Mt Baker Care Center

Working at Mt Baker Care Center

Mt Baker Care Center is a 70-bed nursing home in Bellingham, Washington. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 25% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 179 Washington nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 44%, so Mt Baker Care Center keeps its RNs better than 85% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells the same kind of story. Residents here receive about 80 minutes of RN time per day, against 58 minutes across Washington. That is more RN coverage than 88% of Washington nursing homes. CMS gives Mt Baker Care Center a staffing rating of 5 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 41.2% here compared with 44% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

• About 75% of RNs counted here stayed through CMS's 12-month measurement period, so you would join a team with continuity.
• RN hours per resident run above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

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