Got my evaluation today...

[gonzo1, ASN, RN]

My allnurses evaluation of you says you are a great, caring nurse and I always look forward to your posts.

Remember, you are not a work to win a popularity contest. You are at work to take care of your patients and their families the best that you can. And I know that you are doing a great job of that.

[puggy232]

These type of evaluations are really hurtful and not purposeful to anyone, the part about you not talking to anyone-I got that one too, I simply said I came to work to work not socialize, after the greeting of the day, general pleasantries patients are the focus. Your NM could use a clue or two.

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

Don't feel like The Lone Ranger. I received my six-month evaluation on Friday, telling me in one breath that I am "an excellent nurse"...only to be told in another that I have a "bad attitude" because of what ONE person thought about me.

The same person who said that about me was observed publicly berating our Administrative Assistant yesterday for supposedly "not being a team player".

So....what is she now, a cop?

I wanted to tell Miss High-and-Mighty to get her bony *** back in her office and leave her ALONE.

As I don't have any plans for staying in a workplace which endorses this kind of shameful pettiness, I have nothing else to say to her.

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

The comment about not talking much to your co-workers is just plain silly. Are you there to work, or to talk?

I don't think much of this trend of "evaluating" people on what other people are saying about them, without little if any investigation by the so-called management. As others have mentioned, not everyone's motivations are pure as the driven snow. It strikes me as a very lazy way for management to evaluate employees- just take what other employees say, don't make any effort to evaluate the employee for yourself.

It's probably the latest and greatest theory in management, though, so what do I know??

[missjennmb]

I'm not sure that I could work in this environment. I would be forever distrustful of my coworkers for saying this sort of thing. I think its very unprofessional to incite this kind of discord.

[BinkieRN, BSN, RN]

I think that's crappy to tell you what others say about you. I understand the concept of asking other nurses, techs etc...about how you're doing for the purpose of an evaluation but to tell you what is said by your co-workers is downright wrong IMHO.

My nurse manager might say you need to work on giving a more complete report, as one of my goals, but would never say it's because of what someone said about me.

My NM uses the information but not in the same context. I'd bring it up with her/him. You have the right to ask why it's done in this way

[mickey56]

90 min of evalu is a bit long.

I have been a nurse for 24 years, so far I haven't gota bad one.

But I think we do not support each other and nurses tend to kill each other. Instead of confront each other, we tend to do attack on the back.

Those people who did the comments are probably jealous that you can fuction well independenly.

Don't mind what other people are saying, just do whatever is good for your patients.

[Kevin RN08]

I'd disagree that peer input is fruitless in all cases.

I used to do this with my employees, 3 positives and 3 "needs to work on" for all in the department. Coupled with my own observations, I was better able to see who had the team concept and who didn't, I was also able to see if my view matched their view. But that was military where evals are much more formal.

I've noticed since going into the "real world" that evals are seen by many managers as a necessary evil rather than a tool for personell developement.

[NurseCard, ADN]

I don't really think that the peer evaluations and comments are really a TERRIBLE idea. To management's credit, the comments were anonymous. And to the credit of some of my coworkers, many of them said that if they didn't know someone well enough or had never worked with them, they declined even giving an evaluation of them at all.

Then there WERE others who I would hear say "Ooooh, I got so and so, I just can't WAIIIIT to do their eval!" And I'd be like, you know, don't evaluate someone on how well you like them, evaluate them based on how they do their job. If you don't know that part, then decline.

I do sometimes think though, that management is trying to create a low morale environment. Either that, or their method of getting employees to do their jobs better is whacked. Case in point: if a patient complains about a specific employee then the manager's secretary will print that out along with the other compliments, for the whole floor to see.

[RN1982]

They would post a patient's complaint about a nurse for all to see? That's low down and dirty

[mpccrn, BSN, RN]

when i find out it's evaluation time i immediately go into "report to the principal" mode. my boss laughs and now knows not to even mention it until she's ready to give it to me....i won't leave until i get it, not letting that hang over my head for another day....lol......and my evaluations have been wonderful, i routinely get the highest raises and i love my boss.....it's just reflex i guess. i've learned to make a joke of my own response...at least we keep laughing.

[icyounurse, BSN, RN]

I don't really think that the peer evaluations and comments are really a TERRIBLE idea. To management's credit, the comments were anonymous. And to the credit of some of my coworkers, many of them said that if they didn't know someone well enough or had never worked with them, they declined even giving an evaluation of them at all.

Then there WERE others who I would hear say "Ooooh, I got so and so, I just can't WAIIIIT to do their eval!" And I'd be like, you know, don't evaluate someone on how well you like them, evaluate them based on how they do their job. If you don't know that part, then decline.

I do sometimes think though, that management is trying to create a low morale environment. Either that, or their method of getting employees to do their jobs better is whacked. Case in point: if a patient complains about a specific employee then the manager's secretary will print that out along with the other compliments, for the whole floor to see.

Wow printing a patient complaint for everyone to see seems very harsh. I don't see the value in that, it seems like it would just serve to publicly humiliate and lower morale. Not every patient complaint is valid.