Compare Medical Facilities of America vs Sentara

Pros

I have helpful coworkers and administration

Cons

None I am looking to advance my career.

Pros

Excellent company to work for - I've been with Sentara since 2001. Sentara has good benefits (although the benefit package has been revised since I started), and it cares for its people. I began... working at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (PACU and OR) and moved to the Sentara College of Health Sciences as an RN educator. Sentara's Corporate is very supportive of educating the next generation. At the College, the management team is absolutely wonderful. In this educator role (specific to taking students to the hospital for their clinical experience), I have gone to multiple Sentara facilities besides SNGH, including Sentara Careplex Hospital, Sentara Obici Hospital, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, and Sentara Leigh Hospital. I have personally never taken students to Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital but other faculty speak highly of the facility and its people.

Cons

Not so much a "con" against Sentara, however, since I graduated from nursing school 35+ years ago, the profession has always been short-staffed; there are units within Sentara's hospitals that... struggle with staffing numbers. Covid didn't help that either. SNGH is a level 1 trauma center and can be a "tough crowd" - you have to know your stuff.