c.oconnor

c.oconnor

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About c.oconnor

I am an Administrator for a 77 bed SNF. I love my job!

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  1. healthcare cost

    Bad debt, charity care. Entitlement programs. Government regulations. Employee sponsored health insurance.
  2. Low Census...and LOVING IT!

    Oh yes....this is EXACTLY my job. I NEVER go out and check on the care of the residents. I just sit slumped over my desk all day counting ppd, and overtime, and trying to figure out ways to cut staff and still make more money. Absolutely. Oh, and...
  3. Low Census...and LOVING IT!

    You are exactly right. Thank you for standing up and making this point.
  4. Fired - what do you think...

    Well, you will most likely get unemployment. Whatever issues management had with you should have been covered in a timely manner. I have never heard of an activities director writing up an RN...I wouldn't allow that at my facility.
  5. Which Healthcare fields ARE hiring?

    ABSOLUTELY! We pay a premium for therapy where I work. Even the assistants are highly compensated. And you never, ever hurt for a job!
  6. WHY do YOU work in LTC?

    You've done a fabulous job! Thank you for your reply. Your grandfather is very proud, I'm sure!
  7. How to approach this?

    I know this is an old post, but I was a bit offended by this. I am an administrator and I (just now!) spent 45 minutes on the phone with the family of a resident in my facility who has dementia. It is 8:24 pm in my part of the US, and I am still a...
  8. WHY do YOU work in LTC?

    why do you work in ltc? i am not a nurse, so know that up front. i am an administrator, which may be the equivalent of a four letter word to some of you! i work in ltc because: i have seen first hand the wonderful relationships that the nursing staf...
  9. Medpass at mealtime a dignity issue?

    The state that I work in would say that this is a dignity issue.
  10. Funny things they say....

    that is too much!!!!!! I love it!
  11. Funny things they say....

    At my facility, EVERYONE (including me, the administrator) takes turns sitting with some of our dementia residents who would love to escape from the facility to go home to their babies, or whatever. One day I was walking one of our wonderful ladies...
  12. Need some advice please...

    This sounds like a poorly run facility. You should have another nurse on the floor when you have so many residents who have behavioral issues. You have to be careful in LTC that you are not "doping up" your residents. You can't do this to accommo...
  13. State~!

    She had support and help.....lots of it! Truthfully, she wasn't a great DON. She has moved on by her own choice, and I wish her the best.
  14. Administrators

    I am not an RN, but even if I was, I would leave clinical decisions to my Director of Nursing. Her job is to run the nursing department, and making clinical decisions is part of that. I am involved in the process, but my DON makes the final call. ...
  15. Administrators

    I am a fairly new administrator in LTC and I am wondering what the general consensus is among nursing about the administrators you work for? What are some of the things that administrators do that drive you crazy? What are some things that you actua...