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You see your panel before you commit. They tell you how many patients, what the no-show rate is, what the acuity looks like in this neighborhood. I came from a community center where I found out my panel size on day one. Queen City was upfront about every number. That alone made the decision easy.

Onboarding was three full weeks of shadow shifts before I picked up my own caseload. My preceptor was an actual nurse on my unit, not a manager from another floor. I've onboarded at four other places and this was the first one that took it seriously.

Scheduling is the part most places get wrong, so I came in expecting chaos. Queen City actually keeps the grid honest. You put in blocks two weeks ahead, you get them most of the time. When something has to flex, my supervisor texts me directly instead of redoing the whole schedule. As a float, that's the difference between staying and leaving.

The work is good and the people are good. The EHR is the thing. We're on Athena and it doesn't talk to the dental side cleanly, so any referral takes a little extra clicking. I asked about it in my second week and they said it's on the roadmap, which is honest. Not a dealbreaker but not nothing either.

What I tell other nurses considering Queen City: the panels are full but not impossible. Lunch happens. Charge nurses actually charge. If you've been at a place where management treats nurses like furniture, this will feel different.