DON work hours question..

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How many hours a week, realistically, does a DON work? Business hours are 8-5 but I have a "bet" w/someone that working just the 8-5 is not usual and customary for a DON in a larger facility..is this correct? More than 40 hrs/wk?

Specializes in Geriatrics, WCC.

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Specializes in LTC since 1972, team leader, supervisor,.

40 hours what is that, right now I am covering for nights because I did not have a supervisor. By the time you put out all the fires in a large facility, there is no time to get ready for QA&A reports or anything else. It would be nice, and I do have people I can depend on to help but 40 hours just is not realistic

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Oh my...don't I wish I only had to do 40 hours a week. I have awesome staff who will help out, but still till you handle all the mini "crisis's" that come up-its a long day. I sometimes cant even sit down and start working on my own stuff till mid afternoon. You know after all the meetings, floor rounds, and stand-up. I think I do around a 60 hour work week for a 59 bed facility. Dont forget the after hour on-call stuff also, just becaue you go home that doesn't mean you are off. Staff call my house all the time- kids automatically know who it is. I love my job and I love the staff I work with(which makes it all worth while), but I knew getting into it I was signing my life away!

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