Take your boss to work day..........

[tokmom]

Oh how fun that would be!! Off with the suits and or high heels. On with the tennies. Just think about it. Most haven't been on the floor in years, but know exactly how to staff and what the floor needs are...

Let them see how it REALLY is on the floor.

When they are ready to collapse, you pull them up and off you go to the next pt. Afterall, any lunch or break, IF YOU GET ONE, is still hours off.....

Do ya think they would look fresh by the end of an 8/10/12 hr shift?

Makes me smile just to imagine this...........

[noc4senuf]

Bonus checks?? Our CEO took a 5% cut over a year ago along with all other management. The only staff that did not have to take the cut were union people and the nurses.

[Celia M, ASN, RN]

Of course to be fair, there should be a "take an employee to work day" on which members of the staff would have to fulfill the responsibilities of management -- and find ways to:

1. Balance the budget

2. Create a schedule that pleases everyone

3. Assure that all staff meet all regulatory requirements all the time

4. Handle all complaints from patients, families, physicians, and other colleagues

5. Find replacements for last-minute call-ins

6. Discipline staff members who don't comply with required rules and regulations and/or don't engage in safte practice

7. Assure that there are adequate supplies available

8. Complete the payroll ... correcting the errors that staff make by not clocking in/out correctly (or whatever system is in place in that facility to pay people correctlly for the hours worked)

etc. etc. etc.

Most nurse managers HAVE worked as staff nurses prior to being promoted to management positions -- unlike most staff members who have NEVER worked as managers and who are pretty clueless as to what that role is actually like.

Of course, there are exceptions.

So true, most nurse managers work very hard and floor nurses would be amazed at everything they need to accomplish in a day. You can impact patient care without actually being hands on. I find it very frustrating that the perception is if you sit behind a desk you are lazy, given up on the patients, or have sold out on nursing. Most nurse managers are salaried and work long hours and probably earn less hourly than a lot of nurses that work for them!!

Celia

[Zookeeper3]

bonus checks?? our ceo took a 5% cut over a year ago along with all other management. the only staff that did not have to take the cut were union people and the nurses.

we're non union and because our ceo produced crap, he still took a $175,ooo bonus check on top of a $425,000 salary and we're a county owned hospital.... i have yet to get a raise. it's good to be the king. it's all about the fake patient surveys,(not sent to unhappy people), through put... get them out of the er and move 'em before their ready from the units, and growth.... expansion of the crap. your ceo will be gone in a year for southern greener pastures, trust me. the money is paid off of nursing backs and overwork, i'd be surprised if your surprised, but things are a touch different in non union because they can screw with you more. hence the uninionized did get a raise.

[noc4senuf]

Our CEO has been here for 18 years and lives in the neighborhood... not going anywhere.

[Zookeeper3]

our ceo has been here for 18 years and lives in the neighborhood... not going anywhere.

you didn't say if that was good or bad.... so i'm assuming it's a bad thing... have you considered saran wrapping his car in the morning before a board of directors meeting.... the you tube footage would be priceless:yeah:

you are already in the neighborhood after all......

[noc4senuf]

There is nothing wrong with our CEO, so... wrong assumption. Not everyone has a dislike for their bosses or work environment.