Polly53

Thanks, so noted. Just venting feelings...

I say everyday that it isn't the patient I mind, it is the family!! Rude, demanding, suspicious, know it all, wanting their elderly parents to live in misery forever. Giving trach patient fluids to drink when you say NO! Open visiting hours are some stupid idea of leaders with their heads in the clouds. The patient deserves better then a family member 1" from their face yelling "are you ok? I secretly dream of walking into the family member's job and get in their face being rude and demanding. The problem is that basic manners and respect for others is gone. And I find the very rich and very poor (the taxpayers footing the bill) usually are the worst in our unit. It is also amazing that the visiting hours on the unit entrance door are totally ignored by family...it is so amazing how many people are unable to READ!! I have been on the other side and have NEVER been demanding, rude, or feel I should pull rank because I am a nurse! Feels good to vent, thanks.

This was my sixth NTI and I am always amazed by all knowledge .........LOVED Nurse Managers have Maslow Needs........the speaker was GREAT!!!!!!!!!! the ferris wheel was challenging enough for me!!

Where are you enrolled for your degree?

I am a manager of a 20 bed ICU and would like to know if any of the forum members have a permanent charge nurse or an assistant manager? thanks.:blushkiss

I have been a nurse manager for alittle over one year now after over 20 years of staff nursing. I looked at it as the opportunity to deal with all those problems that really ticked me off as a staff nurse. I also see the business side of the hospital. They have a budget just as we have our own personal home budget. It is a fine line to walk to try to balance the budget. I receive no bonus, maybe some places do this, but not my hospital sysytem. I receive an annual review and the raise is based on the review (too bad that the nursing staff itself as a profession doesn't base their raises on the annual review of proformance-attitudes would certainly be different). What I find the most frustrating is the fact that the staff loves to complain, but doesn't offer solutions. I would love to make things work better, but the staff obviously thinks I should come up with all the answers. I do not tolerate abuse of staff by physicians. Some docs have gotten away with this for years which is absurd. I do not feel I have compromised my integrity at all. I have a handle on right vs wrong and I stand up for what I believe in. I do not view myself as a mamagement kissup. My loyality is to my staff and the corporation, but if I feel either are wrong, I do speak up.