oversaturation makes managers arrogant

[RN1980]

was in dept. meeting today. 3 different nursing unit managers along with the assistant don of our hospital. they were spouting off about how things are going to change and additional protocol driven nursing that was going to be implemented. a few nurses had issues with some of the topics and they were informed that if they didnt like it they could hit the road. furthermore, one manager informed us that since there is a surplus of grads and nurses out there that they were not going to put up with as much crap from the staff that they have been in the past. yep, this is the future of nursing in my part of the world...do as you are told, if you question it goto the house, snitch on your co-worker for trivial stuff so you can get a extra 5 cents come evaluation time, forget the yrs of training and exp of fine tuning your skills you now have to follow protocols for every pt, it dosent matter what the outcome is just as long as you document...is this what i got to look forward to for the next 20yrs?

[kcochrane]

This will come back and bite the facilities on the behind ..... burnt out experienced nurses and resultant exodus from bedside + non-experienced new grads.

Happy, happy days are just around the corner ....

I agree, these will be the same facilities crying for help when the economy picks back up. They will not understand why no one wants to work for them. They better enjoy the power trip now.

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

"If you don't like it you can leave". They say that where I work also.

[oramar]

Old timers have seen and heard this before. I retired just at the right time, 3 years ago right before this went down. I will never have to listen to "nurses are a dime a dozen" again. I have watched those words come back to bite those who spoke them.

[Leelee2]

""a few nurses had issues with some of the topics and they were informed that if they didnt like it they could hit the road. furthermore, one manager informed us that since there is a surplus of grads and nurses out there that they were not going to put up with as much crap from the staff that they have been in the past. yep, this is the future of nursing in my part of the world...do as you are told""

This seems common place these days...nurses need to band together in these circumstances. the "if you don't like here, quit" attitude, is in no way good leadership...this is not going to motivate any current staff members. Poor management, and clearly they want it their way or the highway...I'd be looking for a new position in a more positive facility, the place you are in is clearly a very Toxic environment! Good luck, and i am sorry you and your co-workers are going through this..