donlmnh

I agree with you on this one. I am only in my 20's and I have been in a long term care facility now for 7 years. I started out at the bottom as a CNA, then LPN, now RN and the DON. I always said that I would never take this position better yet no administrative job, but the DON before me moved up to the adm. job and talked me into trying the DON job for a while and I LOVE IT!!! I can't see me doing anything else at all. Yes I was afraid about the deal with them firing the DON over a bad survey, but we had our first survey since I took over a year ago and we got deficiency free. The thing about it is great team work, if you have that it will be just fine. I love itat our place because the adm is a RN as well and we get along so good. I want lie it does have it's bad days but you just have to think about the residents and you are there to make sure that they get the best care possible. I think you should consider taking it if you have a great staff working with you!!!!