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A typical day/night included 1:5 nurse to patient ratios, however the RN was responsible for all the cares on at least 2 of those patients and would receive help with the other 3. The CNAs often had a 1:6 ratio and would often be resentful of helping in any form with the 2  patients the RN was solely responsible for.  Many of the resources for providing patient care are outdated and minimal.  No computers at the bedside, instead they had the work stations on wheels. Nursing Management was mostly absent and usually off in an admin meeting. Scheduling was done in blocks and once you were in a schedule pattern that was your schedule. Not much flexibility if you needed a day off that you were always scheduled to work. You either had to use PTO or hope someone would be willing to trade.  Pay was terrible for an inpatient acute care nurse and was the number one reason I left as I could barely pay my bills on wages as an experienced nurse. Benefits are mediocre. We were understaff on our floor, and told that they would only provide more staff if we all started clocking out for our lunches and on time, but that's hard to do if you don't have time to take lunch and have to stay late to catch up on charting because you didn't have enough help on the floor to get it done in a timely manner. The nurses unionized and there was much animosity between the hospital administration and the nurses. The hospital monopolizes the healthcare system in this region and there is not much opportunity for nurses outside of this hospital system. Lots of local talent is lost to greener, more distant pastures.  

I was invited to join the company without an interview because I knew someone who trusted me in a "higher position". After this happened I was asked to help improve the department I work in via SOP adjustments and development. After attempting to refine separate protocols and policies that our department, I was told that it was not my job by the same person who hired me. On top of that, I was offered a separate raise for undertaking extra duties by my manager at the time but was told it will take a while for HR/Management to make the position so there would be a possibility of back pay when the raise and job title was added to their API system. It has been months and I have not seen an increase in pay for my extra duties and the promised backpay is now "not an option" according to management. When asked about more pay for extra duties, you will be told over and over again "We're working on it". 

The cost of living here is insane and raises to compensate for inflation do not exist. They'll tell you that you're receiving a "merit increase" based on your performance as an employee as well as a "cost of living adjust" but do not expect more than a 4-5% raise after a year of hard work and effort here. 

Overall, the amount of work for the pay at this hospital is not worth it, especially when all you get from the management is empty promises for better staffing levels, pay increases, and proper equipment. 

In the past few years the organization has gone through some significant changes. They have completely stopped living by their vision, mission and values. They do not treat the employees well. They furloughed many of the staff that were the heart of the organization stating they would bring them back and they were job attached. This was only to find a way to let them go without getting sued for age discrimination. They were not brought back. Some staff had been there for 40+ years and given their heart and souls to be treated this way.  The Docs that cared have been told to stop standing up for what they believe in and leave it up to administration. The organization is driven by financials only. The patient is not at the heart of their decisions. It makes me sad it has turned into this. I can say the staff and providers still treat the patient well, but the organization lies each step of the way to the people that are on the front lines caring for the patients of the Flathead Valley. People can't leave because they are the only game in town and they know the families with roots in Kalispell will put up with it because they have not where to go without leaving the area. I can only hope some competition comes into the city to make KRH have to treat their employees and providers better. 

The management for KRH is horrible.  They have employed managers and supervisors both clinical and clerical, that are not qualified to do their positions. 

KRH brings in employees with NO experience in the medical field, NO experience in face to face contact with a patient, NO experience in an office setting, and pay them $2-$4 an hour more than employees with the company for more than 4 years.  Bringing in over 20 years of experience, knowledge and background in the medical field.

The employees that do the least amount of work are getting paid more than the hardest and more knowledgeable employees.  

You cannot bring up any concerns, bring to the attention of management violations that are happening without the fear of a hostile work environment.  You are pushed out if you do not bow to their desires and their direction of management.  

You will be pushed out of your position by them violating YOUR privacy and bringing it into the work place. 

This is the worst corporation that I have ever worked for.  Find somewhere else cause Kalispell Regional cares about themselves only and not the staff that make it work.

If you work here in housekeeping the managers will constantly look for things you've done wrong. Even if you work hard and change everything they ask you to change there will always be something else they feel the need to complain about. One of the "managers" just walks around drinking coffee all day pretending to do things. It's a terrible place to work!  Don't work here as a housekeeper unless you like getting complained at about something new everytime you come to work. They will tell you all these complaints in different departments that are bing said about you and ask you to change it, you will
Change it and then the next day they will say no now they want you to do this. They pick on the same people over and over. The managers go looking for people to complain about their employees, a compliment on your work is rare and it's automatically followed by something you can do better.  It's a lot of back and forth and made up complaining. It's literally constant. Most of the leads are nice but you can tell they are stressed too. It's the managers that make it bad. 

Intermediate Care was a great experience. I was part of the move from the previous telemetry unit in an old location to the "New hospital" and was allowed to participate with management in work flow planning and some of the start up issues new units have. Our patient acuity increased with the facility improvement and we collaborated with a much needed larger ICU. KRMC started the "Open Heart" program and we were up and running and run we did. A typical day on IMC involved discharging at least half of the patient population and receiving new admits, we were a 16 bed unit with 4 RN's. It required really active participation in team nursing and good communication skills with other disciplines like admit, discharge, and sometimes the rehab unit. I worked with many different nurses, one of the challenging aspects was turnover. I enjoyed the new orientees very much, often times they loved the intensity of IMC so much they would go on to the ICU, or to the Cardiac Cath Lab, this to me was a direct reflection of their base knowledge obtained on IMC.

This was a terrible place to work. They are really the only game in town and the benefits are great. However management is very corrupt and they do not value their employees at all. 

I tried to bring up HIPAA issues as well as other ethical issues and recieved hostile treatment from my direct manager and eventually got forced out of the company. Many managers are unqualified and do not get the support they need from above. Additionally if a good manager in put in place they are quickly taught to follow company directives vs ensuring employees are treated well. 

For what we are paid, the stress was not worth it. Too much workload for too few employees. 

I was not surprised to see all of the legal issues the hospital is now facing for violations, including ones I tried to bring to the surface.

Kalispell Regional Healthcare provides rewarding career opportunities within a great community.  The physicians at this hospital take the time to educate staff and work as a team to deliver great healthcare.  They have been open to staff supporting each other through a peer-led care team that is available to work with staff on difficult cases or situations that may be traumatic in order to sustain a healthy workforce. They have accounted for working parents through high quality daycare and even a program if your child is sick and you need to work.  Overall, the most enjoyable part of the job are the people.  Staff here know they are treating their neighbors, co-workers, and family members.  They go the extra mile to make sure the experience here is great!

Over the past 10 years this organization has declined significantly. I used to really enjoy working for the organization (formerly KRMC). There are still many great RNs, clinicians, and even people in management that work here, but the current administration doesn't see the value of their bedside clinical staff.  Upper management's treatment of clinical staff is unsustainable. In the end, the Flathead community will suffer.  Unfortunately there are not many options if you want to work/live in the Flathead Valley as a acute care RN. Logan Health does provide a good service to the community; however, it could be so much better if they respected their clinical staff. 

Yes I took a huge pay cut to work here but the work isn't all that hard either.  A typical shift carries a total of 40-50 work units that are shared by 3-4 RTs (if they all show up) Where at my last hospital each RT carried 40 or they were low censused.  The 4 critical units (ER, ICU, NICU and PICU) are rarely staffed individually.  Expect to carry a lot of beepers.

New management is in place and trying to make things better but there is a lot of deep seeded, festering negativity that they have to clear up first.

The reward is in the patient care, if you don't believe that you are in the wrong field anyways.  You will work with some awesome folks here in many different departments.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Physical therapist 9 salaries reported	$49.07 per hour
Speech language pathologist 5 salaries reported	$45.13 per hour
Mri technologist 4 salaries reported	$37.34 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 9 salaries reported	$32.13 per hour
Registered nurse 1 salary reported	$2,000 per month

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