Presbyterian Hospital Employer Reviews

Arrive in the department--get your assignment--get report from morning shift--start your work. Management will be leavin for the day. I get along with my co-workers and I enjoy helping my patients when I worked there.

Nurse's clinical judgement is routinely questioned by management some with little or no experience. Management does not value excellent competent nurses so the hardest part of the job is dealing with ignorant individuals with subpar clinical skills!!! Nurses with poor clinical skills/judgement are preferred at this institution. Expert nurses are often – more... targeted. – less

My co-workers are very hard working and knowledgable. I've learned how to fix a variety of equipment that i had never worked on before. The hardest part of the job was the sitting around and not being busy.

I learned that the coding world is a small world you get to know all the coders for the different hospitals in the city. I would get up very early and get my day started right away. Alays went to email first to make sure my boss didnt have a specific duty for me to do for the day and then go to the electronic record and where there was the most records – more... that needed to be coded I would get started there. If I had any questions on anything I would call our Lead coder. Other wise my whole day was coding fifferent outpatient hospital records. Always made production and then some. If the boss needed a job done quickly she would call me because she know I would get it done for her. – less

Presbyterian phased out LPN's without giving us warning and when they did give up options, they offered us carees in house keeping.
Not tht that is a bad thing but considering us in the porocess would have been very much appreciated.

I worked at Presbyterian Hospital as Respiratory Therapist. My experience reflects ONLY that of my position and the perspective of having worked in the Cardiopulmonary Department. While "Presby", as we call it, didn't have the same capacity as it's competitor (whom I've also worked and now again work for), it was just as stressful. The stress was not – more... in the work/patient care but in the incessant need for the Cardiopulmonary manager to be in control. There was excessive and unnecessary paper work that we were made to feel was more important to get done than the care we were there to give to our patients. The manager ruled and to my knowledge still rules the department with an iron fist with attempts to control every detail of the employees behavior ... alas even down to facial expressions (no, I'm not kidding). This Stalinesque leadership style is dictated by the entire management team with some more pleasant variations in lower management.

With this said a typical day at work, if you worked days, was filled with paranoia and the pressing need to dot every "i" and cross every "t", lest you end up with chair time. If you enjoy your patients, which I typically do, then you are promised brief respites during your rounds. As far as my co-workers go, while I was there we were a pretty decent team (I was on nights when I left, a significantly less stressful shift). People tended to genuinely like each other, but I think nights in general are like that. Nursing and MD attitudes toward respiratory varied, either we're greatly appreciated or viewed as subservient to everyone else, including dietary. With this in mind if any issues come up ... PLEASE don't expect management to support you, even if you're 100% in the right.

The hardest part of the job was dealing with the petty ideosyncracies demanded by management.

The best part was working with a crew of co-workers that knew how to blew off steam while still getting what was important done, taking care of the people that were the reason why we're their in the first place. – less

Walk in and get to work. I learned how to work, it was my first job. Management was nice. Co workers are great. Hardest part of job is none. Most enjoyable part of job is listening to music.

Daily review of calendar management of Executive, prepare morning snacks for group meetings. Ordering supplies, prepare reports, and helping with event coordination. I was always learning something new. My co-workers were supportive. The hardest part of the job was being at work at 4:30am preparing for breakfast meetings. The enjoyable part was knowing – more... that you were part of something aiding another human being. – less

As a Presbyterian employee making patients feel their best in a health care atmosphere, helping them stay involved, informed, and comforted throughout their time spent with the hospital was very important for the company and the patients. I feel like my job as Records Clerk contributed to the company because with my skills in maintaining records in – more... a timely manner helped prioritize and organize important documents. Filing charts was my favorite part of the job because I got to be active and do hands on work. Answering phones and working at the front desk was satisfying as well because working directly with patients helped me obtain better customer service skills. Working on the computers and entering data was enjoyable because I like computers and the software we used. I think the hardest part of my job was when our company decided to go paperless and my team had to figure out a way to scan the charts into the new upgraded system. I had a hard time scanning the information in the computers because we had to learn a lot of medical terms we weren't familiar with in a short amount of time. The people I worked with were all team players and were always very helpful. My managers were fair and reasonable but at times they didn't have good communication with each other so certain projects weren't done right. Working with Presbyterian Hospital was a great learning experience, I learned how to use critical thinking skills. I gained more confidence when I approached confusing problems. – less

I enjoyed working in the hospital, I love going to the patient rooms with there food, some time I could make them laught or smile even when they didn't want to, it was nice.

Set up operating rooms for the days scheduled surgeries. Assist surgical staff during surgeries. Transport and identify patients.

WHEN COME IN YOU HAVE TO CHECK THE FOOD CHECK CASH DOWN OPEN AND CLOSE THE STORE EVERYBODY WAS FUN TO WORK WITH THEY HARD PART WAS WHEN THE TRUCK CAME IN AND HAD TO PUT IT UP

Very busy unit, but very educational. I learned so many interesting things about cardiac recovery care. I loved educating my patient and their families about recovering from heart surgery. I really hated to leave my position, but the unit manager ran things very poorly.

I functioned as a student nurse at this unit. I helped the staff nurse carry out their responsibilities. This staff was very helpful and great at their jobs. Overall a great working environment.

Busy days working, most MD's are pleasant and ok to work for,
management was not very interested in your ideas, concepts on
how jobs should be performed even though you did the job, it was
always about numbers quanity of patients, even if the staffing was
not there.

Day begins with clocking in; the management is not particularly friendly; the co-workers usually have been working there most of the employment careers so they are not as respectful of the superiors as would be expected; learned how to survive in a difficult social environment; the hardest part of the job was not being drawn into petty disputes and – more... the most enjoyable part of the job is getting paid. – less

prepare to transport patients, and bring them back for scan.
I learned how to use a computer there, management was great she was real nice very helpful and funny. My coworkers were all women so the jockularity was minimal. The hardest part of the job was to transfer a bigger patient from one place to another. The enjoyable part was my manager..

The staff is friendly and I enjoy working with all the patients. You get to meet a lot of different people from all over the world.

I worked in a level one emergency for several months. Duties were stressful, but as a team member, dsily duties were attainable. In addition to answering phones and using a multilined paging system, I would assist doctors and nurses in ordering labs, x-rays and other necessary services for emergent patients. I would be responsible to update and assemble – more... patient confidential medical records. I would also be in constant communication with patients and visitors and families. I would use basic computer skills for all tasks needed to assist doctors and nurses to care for all emergent patients. I did not care much for this position, it paid well, but I felt that this emergency room staff were over worked and very stressed to provied outstanding care. – less

Presby is an OK place to work but within the pharmacy it can be a variety of ups and downs but you will constantly stay on your toes.