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The clientele are very difficult to work with. Can be rude, demanding, and violent some times. Patients continuously attempt to smoke cigarettes in the room almost weekly. They seem to feel entitled care and most will treat you, their nurse, as a some or water/waitress. 

Doctors are real hit or miss. Some are great and it’s a pleasure to work by their side. But it’s very sparingly that those doctors are working. The more common doctors feel incompetent and can make providing care difficult. I’ve been in codes and walked away thinking maybe it would’ve been successful if another doc was working. 

The other nurses you work with are for the most part pretty good. The full time staff is definitely devoted to the hospital. But there are so few and most full time staff find it difficult staying more than a year. In turn there is a lot of contract nurses working. Sometimes there will be only 1 full time staffed RN with only other contract RNs. 

The aides are incredibly limited. Lots of shifts there will be no CNAs and the RN will be providing all the care. Which can be challenging when you have 6 patient case loads usually. When there are aides they’re not very helpful and lazy, with poor attitudes as well.

There are no lab drawing teams or groups. Nurses do all lab draws. Night shift is expected to do all morning lab draws towards the end of their shift.

The pay is low especially for the amount of work that is done. Resources are limited and very few computers on wheels available. RNs write their names on each computer for their shift. It’s first come first serve. 

Overall, OT is always available. The work is hard. The acuity is high. And work conditions poor. The experience gained is definitely going to be earned here and make future jobs look all more promising.

Norwegian American Hospital is a place I enjoyed working at. I not only worked there but also did some of clinical training there while in the imaging program at Wilbur Wright College. I also lived in the area near where the hospital is located. Unfortunately my director at the time believed me and my co-worker were too old to be working the second shift by ourselves. And, replaced us with younger technologists. All my co-workers enjoyed my company and expressed their sincere gratitude in having me as co-worker on the second shift. The hardest part of the job came in the last days of my employment there. I could neither say or do anything to keep me employed there. Things were happening in the department of x-ray that went unattended other techs and the director were involved in suspicious and unprofessional activity. Of which me and my co-worker were no part of. Yet we two were the only ones singled out for not conforming to their ways.

Typical day lasted over the scheduled 8 on a regular basis. Even when you do them a favor and work over, they act as though it was an expectation. The environment is toxic. Many of the managers are incompetent. They don't want to do their job, and try to foist it off on other departments and managers/coordinators. Petty fights about who has what office space. No raises, more agency than staff, 

Head recruiter and VP of Human resources act like they are pulling the money out of their own pockets when it comes to negotiating wages at hiring. They refuse to accept there are problems, preferring to blame it on the employees. Hardest part of the job was the constant meetings. No wonder nothing gets done! They are holding meetings about meetings.

The only enjoyable part of the job was my coworkers in both the E.R. and ICU. They were class. Many of them I would trust with my family members. Not so much the rest of the hospital though.

My best day was when I walked out the doors!

I have nothing nice to say about Norwegian American hospital at this point other than I was able to meet wonderful staff members who I love and have nurturing relationships with. Leadership/administration turned out to be unfair and selfish, very unprofessional and with a sole focus on numbers; not staff, not quality patient care, not the needs of staff or patients; only number driven. Norwegian will force you to work many jobs with no additional compensation, Leaders spoke to you with disrespect and allowed others under their leadership to do the same, were bullies, and I often experienced workplace harassment/unfairness that wasn't effectively dealt with however swept under the rug not to risk reducing patient intake and impacting the census/bottom line. Staff members were let go without notice and without any consideration as to their livelihood, families, responsibilities and with no severance pay. I could share more but I will not here. Norwegian is not a good place to work.

The organization as a whole is a great diamond in the rough and can be a real gem. At the time of my employment, leadership was subpar at best in the dept I worked in and it was the workplace environment was very punitive. Areas of gaps occurred in HR with resolution of issues and recruitment.  Clear cut directions by department VP and COO at the time not given to execute roles. Now there is new leadership with a well known exemplary CMO who knows what is in the best interests of patients and ensures actions plans are met not just written on papers and power points.  Support appears solid inter-departmentally. The people from ancillary staff, dietary, hospitality, nursing are amazing, truly wonderful people to serve the community with best foot forward. Most physicians are wonderful. Overall good place. 

They changed the hospital's name as an effort to "jump ship" from the negative reviews.  The employees/staff are the only ones who care about Norwegian American Hospital (Humboldt Park Health).  They're super dedicated to their jobs and the community.  Give them a break.

The people you should look out for are the managers and administrators.  They are horrible.  They have this culture of taking and taking and never giving back.  Ask any NAH employee when they've been given a pay increase or even a holiday bonus.  Then ask how many random awards the CEO's gotten.  Not worth your time.  Don't waste your skills here.

If you're looking for a low-paying, high-stress, entry-level staff position, this is the place for you.  If you're looking for a high-paying management position, LOL, look elsewhere.  

fast paced environment the work place was set in a positive manner I learned how to take food orders for hospitals patients by phone, as well as use machinery to sanitize all food utensils, my co workers made me feel very welcomed encountered very warm spirited individuals, my superiors were up front as well as uplifting gave positive and yet structured advice, the hardest part of my job would be delivering food trays to the not so safe departments of the hospital which were mentally ill patients for safety reasoning's.  my most enjoyable part on the job would have to be serving food in hospitals cafeteria for guest and staff receiving positive behavior from all people.

Reinforced my feelings about not wanting to work at an inner city hospital.  Although nice to your face, most medical imaging staff talked behind your back.  The lead technologist hated me from the start and was continually bad mouthing me.  The manager, who had been let go from 4 other management positions in as many years, was horrible.  Talked about  her staff and other managers all the time.  Discussed their personal issues, the disciplinary actions, even gossiped about her own boss!  

The radiologists were a very disfunctional group, didn't want to be there and complained about it all the time.  Medical and Radiation Oncologists fought during tumor board meetings. Nasty, back stabbing environment.

I should have quit my position long before I did.

Unsafe ratios
- 1:7-8 on the floor... one time they tried to assign me 10 patients....

Difficult to communicate with providers
- Very hard to get in contact with many providers. When I was there nurses put in most of the MD orders as well..

Got floated multiple times in the middle of the shift. 

Many days with no phlebotomy. Getting blood on 7-8 patients daily.. good luck to even the best and most efficient nurses.

Lower acuity compared to surrounding hospitals so the work is doable for an experience travel nurse for a short amount of time. But I would never recommend a new grad nurse to start here.. there are much better options in the Chicago area.

Very small hospital so it should be easy to staff but the ratios and difficulty with communication would make long term work unsustainable for those wanting to work on the inpatient units

I have worked  here for about little  under 6 months  they are always short staffed. The manager doesn't care about her CNA on the floor she never wants to hear anything  you have to say that will improve  the floor. How do you expect  2 CNA to take care of 24 patients  and 15 of them are complete  care it is so sad that you only care about saving a dollar and could care less about your patients and the CNA that take care for them. If they have 4 CNA on the floor they will move 1 and make the other take a sitting case at night u are moving patients from 1 floor to the next stop being so cheap hire a transporter for nights they do not pay the CNA anything so I am sure they have the money. This place is a joke of a hospital it's more like a nursing home it should be closed down .

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