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I wish I knew this before starting as a DON.
@leadingltc
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Why it worked
The video resonates with other healthcare professionals by addressing a common pain point: the constant demands and lack of downtime associated with leadership roles in long-term care. The creator's relatable experience and direct question to the audience encourage engagement and community sharing.
Summary
The creator, a Director of Nursing (DON), shares a key realization about their role: they are essentially on call 24/7 and cannot turn off their phone. They recount an instance where turning off their ringer led to them being unreachable during an emergency, highlighting the constant demands of the position.
Structure
- 1Introduction to the role of DON
- 2Realization about being on call 24/7
- 3Anecdote about turning off the ringer
- 4The intensity of the role and inability to disconnect
- 5Question to the audience about managing on-call duties
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I wish I knew this before starting as a DON.
Transcript
Something I wish I knew before becoming a DON is that I'm on call 24/7. No turning my ringer off. Um, the one time I did turn my ringer off, I was in Alaska, so like, even if it's something that happened, I wouldn't have been able to do anything anyway. Um, but even with nurses taking weekend call rotation and holiday call rotation, if something urgent happened and I don't know, one year we had the sprinklers like, explode, so all leadership has to respond. Um, so I didn't realize that it would be that intense that literally I cannot shut my phone off. And I think if there's times when I could just shut it off and know that okay for the next two days, I can literally I don't have to respond, I don't have to go anywhere, I don't have to do anything, it would make it a little more manageable, but that's not the case. So how does everybody else deal with it?
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Used to work jobs where the building closed and that was that — no calls, no one to reach you. LTC taught me the phone never really clocks out, even when it's not technically my night 📱#directorofnursing #oncall #longtermcare #ltcnursemanager #nurseleadership
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