Friends Hospital
Specialty hospital in Philadelphia, PA
From 1 posting and nurse reviews · Employer research Sep 4, 2026Sources
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The short version
You work a full-time RN week posted as 36 hours, three 12-hour shifts. You can step into advertised Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs, plus a nursing executive tract, with continuing education and skills diversification on the books.
Employer research, Sep 4, 2026
You can move into Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs, plus a nursing executive tract.
For experienced nursesSources
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.comContinuing education and skills diversification are advertised, along with Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs.
For new gradsSources
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.comFull-time RN work is posted as 36 hours per week on three 12-hour shifts.
For travel nursesSources
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
Nursing here
- Career development
Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs plus a nursing executive tract; continuing education and skills diversification advertised.
Friends Hospital · employer research
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As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com- Scheduling
Full-time RN posted as 36 hours per week, three 12-hour shifts.
Friends Hospital · employer research
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As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com- Charge opportunities
Employer advertises Charge, Supervisor, and Nurse Manager-in-training programs and a nursing executive tract.
Friends Hospital · employer research
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As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
The units
Inpatient psychiatry (adolescent, adult, older adult)
Specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults. RNs do crisis management, behavior programs, and therapeutic milieu.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: glassdoor.comResidential rehabilitation
Employer lists a private residential rehabilitation program in its continuum of care, along with level of care assessments.
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Source location unconfirmedSource: glassdoor.com
What nurses say
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Peer camaraderie
- Employees often describe strong teamwork and a supportive atmosphere among coworkers.
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- Toxic culture and disrespect
- Reviewers report a toxic workplace, including rude managers and little respect for staff or patients.
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- Management and leadership
- Staff describe poor, unsupportive leadership that feels disconnected from daily operations and does not fix staffing problems.
More review themes
- Understaffing and workload
- Chronic short staffing and heavy workloads are a dominant complaint and are said to make delivering care harder.
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- Safety
- Employees link understaffing and weak management support to high stress and an unsafe setting.
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- Work-life balance
- Insufficient staffing and excessive job demands are described as leaving little work-life balance.
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- Overtime
- Some mention overtime opportunities, while many feel overall job demands are too high.
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- Quality of care
- Staff say operational problems, especially chronic understaffing, get in the way of providing quality patient care.
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The hard parts
Chronic short staffing and heavy workloads are a dominant complaint and are said to make delivering care harder.
What to ask
- How is base pay set for the role, and which differentials apply?
- Which shifts are open, and what are the weekend, holiday and call rules?
- How long is orientation, and will I have one preceptor?
- What is the usual patient load, and how often do nurses float?
Living in Philadelphia, PA
At about 3% above the national cost-of-living average, Philadelphia pairs premier medicine with easy urban commutes. Penn and CHOP nurses bike over the South Street Bridge from tree-lined Fitler Square, while Jefferson clinicians walk from Washington Square West. Post-shift life unfolds along the Schuylkill River Trail, around historic brick rowhouses, and inside neighborhood BYOBs.
Browse roles in Philadelphia- Metro price level · Philadelphia area
- 3% above the national average
- BEA index 102.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,397/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $61,953/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
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Sources
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/Friends-Hospital-Reviews-E226830.htm
The short version, Nursing here, What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/Friends-Hospital-Philadelphia-Reviews-EI_IE226830.0,16_IL.17,29_IC1152672.htm
What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/Friends-Hospital-Philadelphia-Reviews-EI_IE226830.0,16_IL.17,29_IC1152672.htm
What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026
- glassdoor.com/Reviews/Friends-Hospital-staff-Reviews-EI_IE226830.0,16_KH17,22.htm
What nurses say, The hard parts · as of 2026
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