Admissions people

[CapeCodMermaid]

I know everyone has a job to do, but I've just about had it with the admissions people in my building. One of them sent me a text, about me, meant for someone else and it wasn't very nice. The other one talks down to me as if HER opionion of who we admit is more important than mine. I want my building to be full, but I want it to be full of people we can care for and then send home. I have a list of "I told you so" in my desk. All the ones they convinced the administrator to take who have either been long term or behavior nightmares. End of rant.

[clinicalteach]

As a new marketing admissions nurse/clinical coordinator let me apologize for the dingbats and fruitloops out there. I swore I would never be one of the "golden childs" as I used ot refer to the marketer at my former AL, he brought in the money, i cost us money by keeping them alive (sorry going off on a rant) anyways, I remember what its like when they stuffed my AL with patients requiring SNF and wouldn't let me staff appropriately and ultimately why i left so I always run new prospect by our DON. For godsake, shes the one having to deal with the issues that arise and I want to build a reputation of excellent care which stuffing our facility with anything remotely breathing does not do. I just come up against the case managers at the hospitals that stop referring to us because they say we are to picky which means at some point in time I"m going to be out of a job. But no, DON has yay or nay say and then if its a nay I have to inform my regional who goes to the regional head nurse and then they decide. Not my place. Sorry for babbling.