KatRNagain

We call this 'dirty nursing' and it is the epitome of unprofessionalism. We are currently dealing with such a nurse. She feels that by pointing out others in a negative light, somehow enhances her own level of self worth. This has a domino effect of low moral, paranoia, and second guessing. The problem is, she's the one that picks up all the extra hours (and complains about it too) so she's not to likely to get pink slipped and cause a pretty significant shortage.

Most home health agencies wont hire you until you have at least one year of experience (in some cases 3-5 years) because you have to work so autonomously. Your best bet is to work as a CNA in the hospital.....now there you'll learn the skills you need as you progress on to the RN program. Good luck!

I was so happy to have found this board. I was up for the ADON position at our Intermediate LTC facility and thought everything was going well. The DON was giving me extra duties although the ADON position wasn't written in stone just yet....I figured it would be by the end of the year. Then, a few weeks ago, I noticed an ad in the local paper for the ADON! I was not happy and even called the administrator himself to inquire why there was an ad when I was clearly qualified and showed interest in the position. He told me they were just going through the motions and wanted to have formal interviews...that which I would be a part of. I was told I would be interviewed by next week at the latest. Yesterday, I'm charting at the desk and the administrator is coming down the hall with a woman who he is showing the 'ropes' to. (I had kept quiet about my desire to be the ADON) so the other nurses were gossiping that this was the new ADON. the DON arrives and talks to one of the other nurses while I decide to go down the hall and see if I can get the admin to tell me who that woman was. He looked me straight in the eye and said it was 'a family member'. I asked which family? He said...no particular family...just a family member checking out the place". When I got back the floor the other nurses there said she was definitely the new ADON. Now, here is my dilemma....how can I can have faith in the administration who bold face lies? But more importantly, lying was his first impulse as he knew I 'caught' him in a situation he didn't want to be in. This is a nice catholic nursing home run by nuns who are not from this country. There are rumours that the admin is embezzling as well. Please, any advise? Are there any authorities I can go to in regards to this man's ethics? Thank you all so much!