Why do we have to have sides here at Ft Logan? By sides I mean us and them. Them being the administration and us being the line workers. Ever since I have worked here there has been this split and it seems counterproductive in doing what we're supposed to be doing here at Ft Logan ie: helping patients get well and get on with their lives.
With the current undertow of anguish on the line staff's part and the "get them before they get us" attitude of administration all we seem to accomplish is bickering between the two parts invloved.
What I fear is that karma is going to come back and bite us all in the proverbial ass and leave us all without a place to work.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could talk to the administration without the whole hospital knowing and that there would be no strings attached, meaning they would "get even with us" in some form or fashion. What ever happened to being able to voice your opinions about what is being done and actually sitting down with administration to figure out what we are going to do to help the clients? Once again I have not seen this happen on any of the units I have worked on.
It seems to me that at this point we are going to need an outside facilitator if this is ever going to happen here at Ft. Logan. One, because both sides tend to piss off the other so often and for another, Administration is unwilling to hear any comments from their "set in stone" changes, ideas, morals.
We have been educated as equally if not more than some of the administration personnel and yet they don't want to hear sound and founded ideas that would help make the machine run a little more smoothly. As of late it has become even more of a battle ground as half cocked ideas from adminitration are put into place without any forethought or planning ie (locking the bathrooms). I'm sorry here too that one unit's inability to watch their unit has resulted in everyone having do to this rediculous task. Of course adminitration's take on it is that it's a JACHO policy. I find that hard to believe. Just another show of force from administration.
The next question is who to get to facilitate lessening of the hostilities between us and them. Maybe the Governor's wife would be interested. She seems to be pulling for mental health these days. Or maybe she could even appoint a committee to help with the transition from a authoritative to a cooperative model.
What ever happened to the job satisfaction survey we recently were asked to fill out? Or was this just another show on administration's part to make us think they are wanting to hear from us. Any ideas bloggers?
Orpheus
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About the "Us and Them" thing. Workers (and administrators) at the madhouse should go back and read Maxwell Jones - who was the "founding father" of the place. In his model "us and them" was forbidden - he envisioned teams of people composed of the doctor, the nurse, the social worker, the mental health worker , etc....all with exactly equal status and input....and the team also included the patient, whose input was considered essential to a successful treatment plan. His books are up in the library there - at least they used to be...I recommend them.
Any use being made there of the new union rules?
It doesn't help when the "them" has the attitude that women are for making "intelligent" decisions and men are for being hit. It doesn't help when the team leader is an enabler and very emmeshed with the resident alcoholic. Making excuses like,"He's just bored." When the alcoholic assaults.
It is the American way that administration will NOT do the right thing unless forced to do so. So what ever it takes to make administration do the right thing be it, union, lawyer, press or maybe even the state's first lady, something must be done.
How exactly are we preparing these patients to leave and live in the "real" world? Anyone really think that if one of these people assaults some one in a bar that the bar patrons are going to offer them a back rub? How is it helping the patient to teach them that as long as they stay there are no consequences for there actions? Three hots and a cot and I can do ANYTHING I want with no consequences, why should I go anywhere?
I agree with CY JOE, but I have found out in this line of work (direct care) that nothing changes, but the employer. The good news I have worked in other fields and there are better employers. They pay me decent here, but not enough to not leave before the end of summer.
To the new hires if they pay you peanuts in the begining you will never catch up to everyone else. Oh and upward mobility forget about it that is reserved for the undereducated and no experience "lapdogs" (or the family and friends perk).
Somehow they wonder why we are 400,000$ in debt. Now let this happen at a private hospital "heads would roll" sooner or later.
Why is it many direct care staff refuse or turn down overtime on certain units? Could it be a sign of the unsafe or demeaning nature of these units....Hmmmmmmmmm
Why is it this hospital looks so old you would think God himself imprisoned the devil here back in the day on a 90 day cert? Could it be intention to close this hospital within the coming years or no real vision left for this 1960's style and philosphy hospital?
Why is it you have a better chance of seeing the "Queen of England" then are incompetent Adminstrators? Are they just that privileged or possibly limited in management 101 skills to know what it takes to motivate their employees, Even Walmart does little BS things to motivate their underpaid employees so what is are idiots ooops meant managers' problem.
Why does the state pay around a 180,000$ per year to just two employees on each of these little units? The people with Masters in basketweaving and limited healthcare management experience making more than qualified supervisors and adminstrators at other hospitals in the private sector..
Wanna know were your pay raise goes? Check your supervisors' pocket!
Why is it everyone outside of this hospital thinks it is a "Warehouse" for the homeless?
The only thing great about this hospital is a place to hide out until after a recession, but you could do that anywhere within healthcare. The only question is how you allow yourself to be treated for a paycheck.
The only thing I can recommend to those that work here is to go to school and believe in yourself. These kind of jobs are crap wherever you go. Sorry, but these jobs are a "dime a dozen" and their is a reason for that. Either it will be a great work environment and low pay or great pay with erosion of your skills until stuck here like an indentured servant performing outdated psychiatric treatment plan talking about good ole days that were not that good even back then.
Hey, what do I care I'm just here until like Paul Newman I can make my "Great Escape".
Sincerly,
Cool Hand Luke
You guys/gals work at a reactive hospital not a proactive hospital.
Would you not expect less when dealing with adminstrators 10 years behind and 50 IQ points below their private sector counterparts?
As far as men being hit. Welcome to mental health field and that is one of the reasons that you don't see an influx into this field of men(pay also). Some treat you like crap until a patient is about to beat them up.
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