Is this kind of DON the norm in this profession

[LilyRosas]

I work at a long term care facility and this is my first job as a RN. I love my patients and I try to make them as comfortable as I can. As far as I know I have never gotten a complaint from some of the patients that do a lot of complaining. I am a full time nurse on a set unit. Today when I went into work I found out that I wad being floated to another unit. When I asked our staffing coordinator why she didn't even call me to tell me that she needed me to work another floor she said, with a attitude that even the other nurses noted, that she was too busy. When I told my DON that I was not happy being pulled to another unit (even though I would work another unit if asked) she just looked at me and said that I was a nurse of this facility and could be pulled to wherever they needed me. Is this the norm for most DON's to not care about their employees?

[anne_in_maryland]

You sound like you have an attitude. If the DON "asked" instead of directed, she would be giving the nurses the impression that they could say no, which of course they can't. How can you run a business like that. Your are taking one comment she gave you, which was a reflection of the whining you were doing, and turning it around on her that this now indicates she doesn't care about her employees.

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

you are a member of the nursing staff.

the DON is the Director of Nursing,

her first concern and responsibility is

the residents, and that they have adequate staffing coverage.

The staffing coverage you are part of, needs to be modified,

rearranged in what ever is required......to sustain that safe level of care.

I would of ask you, "Can you do your job?"