I got a $40,00 grant and not getting acknowledged for it !!

[disney158]

I don't mean to sound ******, but, I told my supervisor about the opportunity of a grant for the facility, I worked on the grant paperwork endlessley for a month, took it home, aganoized over it , etc. Since it was the first grant I have ever tried for, my supervisor, the administrator, helped, "teaked" it, improved portions of it, and then sent it to the facilities "grant writting team" for further enhancements. I worked on it for weeks, hours, besides completing my regular work. He just heard yesteday that we recievd the $40,000 grant, we are a 80 bed SNF in a 300 bed community hospital. My issue, I was the one who found and researched the grant, brought the ideas to my supervisor, created the pages and pages of documentation, called for pricing, etc on and on. I found out thAt we recieved the grant when a general memo was sent out yesterday by my supervisor, thanking all who worked on the grant. I was not individually mentioned, even though, only he and I , besides the tweaking by the grant team, where the only ones who worked on it.. I am so beside myself and angered...:angryfire I took that grant home, slaved over it and am getting no recognition... My husband tells me I have become Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl" and the administrator is Sojurney Weaver ( workng spelling, but you get my meaning). Help me handle this please....how do I professionally indicate my frustration, or do I ?

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

KUDOS!!

That's quite a feat - especially for a first time grant writer. You may not realize it yet, but you have just added a very important skill to your resume.

When you get fed up with working for nurse Rachet, be sure to let future employers know you are a successful grant writer. This puts you into a whole different ballpark -- skill-set wise.

[llg, PhD, RN]

I agree that you are being treated badly -- very badly by a supervisor who will probably lose a valuable staff member (you) because of his mistreatment of you.

However ... in the meantime ... Ask your supervisor if you will have any role in implementing the grant you worked so hard for. Perhaps you can get some sort of dedicated time to work on the project. That way, you will be able to get some follow-up experience with the project and with the management of the grant. You'll be able to list that project in a stronger way on your resume as you job hunt in the future. You'll be able to say, "I worked as the ____ on the is project. I did a lot of work on the original grant and also did XYZ in the implementation/evaluation of the project." That's a lot stronger than say, "I worked on the writing of a grant."

Congratulations on a job well done.

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

You should at least be mentioned in a staff meeting or company newsletter AND get a nice letter of thanks in your personnel file, AND a big raise. Is your boss taking all the credit- telling his bosses that he did it all?

I would talk to your boss about how you feel.

[disney158]

Thanks to all, this happened yesterday and I am waiting as I am too angry/hurt/annoyed to approach this topic with him. He is the administrator, young ( middle 30's been in the field for about 10 years, 2nd administrator role), very upwardly mobile with high asperations... I can't tell you how many weeks, hours, went into that thing, specific language , no more than 1 page to define what was asked for, specific page limits for specific parts, it went on and on , then the pieces of the grant would be assigned points to see how correctly you responded , the points were addedd up and those with the most points recieved the grant. I worked on it at home, called venders, suppliers, searched for the best pricing, agonized over the verbiage, and then handed it over for "tweaking". Let me tell you, I feel 'tweaked" :angryfire This was also done while I was doing all the MDS "stuff" for a 82 bed SNF with 25 Subacute beds that are always filled, and chairing all the care plan meetings, the chair of the Falls Comittee, on and on ...I am so sad , but do not want to dig my own grave by angering my adminsistrator, he has all the power...but I can not go on like this, I feel like a volcano with the lava brewing.... all of your suggestions were great, I will wait a week until I go back to basline and then approach with ...can I help in the delivery of the grant and can I have something to put into my personnel file that reflected the work I did on the grant..., and I will add it to my resume... but still.... in this tight fiscal hospital/snf enviornment, recognition from upper level management would have been , in my eyes, appropriate... so is almost $50,000 nothing to speak about ?

[llg, PhD, RN]

...I am so sad , but do not want to dig my own grave by angering my adminsistrator, he has all the power...but I can not go on like this, I feel like a volcano with the lava brewing.... all of your suggestions were great, I will wait a week until I go back to basline and then approach with ...can I help in the delivery of the grant and can I have something to put into my personnel file that reflected the work I did on the grant..., and I will add it to my resume... but still.... in this tight fiscal hospital/snf enviornment, recognition from upper level management would have been , in my eyes, appropriate... so is almost $50,000 nothing to speak about ?

Your plan sounds like a good one to me. Good luck to you. I hope your administrator comes up with at least something to acknowledge your contribution.

[disney158]

Update : Did I also say that I also put in for the grant for my part time job at another SNF , and also GOT THE GRANT THERE TOO ! So, I have obtained almost $80,00 for 2 SNF"S which is more than my salary ! That facility has sent me a huge flower arrangement and is writting press releases thaking me, at the FT facility I first posted about a big fat NOTHING !!! We even have a new DON and the adminsitrator mentioned the grant we recieved at a morning meeting, the DON asked who worked on the grant and the administrator said, " I did", so now there have been 3 emails and multiple verbal accounts by the administrator staing "he worked" on the grant, with absoultely no acknowledgment for me. That was it and I went to Human resources for support, confidentially and it was suggested I speak with the administrator. The administrator is stopping by my office today to discuss this, and I am tyring hard, really hard to keep my composure... I have already cried multi[ple times, and have all of the documentation in a binder of all the work I did and all the work back and foth between my self and vendors. It will be impossible for the administrator to indicate he did the grant alone, also in my orgininal and subsequent versions of the grant paperowrk, I was to be the administrator of the grant, I guess that must have changed too... oh well, I feel sick... will continue to up date as I greatly appreicate the support, I hav never been here before... Nadine

[jjjoy, LPN]

Take a deep breath and do what you need to do. It's okay to not do it perfectly. Better to stand up for yourself imperfectly than not do it all it. Best wishes!!!