Personal Narrative: My Work Environment

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My work environment is in skilled nursing where we are task oriented and staff must have the knowledge and flexibility to adjust to a rapidly changing environment that involves not only our residents but also their immediate and sometimes extended families. Due to the nature of elder healthcare and the increasing acuity of those being admitted, staff requires an extended body of knowledge and skills from the management of a patient’s rehabilitation to death and dying. Our current communication between staff and management can be varied with messages left on the online communication board, staff meetings, or postings about the facility. Floor and nursing staff education levels vary widely from high school graduates to master prepared nurses