I have been the DON in a LTC facillity for 5 months. Low and behold here comes corporate with a plan to change the facility. Our administrator was fired, and a new administrator came.. he is very quiet all the time and fails to communicate.. now as DON and no communicatin with the administrator.. this is very frustrating to say the least. Last week he approaches out of the blue and says I am no longer needed.. really?? Why is that?? He says.. I have too many friends in the facility.. WHAT!!???? I say, I hope you have a better reason than that.. NOPE.. and as it turns out he had a friend (working in our facility) that he has known for a while and wanted her in the DON position.. effective immediately.. and that was that. Now this is a problem facility and I have made tremendous progress in improving standards. Though it is a substandard facility and has a long way to go to meet higher expectations, I was quite proud of the accomplishents I made in such a short time. Even the state told me several times they have seen progress, (and the state comes like every other day for something. )
In a way I am glad to be out of there because it is such a problem facility, but wish the termination was for a legitamite reason.
I have put out several applications and there are no management positions available in my area. I have stated I am willing to work as a floor nurse, (since nothing else is available) and find it hard to get a floor nurse job because "I am too qualified". They say that upper management to floor nurse does not work out... Well I do not consider my self any different than the rest, and a job is a job. I finally did convince a facility to let me work the floor since I have to work. She says the problem with upper level staff is that they know that they will quit when something better is offered to them.
Anyone else take a floor nurse position and how did it work out? My biggest concern is that I fired over 35 people from my previous problem facility (with just cause) and if I end up having to work with them it will not be nice.... wish me luck!
donmomofnine
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Going by my experience and some of my friends, corporate is :angryfire WORSE!!:angryfire