Alaska Regional Hospital

April 07, 2015

by Anonymous

High quality care, an efficent work enviroment,excellent medical benefits

work day starts at 0600 and ends at 1630,day starts out with approximately 12 OR surgical patients to prepare for surgery.multiple IV starts, blood draws,meds to pass,clip and scrub op sites, apply SCD's and Teds. Assisst with blocks and epidurals. documentaion of patient assesment and meds given and procedures that were done. Float to radiolgy to start IV;s and or place urinary catheter. Float to phase II Recovery. Float to Preadmission testing to interview next day patients. co-workers are very open to helping each other we are very team oriented. hardest part of the job is going to work at 0600. the most enjoyable is working and interacting with the patients and their families. immediate management is experienced but new to our hospital , very knowledgeable. or management is ok not alot of experience , manager of PACU has just quit so that position is vacant at this time but she was great and very organized

November 17, 2013

by Anonymous

SMALLER SURGICAL FACILITY

ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC AND NEUROSURGIACL FACILITY. WELL DEVELOPED PROGRAMS OF CARE DELIVERY. A FULL SERVICE FACILITY FOR OTHERWISE FOR ER, OBSTETRICS,ICU/CCU, CATH LABS ECT.

April 22, 2013

by Anonymous

The ups and downs at Alaska Regional Hospital

A typical day at work starts at 7 and ends at 7:30 depending on day or night shift. Your work load can depend on the number of new admits and the amount of staffing durring your shift. Staffing can be changed at any time of your shift and your patient load can change at any time. As a chage nurse I have learned how to deal with these changes with staffing in order to make smooth transititions for my staff. Management is not available durring night shift except for the House Supervisior. Most communication is done through e-mail. Most of my co-workers are experenced nurses with a few nurses with 1 or 2 years of experence. The hardest part of my job is dealing with upset co-workers who are upset with fellow co-works and new policies they disagree with. The most enjoyable part of my job is the actual contact with diffrent patients and the quick recovery from their orthopedic surgery.

March 20, 2013

by Anonymous

Great little hospital but poorly managed from afar

Alaska Regional Hospital is small enough for employees to feel like family. The biggest drawback is that its an HCA facility, which means the corporation back in the lower 48 states tries to make policy that doesn't apply in AK. Oh, and the union (local teamsters - figure that out) that represents nurses is receiving kickbacks from the hospital, so they have a conflict of interest when negotiating on your behalf and aren't work much. But unions haven't been relevant for a while now, and it's really not enough of a negative to not recommend this facility.

January 31, 2013

by Anonymous

Great place to work

My typical day at work would included 30-40 surgery patients that would come through the PACU; maybe 1/3 of those would be inpatients. PACU patients could be anything from colonoscopy with anesthesia to cardioid endartectomy. When needed I was charge nurse. I also precepted nursing students for UAA and oriented new hires to the unit.The hardest part of the job is balancing; moving patients out of recovery ( phase I and II are in the same room) to allow new post surgical patients into recovery.I loved assisting Anesthesia with picc lines and blocks.My co-workers are the best, you never felt alone; Great team work.I loved the critical care aspect of the job. To be able to identify problems before they became critical.