ChaosCoordinatorRN

ChaosCoordinatorRN

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  1. Why Hospitals Don't Value Nurses: A Nurse's Perspective

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is THE BEST, most well-articulated article I've seen on these

  2. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are your thoughts on having a manager who is completely inexperienced in the type of nursing they manage? Let's say they have great administrative skills but have never worked your field of...

  3. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep! That pretty accurately describes the

  4. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit is definitely not staffed well enough. Most of our staff are brand spanking new to L&D. We rely heavily on travelers. The experienced staff are leaving, fed up with seeing everyone but...

  5. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...out of desperation for a manager, they hired someone without the experience. I figured they would give her time to orient to the floor but they did not. They have not put her through...

  6. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but I agree with you! The manager should never have to worry about working the floor! Yet, a corporate-level CFO recently said that managers needed to work the floor because the company didn't...

  7. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with most of what you said. The specialty in question is obstetrics and the manager has no experience with high-risk antepartum patients or actively laboring patients. More than half of our...

  8. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I wouldn't at all be surprised if this happens to all healthcare

  9. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your perspective, klone! I do appreciate the willingness to learn in a manager, etc, but IMHO, I believe in a specialty that requires a 6-month orientation for staff nurses, the manager...

  10. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What excuses have your hospitals given you for why they WILL give sign-on bonuses to new and even completely inexperienced nurses, but WON'T give RETENTION bonuses to those of us who have shown...

  11. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oops...meant to say...when over 70% of the staff is new to the type of

  12. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Davey Do! I think there are areas of nursing which do not require boots-on-the-ground for a manager. But, in a field like obstetrics or ICU or OR or emergency medicine, I do believe clinical...

  13. Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think so, too. My unit has a new manager who has never worked our area before as a bedside nurse. She's very nice and takes care of issues such as supply problems, maintenance issues, patient...

  14. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am actively looking for new employment. I have never felt so undervalued in my life. It sure feels like they are trying to get rid of those of us with experience. I agree

  15. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    AWESOME piece you wrote!! LOVE

  16. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now THAT is an organization for which I'd like to

  17. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sad, isn't

  18. Why no retention bonuses??

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhhh...they could, but at our hospital, they are paying new grads at a higher rate than their experienced

  19. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a new trend in nursing performance reviews in which we are personally rated for company performance? I was (on a 1-5 scale) given FOUR 1s, and I have never in my long career of nursing...

  20. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and those used to be what we had for unit goals, as well. Those unit goals (which I am OK with) have now morphed into hospital goals, over which we have very little individual control. Yet we are...

  21. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Brandy, I need like a Congressional Medal of Honor emoji for what you wrote.

  22. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I get CAUTI/infection prevention measures, but bring it down to an individual level by quantifying # of 2nd RN sign-offs or whether the patient on whom you inserted a catheter developed an infection,...

  23. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Great comment, Brandy1017!! I don't want to say what company it is because they could potentially figure out who I am, but they are a for-profit company based out of TN. We are actually threatened...

  24. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's what I figured. I love how they blame us, on an individual level, for their corporate shortcomings. I'm sure even more staff will leave due to the baseless poor employee reviews (and...

  25. Weird Performance Evaluation

    ChaosCoordinatorRN replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Likely to recommend" was one of the four markers for which we were all given a 1. Good times!