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1. How do you tell a nurse recruiter you're not interested in a specific floor

   IRF-Nurse replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Have to agree with above posts... if you're not interested in that position, say so but with a kindness to your tone... say that you don't feel it would be a good long term fit (most hiring managers...

2. The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

   IRF-Nurse replied to rntj's topic in Nurse Management

   THIS!!

3. The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

   IRF-Nurse replied to rntj's topic in Nurse Management

   Esme is right unfortunately... and when the numbers don't look good, the admins need someone to blame... and when the admins crunch down on staffing... the nurses need someone to blame... Those...

4. Question for Nursing Managers in Texas

   IRF-Nurse replied to lwandel's topic in Nurse Management

   Management in nursing is NOTHING like management elsewhere... vague business familiarity is useful, but it is not the same environment... I would say be prepared to be expected to keep everyone (above...

5. Management Type

   IRF-Nurse replied to enchantmentdis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   First problem... yes, you are used to a former person's way of doing it... from your comments I take it that person is gone. Truly you need to get over this part... it is not fair to yourself, nor...

6. How to climb up the ladder

   IRF-Nurse replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in Nurse Management

   Well said... I think that far too often a "good nurse" is assumed to be a "good leader" by non nurse admins... and that's not so much the truth. Nursing management is ALL about mentoring others to...

7. That awkward moment when....

   IRF-Nurse replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it does... but stop and think of it from one other angle... think what it must be like to SUFFER with a metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance or diabetes... and have people judge you for it......

8. RN: 1 pt, this could possibly be a vent

   IRF-Nurse replied to Tori11's topic in Home Health

   As a nursing leader, I would tell you to go for it... I can teach any nurse a task oriented skill... but I can't teach motivation. So I hire based on the licensure, motivation, and personality... the...

9. What would u do?

   IRF-Nurse replied to kellycinalli's topic in Nurse Management

   You do not need to tell the director WHAT your condition is... But I would likely let her know that changing schedules isn't something you're able to do for personal/medical reasons. I would also ask...

10. Brand new RN, 2 weeks into job, made charge nurse....difficult staff!!!!

    IRF-Nurse replied to KristinaDuBois's topic in Nurse Management

    As an experienced charge nurse, leader, DON, and now Chief officer of a nursing unit... I would SERIOUSLY recommend the note above by Georgia Peach RN.... You have a choice here... move forward in...

11. Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner?

    IRF-Nurse replied to el6in's topic in Rehabilitation

    TheCommuter is right!! Please note... CMS requires (as of 2010 regs) that the PM&R trained physician round on the patient 3xweekly minimum. IF the physicians there want to use an NP, that's all...

12. Do not rehire

    IRF-Nurse replied to babyrn1996's topic in Nursing Career

    Thing is... they not only have the right to refuse you rehire as long as they are in business... they also have the right to tell others that you are not eligible for rehire... don't burn bridges,...