what you don't like about your supervisor

MandyInMS · Jan 22, 2005

I've had many supers over the years..and the one thing that bugs me is someone who wants the TITLE..not the job..the type that dissapears when things get 'hairy' ...to me a supervisor should be the 'calm in a storm'..come into the situation and take charge with calm authority..the one you call when you are unsure and need a level head..not panic when things aren't going just right....:)

jcm · Jan 23, 2005

I've had many supers over the years..and the one thing that bugs me is someone who wants the TITLE..not the job..the type that dissapears when things get 'hairy' ...to me a supervisor should be the 'calm in a storm'..come into the situation and take charge with calm authority..the one you call when you are unsure and need a level head..not panic when things aren't going just right....:)

Thank you for your input this will help. :rolleyes:

DDRN4me · Jan 23, 2005

I love my supervisor as a person, but her nursing skills are way outdated and she tends to minimize issues till they are larger than they need to be. On the plus side, I have tons of autonomy because she trusts me and my judgement, and rarely questions me( usually she is the one asking me for advice)

live4today, RN · Jan 23, 2005

I'm happy to say that I've only had less than a handful of nurse managers who were very weak in their ability to manage others. The ones that were plain awful had no personality, no gumption to stand up for their nurses, and obviously forgot "how to be a nurse" when the situation called for her to be. In spite of their advanced degrees, even I could have done an A-1 job compared to what they LACKED! :rolleyes:

The BEST nurse manager I've ever had was a man. He was very together as a person, a leader, and as a nurse. :)

jcm · Jan 23, 2005

I love my supervisor as a person, but her nursing skills are way outdated and she tends to minimize issues till they are larger than they need to be. On the plus side, I have tons of autonomy because she trusts me and my judgement, and rarely questions me( usually she is the one asking me for advice)

Thank you so very much:rolleyes:

jcm · Jan 23, 2005

I love my supervisor as a person, but her nursing skills are way outdated and she tends to minimize issues till they are larger than they need to be. On the plus side, I have tons of autonomy because she trusts me and my judgement, and rarely questions me( usually she is the one asking me for advice)

I am so grateful for all this wonderful input. :rolleyes:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jan 23, 2005

I don't like my manager's inconsistency. She'll do one thing one time, and another thing later. Sometimes, I swear she makes up the rules as she goes along and forgets the rule she made up yesterday.

She also jumps to conclusions about a situation without getting all the facts.

She's a good manager though. We all have our good and bad points. I wouldn't work for a manager I was unhappy with. I spent 7 years with this manager, transferred to other departments for a few years and now I'm back with her. She's been good to me and I can't really complain.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Jan 23, 2005

things I do not like in a manager: outdated skills, being closed minded to staff suggestions for "better" way to do things, being inconsistant with rules for staff unless it is a true emergency, lack of appreciation for job done in time of stress, short staffing, or emergency. lack of staff support when administration is demanding, not asking, for too much work/too many hours.

how they ignore long term staff members and the contributations long term staff give to a unit. I hate to hear about her/his love life, illness, money situations, and fashion preferences unless it affect what I wear to work.

Blackcat99 · Jan 23, 2005

My supervisor is the director of nurses and I like her very much. I think she is trying to do her best. However, I hate mandatory meetings especially since I work nights and am too tired to get up for the 2pm meetings. It seems we are always having "mandatory meetings.' :angryfire

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Jan 23, 2005

My current supervisor is an awesome nurse, manager, and person.

In the past, my pet peeve against one manager was her propensity to show favoritism. It made all the rest of us feel like we'd never get a requested day off, or vacation when we needed it, or be able to call off sick without getting written up. Others would be taken ahead of us when requesting a shift change or anything else. It was irritating and frustrating to see that some people could just drop a hint when the rest of us had to stand on our heads to get the simplest request granted.

Quitting there only made me appreciate my present situation that much more.

leslie :-D · Jan 23, 2005

i had a supervisor one time that just seemed to have her head buried in the sand.

the nurses would report sick patients and for some unknown reason, she would either live behind her desk or spend her time straightening out pt's laundry, putting them in the correct drawers, just all this piddly, meaningless stuff.

too many of our patients got worse because it took her that long to go in and assess the situation- important to add that she was a control freak and only she could be in control, no one else.

but because she had been there so many years, upper mgmt, specifically adon who was her personal friend, ended up asking me 'what should we do about this' and had admitted she heard same complaints from other nurses.

i remember one time i had this trach patient who was spiking a temp of 103, foley output minimal compared to input with her urine turbid. i told mgr we need to call the md and she didn't see the reason for it. :confused: we got into a professional argument telling her that if she didn't call, i would. ended up this patient had a uti with mrsa.

just don't understand what people think sometimes.

also she had absolutely no backbone and depended on me to be 'the voice'. in other words she would complain to me about stuff, hoping i would do something about it. it took me yrs but i finally stopped being the bad guy.

leslie