Hilo Medical Center Travel Nurse Review 2024
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- John discusses his experience as an ICU traveler at Hilo Medical Center. There was a lot to pack in so feel free to use the timestamps to hop around!
00:00 Introduction
01:32 Hilo Medical Center Stats
04:46 Limitations
06:21 ICU Unit
09:29 The Cons
16:03 The Pros
16:28 Would I work here again?
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I live in Hilo and I can completely see how you could be frustrated with the way they do things there. There is a lot of negligence in that hospital. Thank you for your time here it’s much appreciated! Hilo is very high school in the regards of it being cliquey. Embarrassing 🤦♀️
Thanks for the review. I was at Hilo Medical Center for 2 weeks with sepsis in 2019. The nurses were the best people there. Most of the doctors were obviously just learning. My experience was horrible from beginning to end. I completely understand why you would not return. When a decent doctor comes to the island they never stay. I have been a Big Island resident 35 years and it doesn't seem to get any better.
This was interesting. Thank you for posting. Sorry that you do not want to come back. Our loss.
I’m in Kailua Kona right now in a Surg Tech contract. The staff I’m working with are amazing! So kind and welcoming. I’m included I. Anything I want to be included in. The docs…well, let’s just say they are OVER travelers. I almost cancelled my contract two weeks in. I was able to work through it with the directors of the facility and it all worked out but it’s pretty tense with some of these docs. The lack of supplies and trained staff is difficult but the people I have worked with have really made the effort worth it. I go home in 31 days. But who’s counting. Lol
thank you. And as a Local Haole, It's a resident to a nonresident mentality. You are Right.
Sounds like Hilo, I’ve complained and told the Liason maybe if they were a little nicer they’d be able to keep doctors. This review confirms my complaint. I’m sorry you had to deal with that. Thank you for your honesty
That is so unfortunate. I don't really see them changing anything sadly. It wasn't an entirely bad place to work but some things were harder than anywhere else I've been in our travels for sure.
If you're from here, I wouldn't worry about it. This guy is the type of mainlander that thinks he's coming in to change the world and make Hawaii a better place. I've worked in mainland hospitals too and we haven't mastered anything with our scientific advancements. People are sicker than they have ever been....
As someone who spent five nights of horror in said facility, I can attest to the fact that they hire cro- magnon orderlies ( 7 in a group)who scream like banshees at around 3 am without supervision. Had I not been tethered to a drain tube, I would have walked out . During daylight hours the place is just like any other hospital, professional and competent.
You handled this review very well. I understand it was probably a very difficult one for you too give.
it is and will forever be known as "Hilo Hospital". no matter how many billionaires fly through trying to make everyone love them as they buy up as much land as possible on the island.
old crusty white dude aside, pretty accurate review of our hospital. Having had multiple close friends who've worked there.. im glad they found better places to work lol.
I did a month of PT internship in 1973 at Castle Memorial on Oahu and I was called a Haole by staff and patients alike.
That is not in itself a slur. People here use the term to refer to a caucasian person. It has no negative implications but can certainly be used negatively depending on intention of the person using the word.
As a nurse from the mainland who worked on Oahu in acute care, home health and hospice, it was challenging in many ways but I don’t regret my time there.
I appreciate your candor. Hopefully, the powers-that-be at that hospital will take this feedback seriously and make necessary changes.
hopefully!
From a patient’s perspective this hospital’s emergency room is rude to the patients often. Some staff don’t show much respect toward patients, especially if the patient has mental health issues or if they think the patient isn’t represented by family. I’ve filed a few complaints against some staff for threats, abuse, and outright rude behavior. I don’t normally complain but this hospital is turning me into an outright Karen. I’ve traveled as far as Waimea because the service at HMC can be so bad. If it was possible I’d never go to this hospital but unfortunately it is the nearest to where we live. With that said, it is a very busy place and some of the staff is really great. It’s luck of the draw on who you’ll get and how you’ll get treated. The guards are really nice though. Always a smile.
When I visited the big island in 2007, I met a physical therapist who worked there. She gave me a tour of the hospital and the Rehab department. I am sure she has retired by now.
Excellent overview, like the true professional that you are. I do not understand why any locals would view a "traveler" differently. Medical professionals take the same oath "shall do no harm"...locals should be thankful to have travelers present assisting. You have a lovely family and it is a shame that folks on the islands would treat mainlanders differently. I also find it interesting hearing how medical facilities are "different" throughout our country. Great job....where to next?
If you live here you can't possibly be surprised. Its really got nothing to do with the medical profession. it is just another type of "TRIBALISM" .
I'm better than you are. BS. as old as many kind. people just have fantasies about tropical Islands and exotic places. Living and Touristing are 2 totally different realities - but alas, that is true for anywhere.
EMS FLIGHT Emergency Miracle Service ( Helicopter ER) Synonyms= accident crunch difficulty necessity tension Strong matches
climax clutch compulsion depression distress exigency extremity fix impasse juncture
meltdown misadventure pass pinch plight predicament pressure push quandary scrape strait urgency vicissitude Hi John, been on a binge of watch EMS and Hilo Mostly for England It is Awesome . Have Learned so much so Proud of EMS EMS Flight
Thank you for sharing!😮
I appreciate your kind approach to the challenges you faced! Another adventure in the books! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻
Thank you
I once had a hospital completly exclude all travel nurses from nurses week things. Even the unit potluck I was told to bring something (which I did) then told I wasn't allowed to eat anything 😶
That is terrible!
Nit picky in Hilo? 😂 It's everywhere you go and every job. I always felt it was the strong Japanese culture. They're the top dog and haoles are def lower. I only made it 5 years there. Kona side waaay different. 40 years later and I stay forgot ... till now. I can totally picture the "certified nurses day" incident.
Bad points aside, do you think this would be a good place for a med school grad to do a family medicine residency?
I'm not sure I'm a great person to ask. I think you can make the best of anything but I personally don't think I would want to do that.
So outdated, hopefully some of that money goes to updating software and better staffing
Sounds like Hilo maybe a little bitter towards travel nurses; with a thinking that you are 'taking' people's jobs. Either way very unprofessional and tacky of them.
think he was being very kind........ wait for the Attitude you may get when you bring up a discrepancy. sorry to make it sound like there are not mostly good Intentioned workers, etc.... but the downsides are WAY OUT OF KILTER. The " Its' all GOOD " attitude is not acceptable. If you want all the fancy "bells and whistles" you desire; then you need to form a better work Ethic.