Who is tired of the abuse from lg Corp politics?

[Rnltc]

Just wondering how many other nurses there are out there that is ready to give up on LTC and change to smething else because of all the COrp. bull and crap they jam down our throats. :angryfire

I was just let go from a LTC Corp of about 300+ homes across the U.S. Worked for them for 4 years as DNS and then as a consultant. One of the facilites I have been asigned did not have a good survey and was placed in a stop placement. The area V.P. needed to come up with someone to blame and that was ME the lonley "just a consultant" as the VP keeps telling the us.

I have seen this V.P. who has been with the company just a little over a year continue to do this.

It seems Corps. do NOT care about resident care anymore. They do not follow their own mission statement. So many LTC facilites are in a crisis for staff and they treat staff like they are the scum off their shoes.

It has always amazed me people of power can not do my job as they are not a nurse they are bean counters. They make the rules and the P&P and then shove them on us and inform us if you do not follow their rules they will go after your LN lic. Now wait a minute I have a standard of care and nurse practice act to follow. I pass a federal state exam. They graudated from a college and that is IT. They took no state exam.

So what right do they have to threaten my lic.

Can they be charged with abuse and neglect of a resident? They are the ones that come up with staffing grids and numbers and budgets that are so low there is no way anyone could even begin to give decent care.

So sorry... I am just really tied of the politics that seems to go with giving patient care. I must have missed that day in nursing school. I sure do not remeber having any classes relatred to this type of crap.

The really sad thing is I am a great nurse and love old poeple and the deadicated staff in nursing homes, but can not handle it anymore after this. 15 + of working in Long Term Care from LN to DNS to consultant. It is time to stand up for the rights of the elderly and their needs and not the bean counter needs and the profits of their pockets so they can drive cars fancy cars and live in big fancy houses and big salaries.

Anyone else feel my pain...

[renerian, BSN, RN]

I sent you an email. I could not PM you? ( was not a pulled up option)

renerian

[renerian, BSN, RN]

I responded to your question to your email box but it bounced back from the AOL addy.

The company in question is a very large organization, diverse in the health care spectrum.

renerian

[donmomofnine]

Been with two of those corporate empires :angryfire and from now on, only will work for not for profit!

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I feel the same way, in fact, it's why I left LTC for good a couple of years ago (and will never go back as long as I have any control whatsoever over where I work). The 'care' went down the tubes when health care became a business rather than a service to humanity :angryfire and profits, not patients, became the driving force. I loathe the "corporate" approach to health care......it goes against everything I believe in, both as a nurse and as a human being, and don't even get me started on HMOs and the greedy CEOs who profit enormously at the expense of everyone else!! :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire

[spaniel]

The corruption at many LTC facilities has given me many a night's "nightmare". "Everyone" supervises the nurse including the"residential director",who is typically a bachelor's degree social worker. At one place I

consulted at, there was one LPN for 119 patients. Though not an MBA, I was able to look at some of the cost analyses/business pages. This is major Wall Street stuff and nothing short of a blanket refusal of nurses to enter the LTC settings will work. It is pure greed on the part of corporate owners. I have indeed called the DOH re issues. But I never plan to work as a nurse in geriatrics- EVER again. Call the DOH- be incessant-and don't use your name but give specifics.

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

I agree. "Corporate" in healthcare usually equates to "corpse" care...in that $$$ is the standard of care, not health. "Corporate" gives healthcare a very bad name. Cringe whenever you see that connected to a health care facility.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

I am really concerned now as I have read alot from many people about the horrors of LTC/Subacute care. I am supposed to start next week/ days/12s so I can keep working my other part time job I have had for some time.

The facility is I think the largest provide and owner of homes....................gulp.

renerian

[donmomofnine]

Not all LTC facilities are like that!:angryfire

I work at a church affiliated not for profit, that is a wonderful place. In my area there are several "sister" facilities that are just as wonderful. We are also loosely aligned with other facilities with similar philosophies and they are all outstanding facilities.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

There is one not far from my home that is huge in Columbus. I wonder if that would be a better option. Do you find then they are more concerned with the patients than the dollar?

renerian

[spaniel]

Indeed, it has been my experience that the church affilitated LTC settings are better. I would avoid the big chain homes like the plague.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

Thanks Spaniel and everyone who gave me their input..........I am going to check out the Lutheran Homes Website this morning.

renerian