im very upset to my self right now, i dont know what to think. Here's what happened my friend who is working in a hosp.referred me to her NM.My friend told me she talked to her NM last week and the Nm told her to call this week. I called today & the conversation went like "nurse: good morning --- unit" "Me: hi good morning...can I speak to ---- ". the nurse who answrd the phone didnt understand me when I said the name so she thought I was talking about a patient. She then ask me "what is the pt name again?" i said "I was looking for ---- the nurse manager i am ----"Then she transfer the line to the nurse manager & I waited for about 30 sec.
The NM answered the phone & said "hi this is ---" & I said "hi good morning i am ---- the one who referred by ---" & he said "ohh yess..." then he hanged up!
Im just thinking what went wrong. Im not very good in phone conversations so its really bothering me. Did i sound rude or something?
Please excuse me english is my second language & thank you for your advice.
I don't think a NM would just hang up on you like that. It's not professional and if he did, it would not be someplace i would want to work. I do think that it was an accident though. good luck:nurse:
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
when in doubt, assume the best possible motives . . . in this case, assume in was an accidental disconnection. call back -- if it happens again, it probably was intentional. but you don't want to work for a manager who treats people this way, do you?
Ohh Wow, Congratulations! Youve changed my thought process... When I first read your post, I started thinking... "DO NOT CALL BACK" I agree with The Commuter .. Some NM are being stalked, litterly.. Yes, it is very unprofessional to hang-up however it sounded like you called a busy unit at a busy time. Also some managers arent even allowed to speak to applicants directly, not until they have applied through official channels.
Just a friendly encouragement, (as you do English as a 2nd language better than I do my 2nd language), but hanged up is incorrect. It follows all the grammar rules, but is one of the exceptions to the rule: in this case the past tense is "hung up". I know, it doesn't make sense, but little about English really does.
Tina, RN
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Good for you! I was about to suggest that you give a call back, since the hang-up didn't seem intentional.