registered nurse

nursing assistant

phlebotomist

occupational therapist

laboratory assistant

Beaufort Memorial Hospital

During a typical day at work, I'd get vitals on all my assigned patients throughout my shift. I'd record all intakes and outputs for each patient. I would make sure each patient was bathed or being helped with bathing if granted permission. I would document all care given and vitals taken. I'd report any unusual findings to the nurse or charge nurse on duty. Give report to the oncoming shift. I've learned how to manage my time between each patient. I've learned how to provide patient care in a hospital setting. I've also learned what to do in various situations in regards to patient care. When it comes to management, I believe there could be some changes. For example, when you take concerns to your DON, they should be addressed and resolved in a professional manner, not ignored or justified. The work environment became hostile because issues went unresolved and inappropriate behavior was justified causing tension amongst workers. The hardest part of the job is voicing your concerns to your DON and nothing gets done and HR tells you to deal with your issues and work through them although they are aware of the problem so they leave you to deal with things on your own. The most enjoyable part of the job was making a difference in the lives of the patients. 

•	Recorded patients' medical history information, progress notes and test results in electronic medical records (EMR) system Greenway
•	Prepared treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms stocked, neat and clean
•	Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
•	Checked patients in and out and showed patients to examination rooms and prepared them for the physician
•	Prepared and administered oral medications as directed by a physician
•	Collected blood, stool and urine samples, logged the specimens and prepared them for testing
•	Authorized drug refills and confirmed prior authorization from the insurance companies
•	Explained treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients
•	Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies according to OSHA standards
•	Scheduled consultations with new patients, answered office phones, faxed authorizations to insurance companies, received payments and insurance information

A typical day at work here will leave you feeling exhausted and accomplished all at the same time. When you first start working here, you may feel that some coworkers are a little standoff-ish, but they warm up to you in time once they see how you work as an employee and they make sure you're not there just to collect a paycheck and act superior to anyone. The culture isn't necessarily robust, but it's not dead. All walks of life work there, and many are accepted (although it can take FOREVER to get a job response, so patience may have to be a virtue). The hardest part of the job for me is I sometimes feel limited in the learning opportunities I could obtain, being restricted to doing only certain things. But the most enjoyable part of the job is that we always take the time to celebrate the milestones with notoriety, or just throwing together a random potluck just because.

If you're looking for a hospital environment for productive work in the nursing field, paired with great leadership, this hospital is definitely not it.  From nurse manager level to CEO, this hospital is more focused on getting their faces on social media for having a cookout than providing nurses with appropriate wages, staffing or supplies to do their jobs.  The leadership here is less than adequate, and plays favorites.  Favoritism, nepotism....both factor in when attempting to get anywhere in this organization.  If you're not "from here" or don't do things the "way we've always done it", you're not likely to get a raise or find any part of this organization worthwhile.  This is obviously just my opinion, but this hospital lacks vision, leadership and self-governance.  It is also incredibly telling when employees that have been here more than a few years, which isn't too many of them, tell you not to use physicians from this hospital.  Yikes.  

BMH would be a perfect place for anyone to learn and grow. A small town hospital that is growing and changing every day. I worked here for about a year and a half. The only reason that I swithced jobs was because BMH was an hour (one way) from my home. The hospital is located right on the river and allows for scenic views from some patient rooms and lunches beside the river in the cafeteria (with picture windows or benches outside to really relax during your lunc). The staff (that I encountered) was ready and willing to accept new coworkers and show them the ropes. On top of being a GREAT place to work, BMH takes really good care of their patients. I have traveled from Savannah,Ga to Beaufort, SC just to be seen in the ED because I know the caliber of care that is given at BMH.

The position is misleading and they lie to you about the pay raises. They assure the first 90 days you get a review for an increase(lies) but no-one reach out to you for a review. Then they lead you on and tell you a year and when your year comes you don't get one. The managers are liar's and they all talk about each other and employees. they don't let you feel like you are apart of a team and the company values are out the window when you start. PAS IS A REVOLVING DOOR and will continue to be until they pay people a decent hourly rate. They also need to have a training staff for PAS because learning from different employees is very hurtful to someone that is just starting.  Not every facility register the same, they all have something different they either add or take away from the job description. unless they correct some issues then AVOID THIS JOB!!!! 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hours of work, go in early and get out early

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
All aspects of job!  Co workers treat you horribly, training was horrible, management was extremely rude and treat you horrible!  Can never get to anyone in hiring dept to talk to them as they are always out of the office and never knew which office they were in.  Call and leave messages that go unanswered!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Extremely fast paced, made to produce astronomical numbers scanning in documents when the scanner is slow!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful!  Too much work and too little time to do it!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The work environment. The people I worked with and my patients. The benefits of course! I loved working for a nonprofit organization that provided gain sharing! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
None. Just good days and bad days! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Positive!I felt like we all tried to do the best for our patients to provide the care they deserved. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always busy and rewarding! I was the only nurse in my department for about 13 years. Last 2 years of my tenure we had a part time nurse which unfortunately turned not to be helpful.

Lack of management in the department enforcing rules, therfore most employees do whatever they please without caring about patients and co-workers. The pay here is the absolute lowest job for the cost of living in this area, even though while putting our health at risk. There's no incentive for being certified! The work load seems to increase even with a huge shortage of staff and high turn over rate due to these issues yet no one is batting a eye as to why. The whole hospital is missing enthusiastism and motivation to do their jobs to full potential because of this negative, burnt out exhausting atmosphere. 

Beaufort Memorial Hospital offers competitive salaries with frequent market adjustments, yearly performance appraisals with subsequent raises, a variety of events put on for hospital employees throughout the year, various recognition programs, opportunity for growth within and outside of your specific department, the departments are often very close, specifically speaking on behalf of the rehab dept as group who make coming to work for 40+ hours a week worth it. Lastly, patient safety is one of the hospital's core values and it shows by the consistently positive patient satisfaction surveys. 


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 4 salaries reported	$34.25 per hour
Nursing assistant 3 salaries reported	$16.11 per hour
Phlebotomist 1 salary reported	$253 per day
Occupational therapist 1 salary reported	$34.00 per hour
Laboratory assistant 1 salary reported	$23.50 per hour

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