NurseDawn10

JJGRN- that is one of the ideas that we have come up with and plan on doing. I did find out that they included another seperate med-surg unit with my numbers and that could be the cause for my low numbers. But I do want to find out what is wrong and fix the things that I can fix while I can. Every month we have a "staff council" meeting where we we talk about what IS WORKING and what IS NOT working. This information comes directly from the staff and that seems to be helping a lot with moral. I have future plans as well. But I appreciate all the comments and suggestions and I will definately be putting some of them to use. Thanks so much!!

Wow and my girls think they have it hard. Im a Director and my staff nurses on nights get $21 base pay plus $7 for night diff and I can't remember but like $3 or $4 for weekend diff. They are always complaining that they are under paid (not that I don't agree with them) its just they are really lucky considering!

I'm a fairly new nurse manager who started off working on the floor. I'm still on the floor EVERYDAY helping with discharges/admissions/lunch coverage because I love the floor that much. I'm slowly but surely making changes getting rid of "dead weight", attempting to change the staffing matrix, and hiring more qualified nursing staff. We recently got our employee satisfaction survey back and my scores for me are horrible. Stuff like how effectively your manager communicates you or how easy your manager is to reach. My cell phone number is available to all of my staff (they use it for dumb crap), and I'm constantly communicating with them on floor, phone, or email along with staff meetings. What more can I do?!?!? I'm getting very frustrated!!!

RN Ashley $17.25/hr??? Where do you work if you don't mind me asking? We start off new grad RNs with no experience at 21/hr.