Great Place To Work As A New Graduate Nurse - Registered Nurse, BSN Duke Health Employee Review

4.0
1 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Offers Flexible Scheduling , PTO accumulation, Nurse Residency Program, Great Preceptors, Nurse Loan Forgiveness Program, Uses Epic EMR software, Magnet Hospital , relocation assistance, One of the best hospitals in the USA, Great location to work live and play tons to do great weather!

Cons

Duke does not pay nurses enough and does not offer raises and if they do its like 20 cents a year . That is one of the reasons why nurses leave Duke is to find hospitals who will pay them what there worth. Health, dental and vision insurance is also very expensive . Duke also needs some improvement on their nurse to patient ratios they can sometimes be overwhelming especially on Step down, PCU and Med Surg Units.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

It's a pretty good starting point if you are wanting to get your foot in the door working on the administrative side of healthcare. Engaging with patients can be very rewarding and if you enjoy customer service (especially hospitality or food service) this can be a great role that feels similar to interacting with patrons, but you don't have to work weekends, there's very good benefits, and you don't have to work 12 hours a day.

Cons

There are a lot of issues both with Duke Hospital and the Eye Center itself. Duke University Hospital is on the college campus so you will have to pay for parking. You aren't paid well, even with the $20 minimum wage increase, it's still only about $40,000/year but with having to pay for parking... even the cheapest garage at $95 a month, that's $1,140 a year gone from your check. There is no "free" parking even close to the hospital, so they really screw you there. The Eye Center has struggled with processes in the clinic and management is run ragged. There are too many employees that don't care much for the job they are doing and Duke makes it incredibly difficult to hold those employees accountable and for management to make proper layoffs.

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