September Update
What an interesting ( or awful, depending on your point of view) few weeks it's been.
First of all, work is going a bit better. I'm finally starting to feel like part of the team, and people are being nicer. The new administrator is working out well, and I DO like her. She's the kind of manager I like working for, one who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, and is willing to let you run your department, as long as you keep her informed.
The last week in August, we underwent a mock state survey. This is an opportunity to see where we might need to make changes, improvements, etc. before the state of Ohio conducts their annual inspection survey. Talk about stressful. Everyone looking at every minute piece of information, making sure that every I was dotted and every T was crossed. But it was worth the pain. We found out that the facility is actually doing a very good job, and that there were very few things that needed to be changed or corrected.
Just as we were relaxing and working on action plans from the mock survey, the REAL survey team from ODH showed up at 6:40 AM on September 9. Talk about great timing. Since we were all in "survey mode" from the mock survey, handling the real one was a lot less stressful than it could have been. We passed inspection, with NO deficiencies. That is something rare in the nursing home world. Needless to say, the new administrator is thrilled, and and so are the people at the corporate office.
