Staff Development Woes

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

Any SDCs out there? I've found it's the dumping ground for all the unwanted jobs in the building and I've found that telling everyone orientation is every other week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays means nothing.

How flexible are you all? I plan my week and frankly have too much to do to drop everything to do a drug screen and a background check any time someone stops by.

I'm new so I don't want to be a total hard A** but, I'm tired of being asked to do orientation every 4 days.

Any input?

[amoLucia]

I see things haven't changed much since I did the job. And it wasn't just nsg - all the depts were doing it.

And PPD compliance was horrendous!

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

Argh, I remember going through something similar when I was in staff development (however briefly). All the SLJs (crappy little jobs) ended up in my lap---PPDs, time-sheet reviews, background checks, chasing down other department heads for orientation purposes, proofing MARS, and even passing meds when the facility was short a nurse. Our turnover was such that I was knee-deep in paperwork all the time and had no time to actually educate staff, which is why I didn't last long. I wouldn't do that job again for love nor money.

[amoLucia]

I liked the job - when I could do it like I was supposed. All the STAT shifting gears was awful.

And of course whenever there was problem, it was always 'they need more training'. NOOOOOOO! They need more supervision and followup!

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

I'm about done...they send me to classes and then tell me it doesn't matter what 'someone else' says...their policies are the best. I go around trying to educate on what's right and get told "that's the (fill in the blank with the name of the company) way...really? The company way is to not provide individual tubes of skin cream so you were told to fill med cups with what you need and leave them at the nurses' station.

Is it me? I don't think so.

[ReinventingMyselfAgain, MSN, RN]

And of course whenever there was problem, it was always 'they need more training'. NOOOOOOO! They need more supervision and followup!

I am new to staff education, and I can't tell you how many times I've heard this already. "they need to be educated on....". They have BEEN educated ad nauseum on it. They need consequences enforced for failure to comply.

[amoLucia]

To ProfRN4 - that whine NEVER goes away, regardless of how much we try to educate the whiners. It's called SUPERVISION!

[CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN]

and I was thinking about taking a sdc/ Risk Manager job :)

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

Here's a related question...Infection Control:

Do y'all have private rooms for residents with MRSA in their nares? My company is trying to say they need to be on droplet precautions. In all the other buildings I've worked in it's contact precautions. And VRE in the rectum??? Really. Don't stick your finger where the sun don't shine.