registered nurse

registered nurse - operating room

ct technologist

registered nurse - acute care

nursing assistant

Kettering Health

I thought that working here would be a great way to gain experience in healthcare and to make some decent money. Typical schedule is to work three 12 hour shifts a week, which is pretty typical in healthcare from my understanding, but takes some getting used to. 

The biggest issues come from how management works. Knowing which unit you work on for the day is pretty much a toss up until you either get to work or they text you to let you know. You also typically have no idea what kind of environment you're walking in to until you walk on the unit for report. Some days are easier than others, but more often than not it feels like there's at least one "crisis" per shift. Some of the people working here are fantastic and will do everything in their power to support you throughout the day. Others will report you directly to management for stepping a toe out of line, even in situations that are out of your control.

Job rolls vary greatly depending on the day, and can change on a whim. On occasion you sit with patients one-on-one for 12 hours. If you're lucky they sleep the entire day. Other times they'll be awake and screaming at you for 12 hours. Another job would be doing rounding on patients to check on their wellbeing while also trying to manage the incredibly packed group schedule for the inpatient facility. When this is the case you are also responsible for running a majority of these groups, overseeing meals, and recreation time on top of the rounding, providing toiletries, and general emotional support to patients. On occasion you may even be called upon to play a roll that you received one day's worth of training on simply because of short staffing.

The hardest part of this job is without a doubt being stuck in a room for 12 hours with a patient who doesn't want to be there and does everything in their power to make your day as difficult as possible. You're lucky if the staff check in on you without being prompted by a call out into the hallway, and the odds of your break being provided when you ask is often next to zero on these days. Other downfalls include management's turning a blind eye to the behavior of some staff and then cracking down on others.

The most enjoyable part of this job is typically the span of time between lunch and dinner for the patients when most of them fall asleep and you get to chat with some of your co-workers. Some of them truly are the nicest and most genuine people I've had the pleasure of knowing and are knowledgeable and passionate about their work.

When I first started there I thought it was a wonderful place to work. Coworkers were nice everyone seemed willing to help. Until 10 months after employment. Complications started from a car accident & I needed to leave work an hour early 1 -2 days a month for a doctors appointment to get ready to have surgery. My head manager told me it was no problem, take the time off but before I could even have surgery he started finding ways to write me up. My teamlead started complaining about everything, down to making things up. I went from everyone liking me & my manager telling how terrific I was doing to being fired in only 2 months time. It didnt happen until I notified them I was going to need surgery & be off work for at least 2 - 3 weeks. 

Another perosn on my team had worked there for almoat 4 years & made $3 less than I was hired in at. She was belittle in front of us everyday. When I complained about it to upper management, I know the tramlead was told I said it because then her & her freinds started treating me badly. Another person on my same team, which was only 7 of us kept applyi g for a different department. He had been with the company for over 10 years & kept getting turned down even though he had a degree in that field. People who kept getting the job had little or no experience but were freinds of managers. It took him 2 years to be finally promoted to that position.

My teamlead would not allow me over time when it was offered to or team, only the other girls were allowed to accept it. She said I didnt deserve it because my accounts were current. But I had Company online training I was not able to complete during work day & ahe would not permit me extra hours to do it.

My upper management team was a joke. They would tell you to your face they had an open confidential door. But then run & tell what you said to the person you needed to discuss.

The patient financial services department is a joke. I do not recommend them as an employer unless you are desperate & want the bare minimum salary.

I should have ran immediately when realizing the entire team had nothing positive to say about the leadership of the department. I have a pretty high tolerance and ability to work in dysfunction, so I learned to keep to myself as much as possible. Everything was ok until I got sick and was encouraged to still come to work by my team leader because I was still in my probationary period stating, “just trying to keep the boss off your back, this is your 4th call off”. I’m a seasoned professional who can determine when I need to be home or can work with my symptoms and I had medical excuses to be home for those 4 days. I have always been trusted and highly respected by management in my previous positions, I was just shocked to treated like an irresponsible child with no work experience. Also, my name was highlighted bold in red on the schedule those days for the entire team to see, along with anyone else that ever wasn’t perfect and missed a day or needed to arrive late/leave early. They are not family friendly and I learned this the hard way. Anyone on this team with a family works part time because of it, or their children are older. Management responds negatively to any personal needs, and good luck taking PTO. Any job that scrutinizes people for being sick because they are new or need flexibility need to get into the 21st century and lose their unethical and dinosaur approach to leadership. No one works well being under the microscope by “leaders” seeking negativity. This management team is by far the most unsupportive, non flexible, unrealistic, uncaring with no concern for people’s health or wellbeing that I have ever experienced in my entire career. I’m appalled healthcare workers are expected to deal with this. Do your research on the leadership of your department before accepting a position. It will make or break your experience working for KHN. 

I had the privilege of working alongside some of the most skilled and compassionate professionals in the field — people who cared deeply about the job, the patients, and each other. Unfortunately, that level of professionalism was not reflected in management.

Micromanagement, inconsistent standards, and retaliatory behavior were rampant. It became clear that leadership was more interested in control than collaboration, and feedback — even when constructive — was often met with hostility, targeting and retaliation in the form of frivolous "investigations", endless email chains, threats of crew swapping, write ups and more. All members of management were widely regarded by staff as untrustworthy or downright toxic, yet remained in positions of power with no accountability. Any attempts to bring light to legitimate issues within the system was met with the above mentioned retaliation.

Special note: if you are trying to go to school. The MICU manager will make all the promises in the world that he will work with your schedule. He will not. As shift trades for classes were denied on a regular basis with the same manager admitting to a long time employee's face that he is willing to let him point out and get fired rather than let him trade 1 day a week so he could go to class. 

If you’re looking for a place to grow, be supported, and practice at a high level, look at an actual critical care transport operation instead of this fly by night private ambulance company— at least until leadership undergoes a serious overhaul.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It is honestly a place ran by good people

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They make you work an extra half hour everyday,they don't give sick days in a hosptial,or mental health days.,furthermore they do not offer all of their employees flexible schedules such as four days a week at ten hours a day. Ultimately leading to stress of employees making it impossible to have a life outside of their. I never got the chance to try and start my life over after my divorce and try to meet someone because I was always stuck there which lead to depression and no one once asked if I needed help and months after I was fired and asked for forgiveness after I had a mental breakdown  they said nothing,but I was still wrong for what I did which was just basically give up from my life in and out the hospital, I'm sorry I was miserable and felt my career was never going anywhere 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Insane constant under employment which results in constantly having to do extra work because of policies that only benefit the company and not the employees 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You will be paid good,but have to deal with passive aggressive policies and not having a life because you be at work an extra two and half hours every week

"This is a hard place to fit in" said my Preceptor during orientation.
There is no allowance for being sick, you simply get an occurrence. You can not clock in more than 5 minutes before your shift & can not clock in one minute late. You have only a 30 minute break, if you can get it, during a 12 hour shift. Difficult to get help with load of patients needs, but management is concerned about patient's length of stay & their press ganey survey results being highly scored. I was told there was not high turn over but none of the people who interviewed me were still employed when I left. The nurse educator did not help educate. Some of the team leads were helpful, one was excellent (KO). I asked a colleague if I offended her & she said "Oh no, I can just be a b****". 
One nurse wouldn't talk to me until she wanted me to cover shifts for her. If it's your 1st time doing something, a lot of people  act like you are incompetent because it's your first time. 
There are good people there but the majority of the culture is based on favoritism of employees who have been there the longest (and those employees complain about how bad the place has become). They don't really seem to want to keep the staff they have because they feel "there are nurses lined up to take your place."

The administrative support staff is extremely underappreciated. There is a constant revolving door which doesn't seem to concern anyone. They do not even value the long term employees. There was an employee who reached their 50th anniversary with the company while I worked there. When management was asked if they would come to say something that morning they responded that they had other thing to do and the employee would be recognized at the semi-annual dinner if they were still with the company. If they treat someone who has devoted 50 years of their life that way, imagine how they treat newer people.

The training was terrible for new employees and varied greatly from team to team even when doing the same job. Most of the time, there was very little support if an employee asked for additional training. 

It was extremely clear that certain people could get away with just about anything with no consequences  what-so-ever while others were watched under microscopes and expected to pick up the slack of others with no questions or complaints.

I was a patrol officer for this curropt company. The management staff is as corrupt as can be. The Chief has been fired from 2 other departments previously for miss use of funds (not surprising that money went missing from the evidence room at the hospital) and for false information in reports.    
 The "Major" is a former cheerleader with no police experience. lol he is a laughing stock and pretty sure he just has the job for his boyish looks and his ability to rim the Chief. the rest of the upper tier command staff is about as shady as them. Another former corrupt chief and a former trooper that hide behind his split tongue.
It's a hospital and only good for holding your commission as a police officer. you will receive no training, most the sergeants will just report your every move to the command staff in order to get a pat on the back. Oh lets not forget The Major and A sergeant JP both have been found unreliable on the stand. Meaning even the courts don't trust them.
If they find out you are looking for work elsewhere they will do everything they can to try and ruin your career and reputation.

good luck :)

Worst  experience of my life as an MA for KPN. Physician’s were phenomenal. Lack of management most days, clicks, gossip, 4 out of 20 employees actually work. But end up burnt out bc the rest do whatever they want. There is no accountability unless  you are doing all the work and going to mgt for help. Don’t complain while working there or you will be fired for “hippa” bc they cannot find anything else to fire you for. They put most the staff on furlough and then expected two people to do all the work while 3 others just shopped for cars, instant messaged gossip, and provoked arguements. The physicians have no say in what happens to their MA. KPN is fine with the physician failing bc they can’t find people to work with their clueless upper management. My advice skip this organization the pay is not worth the depression and anxiety you will incur. The need for counseling services and feeling as if you want to commit suicide is so overwhelming. I am glad I got out alive. 

In my few years with the network, I find it very difficult to move up and have the opportunity to learn other areas of the network. I have also, observed others who are moving up in the network is hand-picked by upper management, whether he or she is the right fit for the higher position. I feel the "Peter Principle" is used in this network often, which phases out employees with great potential and transferable skill-sets to obtain that same opportunity as the hand-picked employees are receiving. In addition, I believe the network could be a little bit more racially diverse in their executive; middle and lower management teams. This will allow more communication between employees to manager because, the employee will feel the manager is able to relate to certain situations some employees are facing. Most of all, the employee will have TRUST in his or her management system, and not walk away feeling as if you spoke with a buddy system. I am very happy with my job, just a few tweaks needed from the network.

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