VENTING

[baygrl11]

I have been a licensed nurse for a decade and have worked in about 5 LTC's and one LTAC. Of all the DONs I must say my current one is by far the laziest and most useless. She is never on the floor, never knows what's going on with any admission/patient. She comes in at exactly 9:00am and leaves at exactly 5:00pm, taking 2 hour lunches. She is Asian and ONLY hires Asian nurses, most of whom she has some kind of personal relationship with (family, friend, etc). most of our patients are Hispanic/Spanish speaking only and NONE of her new hires speak Spanish. Only about 1-2 nurses per shift speak Spanish fluently. Our ADON and our DSD are the exact same. They have no idea what is happening on the floor, never answer call lights. As a result all the CNA's are lazy, whine all the time, take breaks whenever they want to. The licensed nurses are either too busy to care or are too nice. I don't want to quit. I just want more structure. We have an awesome facility, that can be so much better, if we had supervisors that actually supervised, favored people less, we're consistent with management style.

[liberated847]

Done? Feel better? Good for you! Now start looking for another job LOL.

[NurseNightOwl, BSN, RN]

What does DSD stand for?

[NurseNightOwl, BSN, RN]

It really sucks when jobs are perfect except for awful management, because that is often times the one thing that can't just be dealt with and suffered through, if you want to keep your sanity anyway. Very sad that you are having to deal with that situation!!

[LTCNS, LPN]

What does DSD stand for?

Director of Staff Development I believe.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I have been a licensed nurse for a decade and have worked in about 5 LTC's and one LTAC. Of all the DONs I must say my current one is by far the laziest and most useless. She is never on the floor, never knows what's going on with any admission/patient. She comes in at exactly 9:00am and leaves at exactly 5:00pm, taking 2 hour lunches. She is Asian and ONLY hires Asian nurses, most of whom she has some kind of personal relationship with (family, friend, etc). most of our patients are Hispanic/Spanish speaking only and NONE of her new hires speak Spanish. Only about 1-2 nurses per shift speak Spanish fluently. Our ADON and our DSD are the exact same. They have no idea what is happening on the floor, never answer call lights. As a result all the CNA's are lazy, whine all the time, take breaks whenever they want to. The licensed nurses are either too busy to care or are too nice. I don't want to quit. I just want more structure. We have an awesome facility, that can be so much better, if we had supervisors that actually supervised, favored people less, we're consistent with management style.

Sheesh......generalize much?

I enjoy a good vent as much as anyone and will defend to the death a nurse's right to do so. But what I'm seeing here are a lot of "alls" and "nevers" and "nones", and even a hint of prejudice thrown in for good measure. What does the ethnicity of the DNS and the new hires have to do with anything? And why are you so concerned with what she and the social-services director are or are not doing---if things are as bad at your facility as all that, how is it that you have time to check up on them?

I don't mean to come across as harsh, and I know we say things on the Internet that we would never say at work. But I think you would do well to try seeing your managers and co-workers as individuals who all have hard jobs to do, and to realize that you don't really know what goes on behind the scenes. I've been a CNA, a floor nurse, an RCM, and a DNS---each one of those jobs is difficult and often thankless. So before you judge these folks, try working with them and be part of the solution to the facility's problems instead of letting them get in the way of your own work.

Just my $0.02 worth.

[jayjaybelbelRN]

I work as a DNS for the past three years and though i don't speak for your DNS, i do feel that we are less appreciated. I try to work smart and not put my health/body at risk. Being a DNS is a stressful job. I worked in an ICU, was a floor nurse, med nurse, LVN and i tell you, DNS is more stressful than any of this. We are always on call and any issues, we have to be informed even though we're home. I like what vivalasviejas said, be part of the solution and work with them. Now if this doesn't work, well then you know its time to move on. I do have an issue with my DSD and SSD as both are lazy and expect the nursing staff to do most of their work. I have to find a way to tell them or force them to either step up or walk away. Nursing is never easy but we have to deal with it. Thats why we are nurses and that is why not everyone can do what we do