Studer?

[LEFTFLANKPAIN]

How has Studer worked out for your facility? In principle, it's all very good. However in execution, our facility has seemed to lose touch with reality and moved out all of its proven high performers who have always behaved ethically, and moved in very green staff. The old staff who remain are considered high performers by our Administration, but in reality they are low performers. The green staff are so new that they go along with the old, unethical staff. For example, there are many extramarital affairs, drug use, people coming to work admitting they're very hungover by our new high performers. There's a heavy-drinking and partying staff clique with which many managers and supervisors belong. Many staff in this clique at work seem unfocused, are loud and always screaming and shouting about partying and getting drunk. At work, many disappear for hours and it's rumoured there are affairs occurring within the facility during work hours. Because those doing this are considered high performing by Managers, complaints about disappearing, appearing impaired, affairs fall onto deaf ears. Those of us who work hard and work ethically seem to be the targets of managers because the managers favor the unethical, disappearing staff. Administration's radar for who are high and low performers is so off, that there are days they will walk in and simply fire someone who works hard and ethically, calling them a low performer, while the true low performers are absolutely off of Management's radar.

The Studer Mentor did a site visit and immediately took to one of the drug users, recommending she work for Studer! All of this has caused a massive decline in quality of patient care in our facility, people getting away with messing around on the job and the hard workers being overloaded with all the work. I also can't help but doubt the credibility of the Studer staff when a supposed proven mentor takes to a person who has been instrumental in the playing around on the job. I realize Studer's intentions were good, but in our place, in execution, it's made things far worse.

[PocketSize, BSN, RN]

Find a new job and quickly. What if you lose your license over this? I'd be terrified to work there.

Best of luck to you, dear.

[LEFTFLANKPAIN]

Thank you.

Find a new job and quickly. What if you lose your license over this? I'd be terrified to work there.

Best of luck to you, dear.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Your lengthy post has NOTHING to do w/ Studer principles whatsoever with the exception of the claim that the Studer rep may be engaging some questionable behavior. I have a hard time believing that your workplace is as dysfunctional as you say. Color me skeptical.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

Your lengthy post has NOTHING to do w/ Studer principles whatsoever with the exception of the claim that the Studer rep may be engaging some questionable behavior. I have a hard time believing that your workplace is as dysfunctional as you say. Color me skeptical.

Unless she works at General Hospital.

[LEFTFLANKPAIN]

It is what it is, weather or not anyone can handle the truth, this is happening in my place. Looking for real, constructive input, I know there are other facilities that have big problems too.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Again, what does this have to do with the Studer PROGRAM? Anything?

[klone, MSN, RN]

We have Studer at our facility and we're doing great. CAHPS and HCAHPS are increasing and employee morale has improved. I'm a big fan of Quint Studer and his books.

[Nibbles1]

Are you the student (now nurse), who came on here last December, and said everyone was drunk and stoned on the L/D floor except you and a fellow nurse student?