Calling the Nurse Manager...what are your opinions?

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Hi there,

So, here is my story. I am new to town and have a connection to a local hospital; like many places, in this town competition is still pretty fierce. My husband's co-worker's wife works there. His wife put in a word for me...she said she knows the nurse manager well. She spoke to the NM, and the NM said she received many applications but that she would take a look at mine. That was a little over two weeks ago. His wife told me the nurse manager's name, but did not supply her direct extension. I obviously know the unit, so I was considering calling to speak with her just once to say, "hello, my name is blah blah blah, and I applied a few weeks ago. Blah blah blah." I realize I'll probably get voicemail anyway. This position is still listed as "active application" online. I don't want to burn any bridges, either with this connection or the NM. The HR website does specifically state they will not supply nurse manager information; I obviously know the information, but I don't want to be breaking any rules even before I am hired. I'm wondering if she looked at my resume and it wasn't what she was looking for, so she moved on. Should I call? I meet the qualifications listed online and I do have experience. I don't have my bachelors, but I have applied to a B.S.N. program in the meantime hoping this will help.

Thanks for any feedback. :)

Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

I agree with the previous poster and would go a bit further to say that most managers' offices are located on the clinical unit which they manage. These are not public areas of a hospital and should be accessed only by people with express permission to be there (patients, family members, clergy, students, etc.) If a candidate had shown up unannounced at the door of my office on the patient care unit, I would have escorted him/her out the door and made a note on his/her application NOT to interview.

This would be a serious breech of security, not to mention courtesy and good judgement.

i would definatly call!!! it shows you are really interested. she doesnt know if your husbands co-worker gave you her name or the lady at switchboard did! go for it!

Hi there,

So, here is my story. I am new to town and have a connection to a local hospital; like many places, in this town competition is still pretty fierce. My husband's co-worker's wife works there. His wife put in a word for me...she said she knows the nurse manager well. She spoke to the NM, and the NM said she received many applications but that she would take a look at mine. That was a little over two weeks ago. His wife told me the nurse manager's name, but did not supply her direct extension. I obviously know the unit, so I was considering calling to speak with her just once to say, "hello, my name is blah blah blah, and I applied a few weeks ago. Blah blah blah." I realize I'll probably get voicemail anyway. This position is still listed as "active application" online. I don't want to burn any bridges, either with this connection or the NM. The HR website does specifically state they will not supply nurse manager information; I obviously know the information, but I don't want to be breaking any rules even before I am hired. I'm wondering if she looked at my resume and it wasn't what she was looking for, so she moved on. Should I call? I meet the qualifications listed online and I do have experience. I don't have my bachelors, but I have applied to a B.S.N. program in the meantime hoping this will help.

Thanks for any feedback. :)

Thanks again! I will give her a call. While I appreciate the advice, I tend to agree with the posters with regards to not going to her office. My former nurse manager's office was in an administrative part of the building that required a badge even to access. Not to mention, it may be perceived as rude since nurse managers are very busy even for current employees.

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