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Thank you for the input Agnus. I just got back from my "meeting" with the DON. I didn't mention not agreeing with the eval as a whole. I realize what tenuous ground I'm on! I walked in and told her I had some questions about my eval. She said "okay, whatcha got?" Just that second someone else came to the door and asked her " is this a bad time?" She said "no, no, give me two minutes"!!!! Really concerned, huh? She was furious that others had told me what their raises had been. Said if it was not a firing offense under our policies it Should be! She looked me straight in the eyes and lied like the devil himself and said she didn't recall giving either of them 4%! Both of the others got their raises in the last month!!!! This isn't the first, or doubtless the last, time she has lied like rip. It is infuriating the way they behave and then speak to us in such a sanctimonious manner, as if we are naughty children! Anyway, she ended our talk by saying she would speak to the administrator and see what she could for me. I have a bad feeling that what she can do for me won't be good! LOL!

Angie, ter reading a lot of posts last night on whistleblowing, and thinking back over the last few years about how I have been treated at this facility for in-house reporting, I think you are right. I don't know about moving on, as in leaving the job,though that is what my heart s to do, but I think I will speak with the admin. about the raise discrepancy and leave the other alone. I don't believe that they will increase my raise, but I cannot let it go without saying something. I don't know how so many of us deal with such inequities and keep going. It batters your soul. I have kept at it for a long time for the pure love of my residents. If noone cares and stands up for them, then what? They return my love and always ask where I have been, even when I am only off for a few days. I am Christian and I will try to turn it over to the Lord. The world is becoming such a wicked place, we have to have Him to battle Goliath. Thanks so much for your replies to my post. It means a lot to know that other good nurses are out there.

Angie, This is absolutely not the case. I have been here for a long time and know a lot of things by one route and another. As it happens I was handed a check stub from "Xanax nurses" check (by her!) so that I could see where a certain pay value was located. I just happened to notice that her base pay rate is MORE than two dollars above mine and I have been here longer!!! Seriously, this place is like a den of vipers. There is so much favoritism and other unprofessional behavior here, you probably wouldn't believe it!

Pagandeva, This is another good piece of advice, which I wouldn't have thought of. I should have though because we know for a fact that many of our CNA write-ups HAVE gone into the circular file!

Earle58, Excellent point! My prior evals have all been great, most of them done by this same DON! I actually have copies of many of them. I'll try to find them to take along with me. Thanks so much!

Michelle126 I am going to have a meeting with them. Unfortunately, since my supervisor and I are off fot the next 2 days she can't accompany me. She lives a good distance from here. You don't know how much I appreciate the input. Something like this can just knock the wind out of you, especially when nursing has been so much a part of who you are.

Suzy 253 Thanks for answering! No, I haven't signed it yet. The DON told me yesterday that she HAD to turn it in by tomorrow. I don't know if she got a hard word because the eval was 7 months overdue or what. Some of the other nurses I work with said that I should go to work today ( I'm off) and speak with the DON and tell her my feelings. I am torn between talking with her or talking to the administrator. Unfortunately, they are all very cliqueish. It is very hard to describe to others how this place is. There is another nurse here who is the most appalling excuse you can imagine for a nurse. She blatantly takes MANY Xanax while at work, doesn't pass a lot of her meds, and is generally awful! The administration LOVES her! They refuse to hear a word against and actually put out a newsletter praising her and telling us that she is an example for us all!!!! Maybe you can see why I'm a little nervous. I need my job. I can't get another at comparable pay since I have been here for so long.

Thanks so much! I guess I really needed some support. This really hurt me, a lot.

Hi everyone, I really would like some advice. I have been a nurse for 31 years. I have been in the same job for 19 years, in a nursing home in a very small town in Florida. I have an excellent reputation among my fellow workers and with the patients and family members. I got my eval yesterday, (7 months after it was due!!) The eval was done by the DON who rarely ever comes to the halls where we work and truly doesn't know much about how we do our jobs. She gave me average on nearly all sections. Then she recommended I get a 3% raise. Of course, it is a very long story, impossible to completely tell here, but I promise you, I am not an "average" nurse! Most especially when compared to the performance of the majority of our other nurses. My RN supervisor vehemently disagreed with the eval and said that she would be willing to tell the administrator so. The same DON recommended other nurses for a 4% raise. As I said, this is a small town and people can be very petty when you disagree with them. Any suggestions on what I should do? By the way, she was in such a hurry to get my eval done that she filled in my section on "self-eval" too!