registered nurse

nursing assistant

respiratory therapist

surgical technologist

case manager

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare

I have great compassion for each and every patient that walked through our doors.  It was extremely difficult to listen to my co workers complain about the patients that needed to be seen.  It was very difficult to listen to management put patients down as well.  Of course none of this was done in front of a patients but I'm sure while the patient was in their room the nursing staff could be over heard.  I sometimes would apologize to our patients for the conduct that was part of our every day life.  I never understood why my co worker in the front office doing what I did could take money from petty cash without any documentation and not be held responsible for the money missing.  She in fact got promoted to a lead. I could not believe management would allow this and I would be the one that got accused of her wrong doing and complaining about it.  I would say the hardest part of my job was to have to put up with the way patients were treated, best part of my job was being able to make patients feel better with my compassion. I learned about more and different computer programs, and also how staff can burn out and treat patients as a number instead of a person. I learned how front office staff that speak Spanish can work out of the scope of their job title and  get away with if without getting written up, where others that work out of their scope will get written up.  I learned how management can get away with allowing family members in the back office where patient information is in plain view, this occurring on a daily bases, These are HIPPA violations and I feel this is a huge no,no.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Sick Policy is unrealistic.  After 3 sick calls in what they call a rolling year you are written up by your supervisors. Then with every sick call after that you continue to be written up and then fired!  This is a poor way to encourage your employees to stay which results into high turnover rate.  For the 8-5 pm staff they do not offer a 4 day work week in the Case Management Division for Rn’s and Social Workers.  There is never enough staffing This leading to burnout.  This corporation needs to update their sick policies, improve their benefits package and offer better flexible work schedules.  Management is disengaged and there is a lack of moral or the employee feeling appreciated. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working weekends. Working 5 days a week and not offering a 4 day work week. Overloaded and overworked. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is beautiful and clean. The staff is very good to each other and supportive. It’s the discrepancy between management and staff.  It’s the lack of value in the employees that is lacking. It’s having a graduate degree and being supervised by people w no degree. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Extremely stressful. Under staffed or being told that there is plenty of staff when you feel you can barely keep your head above water!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The other staff members are wonderful. Almost everyone was helpful. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management and HR. After you’re hired they seem unavailable to staff. Never can get HR to answer the phone and the same with managers. Mostly because the managers change frequently. The year I was there I had 3 managers. The first one was awesome, she would check on all her assigned staff we had a group meeting once a month. She would stay late or come back to check on night shift. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment was great if you were an RN, for LPN’s some of the staff and unit managers treated us like we were not welcome, felt like we didn’t matter even though we worked just a hard if not harder. Some of the CNA’s felt as if they didn’t need to help the LPN’s unless they knew you but seemed like they were instructed to not help us. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Would arrive to assigned unit get your assignment, which was usually scattered around the floor and were the higher risk patients. This was done so unit managers could find fault with us being there because some else had to come help with care of the patients “not in an LPN scope of practice”. Just do my work kept my head down found the people that were there to be helpful and let them know what you would need for the night and offer to do tasks for them that you were able to do, so as to make the work load even.

Small department with a high turn over rate of employees. Was difficult to report harrassment and workplace violations without receiving employee retaliation which was witnessed several times. Reports were lost and management quit or changed every 2 years. Understaffing and non equal enforcement of attendance policy caused unsafe work conditions such as no acceptable policy approved patient report provided at start of shift. Atleast 50% of weekend shifts worked of the 7 years employed through 2018 unit or department was shortstaffed and under supplied on (fri, sat, sun) Caregivers did not have blankets, washcloths  pillowcases or supplies for minimum quality patient care. Reports of unsafe or work rule violations by employees were lost multiple times and not forwarded. Further inter hospital education was discouraged by supervisor. Unjust work conditions regarding management employees were never completed due to unprovided clear or easily accessible pyramid reporting system between department and the main hospital.  Minimum of 30 hours not available and not able to be covered with earned Paid Time Off as a full time employee for the last two years of employment due to "low census." Was not provided with health care benefit information within first 90 days of full time employment.

I have been working at Carson Tahoe Behavioral Health Service since April, 2015. I absolutely love my nursing jobs. Fortunately, I received my Family Nurse Practitioner degree last year. As a Family Nurse Practitioner I plan on bringing my dedication, knowledge, experience, and passion to the service of every patient and medical institution with whom I work. My ability to work under pressure and experience as a psychiatric nurse, registered nurse, and medical officer (MD, Bangladesh) will all benefit me greatly as a piece of the professional team I will someday be a part of. 

I dislike about psychiatric nursing when I see some people come to the hospital so they can have their disability check and/or can avoid legal consequences when they are physically capable of work but truly lazy or they do want to get punishment of their wrong doing.

I have spent 21 years as an employee of this facility. Throughout the years there have, of course, been changes in management and expectations of nursing staff. While changes are necessary in the ever changing landscape of healthcare, Carson Tahoe Health has strived to provide the most professional and heartfelt care to not only it's patients but to staff as well.

I spent time in a management position and enjoyed the support provided by upper management. I have been allowed ample opportunities for growth in my career.

The group of nurses, physicians and ancillary staff with whom I work have become a family to me. In our unit we are very close-knit and with very exceptions have built a cohesive team passionate about patient care.

The hardest part of the job lies in the unknown element of such a unit. There is no set patient load as the nature of labor and delivery changes from minute to minute. Providing adequate staff for the unit during times of high patient census is the most challenging aspect of my job.

Was a great company to work for in the beginning but now that they have a newly redesigned corporate attitude the company has gone down hill. They lack respect or concerns for their patients and community. They care only about numbers and money signs instead of building trust and showing compassion and care to the patients that fill their all too greedy pockets. The company is discriminatory towards multiple employees and preferences and will ensure that these unfortunate employees are let go wrongfully and then try to make them sign silence contracts to cover their wrong doing. Would not recommend this growing threat to our community to anyone and advise anyone possible to go to healthcare options other than this company.

My experience working in the ICU and CVU at CTH was initially very positive. I found patient care to be a highly rewarding aspect of my role. I enjoyed creating a warm and supportive atmosphere for patients, assisting with their daily needs, and helping with their post-operative mobility. The doctors were excellent to work with—attentive, caring, and down-to-earth.

During my time there, I significantly improved my critical care, critical thinking, time management, and active listening skills.

However, the unit's atmosphere declined significantly after a change in management. The new management team lacked prior experience, which led to high staff turnover, poor communication, and a general feeling of dissatisfaction among the nursing staff. The environment became increasingly challenging due to constant schedule changes, micromanagement, and what felt like a lack of support for the team.

Working in the emergency room, was extremely busy and a pursuit of non-stop patient flow. I have enjoyed learning a new role as "team leader" which is the role of an RN that fills in regularly as a temporary charge nurse. Our management was in constant pursuit of improvement in many areas such as patient flow to education for nurses. Most difficult part of the job was coming from facilities with higher levels of care, moving to another state to start a career in a different environment, although it was very rewarding to watch  the department develop and participate in improvement. There have been many enjoyable aspect to the new job. Seeing team triage put in place and the improvement of patient care and throughput to expedite patient care.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nice facility with great employees. Rehab bosses are great, and lots of flexibility with schedules as well as benefits for part-time employees. I really enjoy working here!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It can get pretty busy and there are occasionally computer issues. Also there are productivity standards for therapist's that can occasionally  be stressful.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Overall there is a friendly culture and positive work environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I work an 8 hour shift and see 10-12 patients on average, documentation is relatively easy and not overly time consuming.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 3 salaries reported	$49.00 per hour
Nursing assistant 3 salaries reported	$23.25 per hour
Respiratory therapist 3 salaries reported	$42.20 per hour
Surgical technologist 1 salary reported	$39.50 per hour
Case manager 2 salaries reported	$62.63 per hour

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