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I notice that that the acronym, DON, for director of nursing is used a lot here. We would call that person the Nursing Manager or Unit Manager.
The Director of Nursing at my facility is in charge of all nursing for the facility and has her office on "executive row" right next to the hospital administrator and the medical Chief of Staff. Only "suits" are seen up there, no one in scrubs. I've never seen this person and probably never will.
What is your person in charge of all nursing called? (The Grand Poobah??)
pennyaline
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Yes, in large hospitals each department may have a director for its own nursing staff, but the facility overall will still have a DON, DNS or (the more recent and incredibly preposterous term) Chief Nursing Officer -- born of the trend toward corporate "chiefdoms": CEO, CFO, COO, etc. Indeed, too many "chiefs" and not enough indians.