. This is probably one of the hardest part of the job. However, the hardest part is the lost of a pt. The most enjoyable part of the job is when you know that, as a nurse you are really touching and changing some one life. ex. A pt. or his/her family member says something like this: "Nurse you give me Hope," Thank you." At this present time, all the work you performed to be at this place worth it all. – less

Great place to work with a feeling of family and not getting "lost" among the many.

I had a great time working at Northwest Hospital. The pay was low back then, but the lab was lovely.

A great environment with friendly co-workers and updated technology. Computers are available to all workers t anytime. Machines are all updated and the worker are very hard working. The most enjoyable part of the job is that everyone helps and speak to each other.

its a great place to work full of growth everyday isnt a easy day but its never to much of a challege I love this job but its to far of a distance from home

you learn something new everyday. majority of staff very dependable. the hardest part of the job is it's not a teaching hospital. so its hard to get Doctors for nightshift to cover pts. without attendings.

i really liked this job working with patients and staff was always interesing and exciting

Majority of the ED has a 4 to 1 ratio for nurses. The rapid care/clinic area has a 5 to 1 ratio. The nurse manager has an open door policy and is very attentive. The acuity and pace has significantly increased in the past year and half and staffing has not kept up with the pace. I always leave feeling as if I have helped someone

it's a goodstart for a career in healthcare but the micromanagment and problems where too much

Overall the Hospital was a decent place to work, it was like a huge Nursing Home, almost every patient was practically a complete care patient. The nursing team really needs to work on teamwork and management needs to stop being bias when it comes to listening to concerns of the non-Nurse support team because without their support system there would – more... be no hospital care. – less

The staff is good whenever a patient needs help, they work fast as well as efficiently.

Was a R.N. at Northwest for over 5 years; have worked on both the night and day shifts. Environment is extremely busy during the day and periodically throughout the night; almost no time to eat or utilize the bathroom at times. There is constant transfers of patients and almost no respect to the nurse's current patient load acuity. So you can be hit – more... with a heavy load of patients. There is at times difficulty getting support from M.D.s for patient care; however, the PAs can be accessed very easily. Your health insurance is limited to the Lifebridge network of Physicians so you have to see M.D.s that service Lifebridge Health for your personal medical issues. They do give yearly incentives such as a $20.00 Giant gift card during Christmas and a periodic bull-roast at Martins' West to honor the employees. However, there are not many bonuses/incentives that applies to working there. – less

Very friendly place to work. The employees are wonderful. I had a very wonderful experience working at Northwest Hospital as Director of Customer Service / Hospital facilitator.

Be very cautious taking a job at NW, communication is poor among departments, very little support from upper management. Worked there for over two years and environment is very stressful. Behind the eight ball in a lot of technology. NW could be a top-notch health care facility but is lacking in leadership. RNs are workers and that is all, no autonomy.

I learned many new skills towards my career as an ER technician. It is always hard working short staffed, but I loved working with my co-workers

Northwest is a great hospital to work at. If you want to work somewhere that you will be appreciated, Northwest Hospital is the place to work at.

I enjoyed working here and my coworkers were great. In the short time I learned how to get back into the groove of working again and learning about different medical devices.

I worked there for three very stressfull year, and though I liked my co-workers, and the patients, management was unresponsive to the floor nurses needs. I felt disconected from management.