Taking on a facility?  Want to make sure you don’t make the same mistake that so many administrators before you have in the same building?  It’s all about building your team of department heads and key personnel.  How do you make sure you’re not letting problem employees hang around too long?  They haven’t really done anything to get harsh disciplinary action right now.  Their annual eval is months away. ...

Hey Guys!  Today we have a guest post from Chris Urbano and our friends at BrainTrack.com.  BrainTrack is a higher education and career resource with worldwide reach. It features a directory of the world’s universities and colleges with over 10,000 institutions listed from over 190 countries.  Check it out! What is it like to work in a nursing home? Chris Urbano is a registered nurse with 12 years of experience working in an...

Whenever someone used to ask me how I would describe my leadership style, I never had just one answer.  You see, it changes.  I am a leader for a large group of healthcare professionals.  I am also a coach for most of the time.  But I also am a mentor, a shoulder to cry on, even a drill sargent at times. I’m a peacemaker, a businessman, a dollars & cents watcher, and a check and balance for clinical outcomes.  I’m...

It never fails, someone needs to pick up their paycheck before the scheduled paycheck disbursement time.  We’ll say 2:oo pm on Friday.  You know that there is a reason you were told not to let the paychecks go early.  You know that if you let one employee do it, then every other employee will also have an emergency where they need to get theirs as well.  But this one employee is a really hard-worker.  And, she’s going out...

Are your residents complaining that there is nothing to do?  Is your employee morale at an all-time low?  Do you feel the need to grab a couple pairs of boxing gloves and let your CNAs and LPNs just go at it?  Do you have family members with nothing better to do than to count how many times your CNA checked the other resident across the hall and then tell that family the result? If not addressed, rest assured, this will not go away. ...