I have worked with some nurses who did everything in their power to run anyone out of the Nursing Home that were not part of their clique. They had the Administrator in their back pocket, or should I...
I have been a nurse for over 20 years, and I have been a DON for the last 3 years. What I am noticing, is it seems staff do not follow a chain of command anymore. I have instructed staff, if they have...
I am a DON in along-term care facility, and I am having a difficult time finding both nurses and CNA's who are willing to work the evening night shift/weekends/holidays etc. The new graduates who...
In the situations I was talking about, it was never expected that staff were to work every weekend, holiday, rotating shifts. It was every other weekend, every other holiday, and either the evening...
These people were informed of what the hours would be when they were interviewed. The one I wrote about, was hired for the night shift, and after she went through our orientation program-which lasted...