Best way to contact nurse managers at children's hospitals?

[LLA100]

I have tried calling and sending emails. This has yielded me no results. I would visit some of the hospitals I am interested in, but they are up north and I live down South. Please advise.

[enzati]

My best advice for you is NOT to contact nurse managers directly. As one, I can tell you the numbers of emails I get on a daily basis can easily top 150. That's in addition to the number of people who "pop" into my office to talk about something, plus meetings, my ACTUAL job of managing budget, hiring, etc. if I answered every email I got (plus called, plus set up a time, plus went through the tour...) i would be late with every deadline I'm given. So hopefully you can see why "Cold calling" nurse managers for shadowing information isn't you best bet.

However, I understand why you'd like to visit a hospital before you invest! I would recommend searching websites on potential shadowing opportunities instead- or if you can't find out anything there contact the HR department and ask instead. Hope this helps a little and good luck!

[jrt4]

I wouldn't contact the nurse manager directly. We can't really help you much until you are in our que to interview. If I do not know you I am most likely not going to ask the recruiter to pull your resume for me unless you have been recommended to me or you have a special skill set that is difficult to find. My recommendation would be to call HR and ask for the nurse recruiter. They can help answer any initial questions you have. Pretty well everything is done online now and the nurse recruiter is the gatekeeper.

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

If you are looking for work, contacting the nurse manager directly is not a very effective way to go about it. Start with human resources.

I was leaving work one afternoon and there was a nurse waiting in the parking lot for me. I didn't know this woman, and I had no idea what she wanted. She was after a job. After I thought about the interaction, it smacked of desperation, and I would have had a hard time deciding to hire her. I work for a state agency, and there is a specific application and interview procedure which anyone must go through in order to be hired, and managers don't have the latitude to offer anyone a job on the spot.

When you drop in on someone unannounced, it says that you don't value or respect their time.