registered nurse

El Paso Childrens Hospital

Working at Childrens was very disappointing from their policy and procedures to management. Work environment was good co workers were easy to work with and helped out a lot. Pay wasn't good at all for the job I did. Management didn't care for their employees as individuals they saw us as just a number. Only thing I loved about my time here was working with the families of my patients. Worst thing I could say about my  job was getting floated multiple times a week without the pay increase I'd only work on my unit once a week. Management didn't seem to be bothered with changing that. Their only concern was meeting staffing needs on other floors then our own.   

a day in the ER is always an event so many things can happen and can be quite an adventure good or bad it can be optimistic. I've learned to be attentive to the needs of others, to be patient with people. In the ER it is imperative to take charge of certain situations and circumstances so it's important to have knowledge and wisdom to handle hard cases.I love being able to be communicative with co-workers and having the ability to work as a team and never a dull moment but to create an envirment of creativity and fun atmosphere. giving patients bad news or tolerating bad behavior but always looking forward to a good outcome.

This isn’t a bad place to start and get some experience, but there are a lot of issues and high turnover within upper administration and the longer you’re there, the more you notice. It definitely affects the nursing morale. There is no weekend pay or on call pay, and the base rate is pretty low. But I think all EP hospitals start at pretty much the same. Raises are also rare.

The El Paso community is a great population to work with though and you get amazing sunrise/sunset views from the hospital! Overall not a terrible place to work, but if you have the opportunity to work at a more established, bigger name children’s hospital I would recommend that. 

The high level managers, CEO, and CFO use the fact that it is a non for profit hospital dedicated to children in the area to manipulate the employees. They offer less pay for more work. Anytime there is money available they hire more management, when they could compensate front line employees instead. All the while asking their employees, “to think of the children.” If the hospital was better managed, EPCH could recruit the best and most talented, instead they only hire recent graduates with no experience in order to pay them less. 

El paso childrens hospital is run through a proxy ceo and administration selected by the university medical center board of directors and senior administration.  It is a non profit hospital so do not expect competitive pay for nursing or ancillary services as compared to other regional hospitals run at a national level. I do not recommend seeking employment at the el paso children's hospital to any nurse or administrator.

A typical day is me reviewing all QC and daily results.  I have learned to compose Policy and procedures, CT ratio reports, created discard log summaries, blood product administration audits, nursing orientation presentations for blood product administration and transfusion reaction presentations.  My co-workers are great at helping each other out.  Hardest part is losing our HEMOC patients.  Most enjoyable is watching our pediatric patients grow and visit the hospital.

Nursing staff morale is extremely low. Poor management. Turn over rate is high. High patient ratios. Poor salary. No education reimbursement. No opportunities for career advancements. No salary increments. No Holiday pay. Holidays and days off are imposed on staff. No weekend differential pay. Employees are disciplined for calling in sick even with a doctor's note.

Great place to work always interested in advancing medicine and helping employees instead of making  us use stuff from stone the stone age. It has come to different standards of pay for the OR. They compensate for travel and call back pay now. They listened to what we had to say in relation to other facilities in town and compensation. Pay has increased even through a pandemic and no one has been let go instead positions keep opening to expand service lines. 

Supervision of each unit and encourage employees to work together cooperatively.  I learned to communicate, listen, and motivate others to challenge themselves for betterment of the patient and unit.. The co-workers are responsible and great team members. The hardest part of working is trying to call some management personal and they did not answer. The most enjoyable part of working are the patients (children's) and employees.

Superb 7/24 medical support. Physicians are up to date on latest advances in treatment and technology and are accessible and friendly. Culturally, a strong commitment to the health and happiness of the children and their families. I really feel like I get to be a nurse, not just a chart stuffer. Many educational opportunities within the system. Benefit package,while not perfect, is better than most by a 
good league.

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