OldOR_Nurse

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1. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

   OldOR_Nurse replied to olympiad27's topic in Management

   That was a wonderful comparison to the military. I wonder who you would want covering your backside? This goes for not just going up against the manager, but in support for your manager when it seems like she is being made a scapegoat for all the pr...

2. Does anyone else feel like this

   OldOR_Nurse replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

   :rotfl: LOL! I think that we all felt that way, Mike! When I was in nursing school, I was still working as a full time scrub tech-so that when I graduated and only had one "job" I felt like I was on vacation!! Don't worry, it wears off!!

3. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

   OldOR_Nurse replied to olympiad27's topic in Management

   Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees. It is very easy to be a staff member and just see all the sh*tty things that are rolling down the hill, and throw it back. I think that is why so many managers give it up and go back down. When...

4. What happens to your integrity when you go into management?

   OldOR_Nurse replied to olympiad27's topic in Management

   When your immediate supervisor is seen as ineffective, look higher up. In our facility, our coordinator and nurse manager try very hard to look after staff and morale-however-they are caught between the staff and our administrator. I will admit, I ...

5. Surgeon's hand-picking favorite nurses

   OldOR_Nurse replied to jpellegrino, RN's topic in Operating Room

   You may need to look where in management the problem is, At our facility, our direct manager tries to help us, as well as our nurse manager, but our administrator is an idiot, and the buck stops there. She lets certain doctors dictate to her, and o...