DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

[pensacola_LPN]

:angryfire

The hurricane is slated to arive 2-6 pm on Sunday. THe DON threatened the entire Nursing staff today saying that anyone who does not adhere to the new schedule (coming out tomorrow) will be fired!

Let me tell you what this new schedule entails - ALL nursing staff will come in on Sunday. Those that are scheduled to work Sunday will work. Everyone else will RELAX until their shift comes due (in my case more than 24 hours later).

This LTC locked us in the facility for 48+ hours during and after Hurricane Ivan 10 months ago!

I have 32 years experience as an LPN and I understand what quality of care means to my patients. But I do not like being threatened with my license and I do not like being incarcerated!

More importantly, I do not like the idea that this LTC facility is staying regardless of Dennis being a Category 3 or 4 hurricane. We are less than 1 mile from the Pensacola Bay.

The management and the DON and ADON are threatening the staff. They are putting their patients at RISK.

Then they wonder why people are quitting.

I need that great American dream - health insurance - so I can't quit.

[mont]

i am sorry to hear about these hospital. i work and live in up state ny. the ceo of the hospital i work has opened the kitchen and delivered food not only in time of bad weather ( we get blizzards ) but also for employee appreation. i have seen management come through (even at 0100 and on weekends) with cookies, ice cream, hot meals (pizza, steak, veg, etc.) and drinks and ask how everything is going while they dish out the food. during bad weather like blizzards they are understanding and will pick you up and drop you off, or open any availble area for staff to sleep. i have spent some nights at the hospital and have used their transportation. those are some of the benefits we get for working there even though the pay is not the best, it is a friendly hospital and that is why i continue to work there. i really feel sorry for you guys.

[BabyRN2Be]

I'd really like to hear what happened in pensacola_LPN's situation, but seeing that she hasn't logged in since July 9th, I'm wondering if we'll ever know what happened.

Maybe she just came on here to vent, and when the crisis was over she forgot to get back to us. I do hope that she is OK and that the residents in her facility did well.

Pensacola_lpn, if you get back on, tell us what happened, OK?

I've been reading posts since then, and my question is, exactly where would they evacuate to? Is that part of the problem in that there's no place to go? Aren't there contingency plans in hurricane prone areas that are put in to place when a hurricane is expected to make landfall in a certain area?

Just wondering... my SIL and BIL just moved down there. Right in the middle of an active hurricane season.