gaffas

The gossip gets even worse when it’s a male and a female working together. I am a single male and I had to work very closely with a female colleague who was our unit manager. In that time that we were working together, we became very close, as friends, but our relationship was only ever professional. The rumours got so bad that whenever we had to do something together I made sure that the door of the office was left open, and I minimised the time that we spent together. The rumours affected me so much I turned down my first associate unit manager position, even though I had worked hard for it, and really wanted the position.

Would you like to come and work in my unit!!!!!! Keep doing your job and keep raising the standard, and hopefully the rest of the staff will catch on. When it comes to writing things up, it is a must!! it means you have found a problem and you are doing something about it. These are not just little issues, these are huge problems. People get all sorts of problems from IV's that get left in to long. MRSA Cellulitis, septic shock, death ect ect. You are doing a great job, and you need to keep it up. Yes it may be an unhappy unit at the moment but, as the standard of care improves, the complaints and incident reports will become less, and the mood in the unit will improve. It will take time, but it will happen. I have seen this in 2 units I worked in and became unit manager in. Now that I am an educator, I am picking up on these things all the time. It works: High standard of care equals, low complaints equals happy unit!!! Some staff will not like it and they will go to another unit where they are happier and more suited, but then your unit can pride it self in what it does. Best of luck. Gaffa PS. If you want a job here in Australia just email me. I would love to have a nurse with such good work ethic working for me.

Hi Ali, My thoughts and wishes are with you. This is something that we all need to be conscious of, after doing to many nights and doubles ect.ect. I have heard of some very near misses, and accidents with nurses that have fallen asleep on the way home. Please take care, nurses are too valuable to loose because of our work. Gaffa