skonchee

I am new to this site but appreciate it all ready. This is my story. I am an RN and recently took a job in a LTC facility as the staff development coordinator and work every other weekend at a small hospital. I thought this job as a staff development coordinator would allow me to experience a different aspect of nursing. My job includes hiring/dismissing CNA's, orienting all new hires, doing all annual orientations/competencies, doing in-services for all licensed/certified staff, maintaining records of inservices of CNA's and nurses, do the monthly schedules for CNA's and geri techs, disciplining CNA's, doing random compliance rounds, coordinating/maintaining all employee health records (TB skin Tests, physicals)and being "the one over the CNA's" when a family is not pleased or has a complaint. (in addition to other things) This is not all that I will be responsible for because at some point I wil be expected to take over infection control (which was not discussed prior to taking the job). I went into this job with excitement thinking that I could do something positive. However, my DON and ADON and other nurses in admin do not support the team mentality. They are catty women who, as far as I can tell, do not do much but point out others shortcommings, come in at their leisure, leave at their leisure, and get their EBAY orders at work. In 3 short months my excitment has turned into misery. I went to my DON to discuss a nurses "habit" of talking to people (CNA'S) like "dogs" and keeping the "poop" stirred. I went to my DON and requested a meeting with her and this nurse to get something done about her mouth. Instead of getting a mediator who would stay neutral, I got a defensive DON who did not want to address the problem or even appreciate what I had to say. Of course the nurse who had been there longer was defended and the CNA's were "dogged". This the short version of a two sided story. I want to put in my resignantion after only 3 months. This is not my style. However, I do not want to remain in misery with an unsupportive admin for any longer. Any suggestions?