NURSES: PART 4. The sharing of an Administrator of a large Assisted living facility and her struggles.
This is the sharing of a 30 year Registered Nurse.
I'll respect her wish and not say her name or location.
Here's what she shared with me/
Thank you. Mark for reading what I sent to you and wishing to put my shit out on your blog!
I'm a Nursing Admin in a large Assisted Living Facility on the West of (Location deleted to protect the provider and their wish for anonymity.)
It is my duty/job to cover all scheduling bases 24/7 a week, deal with call-offs, no-call no-shows and medical leaves of absence that HR NEVER FUCKING TELLS ME ABOUT!
It is my job to make sure each of our Residents/Patients are covered and well taken care of ALL OF THE TIME.
FOR FUCKS SAKE! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED 3 YEARS AGO WITH COVID?!?!
We hire Nursing Aides that maybe show up two our of every five days of work/
LPN's that only have to work 3 twelve hour shifts a week calling off for a stubbed toe or. forgive me for saying: 'Seriously Painful Period" when I know they are in their late 50's of ago!
I get reports from wonderful LPN's that tell me some of the Aides are getting "Frisky" with the residents, perhaps touching their bodies in inappropriate ways.
Sure, I log this information, forward it to HR for appropriate action as I know little will change.
WE are so desperate for a work force, and I so struggle with this all day long, We no longer do BACKGROUND CHECKS for future employees. We have fired a few Aides for attempting to have sex with residents/patients after their families reported this to us. THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT HAVE EVER POSSILBY HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!
Mark , I wonder if I would be happier and better at (location hidden) in an Emergency Room merely removing Motts Apple Sauce Jars, dead hamsters and Lake Erie fish from male rectums., I know that sounds disgusting, vile and very wrong, yet still this should tell you what I think.
Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts.
-(name withheld) Struggling and Hoping.
I wish to humbly thank you for your written thoughts and all else on my blog. Hugs and BY ALL FUCKING MEANS: KEEP THE FAITH AND SPIRIT IN YOUR HEART ALIVE IN ALL YOU DO!