generic areas of improvement for evaluations

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Apr 20, 2012

geez louise. If you got exceeds expectations on everything where is there room for improvement? You might consider teaching others (poster or staff meeting presentation). I always connect mine to the latest goals in the facility, like FEMA or some other initiative. What can I do to make those successful in my unit? Like customer service, HCAHPS, etc

BostonTerrierLover, BSN, RN · Apr 20, 2012

Make it fun, the post above had some great ideas.

There is Research: A nurse in one of my facilities done a study on Humor, and found that out of 1,324 replies, ONLY 3 said that humor had no place in Healthcare. She now dresses as a clown for orientation (classroom part) for new grad RN's and you should see the stress and tension melt off their faces, and their energy levels peaking

There is Training: If you are part of a teaching hospital, is their things you could do to be a more prepared facilitator. You could check out being a BLS trainer, this is extreme, just a horizon thought.

There is Specialty: Is there a SUBcategory of your niche your interested in? Like you could still be a Med-Surg nurse, but some are very interested in Endocrine, Nephrology, Cardiology, etc. You could say you want to strengthen your knowledge base upon a certain population.

There is Foreign Language: Obtaining just the basic conversational words of a language secondary to what is normal in your area could make a huge impact on minority patient satisfaction. I find that Hispanic patients are much more at ease when you attempt communication in their tongue, even if it's just Conversational- and your afraid to Assess with it.

What ever you do, make it FUN. That way you will even enjoy doing this assignment from your NM!

Best of Luck!

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