doctors participating in nurse performance evaluations

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I need your help guys. Recently in the Er I work in, the MDs have decided that they want to be involved in our annual evaluations. Without notifying us of the policy change, our nurse manager had them write up a page long anonomous letter regarding the quality of my "performance" in their opinion, for my annual review.

This is the first time I've run across this situation in my long ER career, and I would like some feedback on what is going on in other hospitals. I feel that if they can evaluate us, we should be able to evaluate them back. If your hospital does allow this, what policies, procedures, criteria and accountablity do you go by? Any input would help. I am now working in a small private hospital, in the past I have always been in large teaching facilities. Thanks!!

always remember an eval. is subjective not objective. as an example the first two nm on my floor thought i was an excellent nurse. that was documented in my yearly evals. when my floor got the third nm she evaluated me as satisfactory. now i ask you, was i all of a sudden different? i was the same person working the same job. but now i am satisfactory? i am still excellent. get real.

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

Feedback ..yes. Timed feedback sessions could be insightful.

Evaluations..no. A doc is not my peer. It would be like a police officer evaluating a fireman. A judge evaluating an attorney.

I want to be evaluated by those in NURSING.

And feedback should be able to be given by both... doc AND nurse.

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An annonymous opinion by the MD's of an RN's performance?

An unsigned letter by someone who isn't even qualified to practice nursing (evaluating a nurses performance requires a license and registration with the state BON).

Is the nurse manager in question just stupid, mean or what?

I would start doing some annonymous evaluations of the MD's and passing them around.

"Whenever there is a pizzing contest, there is usually a wind".

Just my humble opinion, Edward, IL

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Originally posted by Edward,IL

An annonymous opinion by the MD's of an RN's performance?

Is the nurse manager in question just stupid, mean or what?

"Whenever there is a pizzing contest, there is usually a wind".

:chuckle :roll :chuckle May the wind blow hard in her direction. :rotfl:

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