SNF/LTC

JE
by Jenniffer Ebling2 views·Updated May 8, 2020

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  1. Hi. My name is Jennifer Ebeling.
  2. I currently live in Iowa.
  3. I am working as an assistant director of nursing at
  4. a long term care skilled facility in Omaha, Nebraska.
  5. Um, I chose to go into nursing because I just
  6. love caring for people on making a difference in their
  7. lives. Um, no matter how big or small, even just
  8. given him a smile on the face for the day,
  9. it makes it worth it cause it makes their day.
  10. Ah. I also originally got into nursing because of my
  11. step Mom.
  12. She really encouraged me to get into healthcare.
  13. Um, my parents secretly wished I would go work at
  14. a hospital somewhere, but I fell in love with long
  15. term care, geriatric population.
  16. So I have decided to stick with long term care.
  17. So far, um, I've worked as, ah thing in a,
  18. um, Florida Or is he an IT manager?
  19. I've also done, um, MDs and submitted assessments for payment.
  20. And then a few months ago, I chose that I
  21. wanted to take more of a leadership role, and that's
  22. why I chose to take this assistant director of nursing
  23. spot, Um, when I graduate from United States University.
  24. I do want to be a director of nursing at
  25. a skill facility somewhere.
  26. Um, I love to help my staff grow and learn
  27. and, um, you know, develop good habits and good ways
  28. of thinking outside of the box so that we can
  29. make the residents care very optimal, Um, and then also,
  30. just make them feel at home.
  31. I know there's always a lot of stigma in the
  32. news about nursing homes, and, ah, some of the scary
  33. stories we all here, so anything I can do to
  34. help alleviate that is definitely a big goal of mine.
  35. Um, so, yeah, I am looking forward to learning more
  36. about how, um, different policies and procedures to help improve
  37. quality. Um, and, of course, me, energy and some systems
  38. and everything like that.
  39. I'm pretty familiar with some of it, but, um, I'd
  40. like to bring more ideas to my facility to help
  41. us as well.
  42. So looking forward to meeting everybody and working with you.