Staff tell me all the time that leaders don’t hear them, acknowledge them or listen to their thoughts and ideas. Leaders disclose frequently that new staff entering the workplace are lazy, don’t want to work hard and don’t care about the residents. Team members share regularly that they are disrespected by their peers and immediate […]
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A horrifying discovery in the mid-1990’s created a painful learning experience in my career. I was called by my Assistant Administrator/Director of Nursing and told that one of our Nurse Managers thought that a young resident in our care was pregnant. This Nurse Manager expressed concerns that our resident was agitated (unable to articulate verbally) […]
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When my sons were young, I made a conscious parental decision. I began asking each of them, “Who do you want to be?” and “What do you want to do?” The reason that I asked for their thoughts was because I aspired to teach them how to build meaningful lives based on their views of […]
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