Assessment Manager

[Joni's Mom]

Hi,

I just received information that one of us RNs are to become the Assessment Manager, and I think that someone will be me. Can anyone explain to me what this will entail? The info that I received was become an assessment manager making sure everything is done. All I know is that I do get my assessments finished on my pt and I also finish my careplans on time, but does this mean I have to make sure everyone elses are finished also, and if so do I have to finish the other nurses assessments and careplans. It seems as if I'm being punished for having my work done.

Of course extra work, with no extra pay. I'm beginning to HATE! HATE! HATE! this new company. What do they expect us to get done in 8 hours? since they cut our hours down.

[Joni's Mom]

I understand that Managers have constant pressure, but what about the safety of the pt? Short staffing gives no time for the RN or tech to react in the event of emergencies, and as we all know there are alot of emergencies that crop up in dialysis. When is enough enough! How much can they expect? How much voluntolding, where your told to do this work in the ruse of volunteering, do they want from staff? When is upper management going to bat for the underdog? What about advocating for pt's and staff? How can some facilities, working for the same company, have for instants, separate Clinical Supervisors and others appoint staff as an Assessment Manager doing the same job?

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

Trust me whilst I understand everything you are saying I have been an RN for over 22 years and I have never ever felt the stress or pressure that I feel at the moment in my job.

I have always been the pts advocate and I stand tall representing my staff, but recently it doesnt seem to matter how I try to make myself understood or how I have represented the pts and the staff-nobody is listening.

We have had our senior management team taken over by ex members of a large dialysis company and things have changed beyond our control.

We are a small company being managed by people who pretend to care but dont