How to become an effecient nursing director ???

Hi! I will be starting a new career next week as a director of skilled nursing services in a 120 bed capacity facility. It will be my first time doing it but i have previous experience as a supervisor. The roles are surely different. I want to be successful and i want to meet expectations. Please advise. Thanks!
I have found it a balancing act between expectations of governing bodies (health dept, JC, etc), Administration, and the staff. There is no way to please everyone all the time. So keep a copy of the nursing practice act on your desk and have access to other policies so you are not the bad guy all the time. If you are fair in how you execute policies you will probably do fine. Good luck!!!

Make it a point to understand the realities of the floor. Pick up various shifts every couple weeks...you can't really effectively make rules up for people when you don't understand what their job actually entails.

"Make it a point to understand the realities of the floor. Pick up various shifts every couple weeks...you can't really effectively make rules up for people when you don't understand what their job actually entails."Amen to this. We have a new CNO at our facility and she really is gunho about change and making things better and family/patient centered care. But somewhere in the mix we have to remember those who are providing this care. What is deemed n some book as "best practice" may not always be best practice. If almost EVERY NURSE who is providing this care, has misgivings about new policies, it is not because we want to be negative...it is because we are the ones who live it. Every new policy takes times, every new piece of electronic charting or paper flow sheet takes time, just because something is new in some workshop somewhere does not mean it is the best for every unit every time. My advice, listen to your nurses. Listen to their concerns and act on them. They want to provide the best care they can, but most changes cost them time, which really in the long run takes more time from the bedside. Yes,I am frustrated! Sorry for the rant.

Quote from florence09Hi! I will be starting a new career next week as a director of skilled nursing services in a 120 bed capacity facility. It will be my first time doing it but i have previous experience as a supervisor. The roles are surely different. I want to be successful and i want to meet expectations. Please advise. Thanks!

Thank you ms reigen. Your words are so inspiring! This would help me a lot in building my confidence .

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