Staffing Shortages

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How are your facilities addressing this? Especially with the aides as they can now go out of healthcare and get compatible wages.  We have tried the generous bonuses, stipends etc. Even the dreaded mandating which only makes it worse. Now Administrator wants LN’s to work as aides??? I fear the LN’s will leave and this facility is on the path to closing.  Such a shame.  Very good facility. Good care.  People are becoming burnt. 

Specializes in kids.

And then you have the units where the supervisor doesn't know her stuff....she "wings" a lot of it. What is OK on some days is not on other days, very situational. I do per diem, go in do my shift and try not to get caught up in the dramalama. But it sucks when you have to be the nurse for both sides of the building, and do the med cart, and do the online continuing ED and, and, and...

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Specializes in LTC, hospital setting.

I have no problem with my wages. Just short staffing and others giving me attitude for no reason, OR my personal favorite(insulting others):“she doesn't know how to measure intake" by a seasoned CNA to other aide, about me. Uhm, yes. Yes I do know how. Just because I haven't been in the game long enough, doesn't mean I don't know what I'm doing. And the facility I finally got on does offer the extra pay for nights, with 12 hours(which I like from hospital setting to boot, I can get more done in 12 than 8's) and I'm closer to home.

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