nursing assistant

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Arcadia LTC

What is the best part of working at the company?
The residents and CNAs are really the best part.  If management wasn’t the way they are it would be a much better place. The DON, ADON, MDS coordinator & that other lady weren’t there and so ‘clicky’, I would LOVE that place.  Until they get rid of those 3, that place will continue to go down hill. They will try anything they can to pin dumb things on you, write you up, harass you..esp if you’re not in their ‘Mean Girl’ click.  They are not professional and your business gets spread around, they all talk about you.  It’s just a very unhealthy work environment. It’s sad. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management. Those 3 ladies that sit in that office just disgust me. When you ask for help, they won’t help. They close their door.  If management wasn’t the way they are, it would be a great place to work. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment could be better.  The culture is bogged down because of management and the people they continue to hire are family or somehow know the DON from previous work. Which wouldn’t be bad, if the people were good people. You walk into the ‘high school’ Mean girls click when management is here.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Passing meds, tending to wound dressings, faxing things for management because they can’t seem to do it themselves, or help us out.

• a typical day at work
Regular daytime hours. 
• what you believe you learned
Expectation from the office folks  is to clean entire building with three HK each day, two there for 8 hours/ one is only there for 4 hours. 5 wings with 14 rooms each + all the other stuff
• management
Expects whoever gets the 4 hour shift has to get all the same amount of work labor done that would be done on an 8 hour day.
• workplace culture
The Nursing folks + all the Aides are oblivious to housekeepers, talk over them, leave small spills for any housekeeper to deal with, housekeepers do anything that’s asked of them; forced to stop current working tasks to make them get TP or paper towels or clean a quarter size-spill.
• the hardest part of the job
Contending with being a work mule, disrespectful co-workers, literally after 6 months none of the typical employees have a clue what my first name is. Keeping cutting hours to save money. 
• the most enjoyable part of the job
Getting the job tasks done without being harassed or heckled continuously every moment that other adults are incapable of doing; 
Punching out to go home is the highlight of the day. 

Arcadia Care bought out our company, since then the cooperation has really screwed with our payroll. Took away our paid lunches. Bonuses aren't available as they used to be. They tried telling us that a doctors note is needed before we get paid any sick time that we've worked hard for to accumulate.  CNAs aren't getting paid the salary they were promised . Everything has been a fighting battle since Arcadia took over. Not looking promising. They were rather pay PRN nurses to pick up available hrs rather than to pay their dedicated staff overtime to pick days up, hrs don't even get posted in house first before offered to PRN nurses. Chocolate milk isn't offered to our residents unless they have a doctors order.

Management
The good management of this SNF was eliminated and the racist and mean management was left!

Culture
The culture amongst most employees is amazing. It’s when you get to the upper management on the nursing side is where the problems lye!

Overall
Although there were many reasons I adored the position I held for this company, the owner/operator is only worried about one thing and that is money!  Not care or quality of life of the sick individuals that reside there.  The DON creates an absurd hostile work environment that screams discrimination! Not only to employees but to potential residents as well!  I left because I have a heart that still beats...seems that is a trait that is frowned upon at this facility.

I loved my job at Arcadia Care in Bloomington. I will miss many of the residents and employees. As one of the managers I always tried to keep things positive. The Nurses are nice and on point. Mostly Janet:)
Social Services was very helpful.
The Housekeeping was very good.
The CNA’s work hard and show compassion.
Being in Management I must say I have seen 3 Administrators come and go. I can’t say I thought my Administrators were Great. 
Human Services was on point! 
The New Owner has cleaned the facility up and it’s very nice inside. 
The new now “Senior Maintenance manager” was one of the best I’ve ever seen! He went above and beyond and the appearance now is great!

It's a good place to start since the company has different kind of trainings and you can maximize the use of different tools they have. Colleagues are very approachable and helpful. It has great benefits as well. Downside is that you cannot grow your salary. In the past years, you can only attain 2-3% annual salary increase. It is also hard to get promotions since they have high standards. The bad and unreasonable thing is opportunity for the roles and higher salary are given to new starters and not to those who have efforts to grow and strengthen their skill set. It's tiring to work here and considering to find better and fair oppurtunities

They will promise anything you need to get you in the door.  The staff that has been there are stressed and burned out.  They don't seem to even like the residents and don't seem to care if the residents (Or their family)know it.  The new nurses start off great but with all the negative and abusive coworkers and management they quit pretty quickly or turn bitter.  It's a shame because the company has the funds to be better.  

If you are looking for advancement or potential raises, this is not the company for you. If you are looking for empathy or compassion, you will not find it here. They force you to work when you are extremely ill because management is too lazy to do their job. They don’t care anything about their employees. All they care about is making sure that someone is in the building to work. There is a lot of drama. The administrator is the only person that cares about the employees, however, she does nothing to fix the situations at hand.

Typical day Shirt staffed, prior shift leaves you with more wet thsn dry residents,  supplies are rare treat to do your job, Most nurses refuse to answer a light, instead they will get up from their movie to tell you how long a light has been on. Laptops to do charting are a joke always dead and not enough cords or Wi-Fi to go around, The walls. Floor, bathroom are the dirtiest, filthiest I have ever seen 

Only work here if you are part of the family. All departments are related. 
Get on one bad side... you are odd man out.
Corporate doesn't care. They don't respond and offer no guidance no matter how many times/ways you ask!
Do not stand up for anything or anyone because it will not get you anywhere but stressed and toxic. 

The residents were the best part! Mental Health residents are often mistreated and forgotten. I loved the smiles that I helped create and all the fist bumps and hugs. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Nursing assistant 970 salaries reported	$21.55 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 1053 salaries reported	$34.74 per hour
Registered nurse 947 salaries reported	$41.88 per hour
Dietary aide 461 salaries reported	$15.62 per hour
Housekeeper 369 salaries reported	$15.72 per hour

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