Is this wrong or what?

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I work with the elderly. We got a new director of nursing who moved all of the staff who works with our alzheimers patients to another unit. She put people with no Alzheimers experience over there. She doesn't understand why the patients are "acting up" I try to tell her and she gets upset saying I don't go with the flow and I'm not a team player. What the heck?

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You could talk to the patient's family and without being a tattletale or a rat, ask how their parent is doing. Suggest that their loved one may be a little upset lately. Their voice will override your complaint. Try not to get caught doing this, you could stir up trouble and then nothing would get accomplished. After all aren't you there for the welfare and care of the elderly?

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Yep she's a bad manager.

Can you possibly speak to her supervisor, or even the head of HR at the hospital? That's completely unacceptable, and someone's going to end up getting hurt. If you have already brought this issue to her attention and she has not done anything about it, then it is usually ok to go over her head with the complaint. Check with your HR dept regarding chain-of-command. If you make your complaint known in the right way, you can be more effective in making changes.

Speak to her supervisor, and get someone at that level who knows Alzheimer's patients. Get science and authority on your side.

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how can u be a team player with something so dificullt to deal with >:) telll them u will quit unless u let them show u

It is unfortunate that some people can't bear to hear someone else's point of view or knowledge. You can try to approach her again or wait for an opportunity to say, calmly and directly, the staff on this floor have no Alzheimer's experience. Let her say whatever she wants, her problem is she doesn't want to admit she possibly made an error since she is a director. If the unit becomes difficult to the point where the patients aren't getting the proper care you could consider speaking to someone who can get through to her about your concerns.

start calling the families of the patience. they have the RIGHT to know what's going on in the facility their loved ones are in.
start getting all these people involved. when the new director get inundated with complaints from family, she will be FORCED to do something different.
my family got a call from the hospital my gramma was in. of course, we didn't receive it because we were THERE. if the family members come on a regular basis (daily) , they will know what's going on with their loved ones. this makes the employees stay 'on the ball'. (that includes the director)

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