Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Reviews

Pros

Great care for employees and wonderful facilities.

Cons

Parking is rather difficult here, with shuttles bringing you back and forth from a parking lot.

Pros

Great people at the core of the organization and a good cause

Cons

Large organization which did not pay attention to turn over. Our department had high turn over and the organization never looked into the cause. Seemed to be a high rate of burn out.

Advice to Management

Take a deep dive into reviews and talk with employees.

Pros

The train the nursing staff well, great team

Cons

The pay is not so good

Pros

You will meet a lot of individuals who are extremely smart and wanting to do amazing things for people - patients, families, community and staff.

Cons

Leaders are ego driven and don't work well as a group. A ton of lip service on the kind of culture that is desired but nothing to show for it...narrative seems to not have changed over the past 10 years. Effectiveness is sacrificed for egos and the mindset of the masses vs. true leaders making decisions because it is what is needed for to be a great place to work and receive care in the future. Lacks commitment to real people issues internally. Benefits for any non-physician are awful and it is alarming when many including myself didn't get care at the hospital they worked for.

Advice to Management

People who work there are able to hear tough messages honestly and when they do they can help because they are smart and capable. The "big" decisions don't have to be made by the people with the big salaries. Diversity and Inclusion isn't about the comfort of homogeneity so make the tough decision and draw the line in the sand to support people who DH and surrounding community needs. Could be a great place to work and grow but ego and excuses get in the way. Too many people leave with the feeling of "what could have been" and too many people stay who just go along with the status quo. I can go on and on but I doubt comments are read and certainly no one thinks this is valid so I give it a rest.

Pros

You will have plenty of hours to work.

Cons

You will work short staffed all the time, they will see you can do it , then they will tell you this is the new patient nurse ratio. So if someone calls out you will be even more short staffed and be told well everyone is short staffed so that's the way it is. Working hard gets you even more work.

Advice to Management

Eventually nurses will wake up and get a union!

Pros

Nice location to work in

Cons

Administration difficult to work with

Pros

-Surrounded by hard-working individuals -Sense of community

Cons

-Some dated equipment -rural setting can get boring

Pros

Good benefits, great co-workers, motivated learning environment, diverse patient population, many job opportunities and opportunities for growth

Cons

High-turnover in co-workers, short-staffed