Medical Malpractice

Which hospitals are better to work at for profit like tenet or hca or a not for profit teaching hospital?

Public Comments

1. For every-day stuff you're better off with a private hospital (i.e. heart attack, infection, etc.). If you're having something complicated and big (like a rare form of cancer, etc.) you're better off in a teaching hospital as you will have access to the people who see and study rare stuff.
2. It really depends on what you're gonna be doing. In my experience for-profit hospitals have a lot of "bean counters" trying to cut expenses to make a profit, thus a lot of times you have equipment/supplies that are not "complete" and you have to run around finding the other parts to make it work. Teaching hospitals have their pros & cons. The pro is that the staff & management are geared to teaching. So if you are a new graduate or beginning a job this can be very beneficial to you. Furthermore, teaching hospitals tend to have the "latest & greatest" equipment, which is also benificial. A con is that the nurses, MDs, pharmacy staff . . . pretty much everyone are students and "learning" thus you have to be on your toes & always double check everything before you administer say a drug to a patient. This can be time consuming & leaves you open for liability if you are not careful. But that is just my opinion.
3. What position are you exactly going to work as? This question needs some fill ins.