JMaeRN

Hi everyone! I am a new manager and I would love to hear how you organize yourself and your desk to be most efficient for the day and week. I have some ideas but would love to see if there are ideas out there I could adopt. Thank you!!

Thanks for the input. I am not new to night shift, just new to the ANM role but I was wondering what other ANMs do because I feel like a glorified charge nurse, which is the role I left for this one. I feel like I have so many charge responsibilities that there isn't enough time for the things I expected/hoped to be doing. I could have stayed with my much better, previous employer if this is all I'm going to be doing for this healthcare system.

Just wondering how many ANMs are working night shift and what the extent of your role is? Do you feel limited in gaining management experience by being on nights?

I am usually pretty good at handling my own situations but this one has me a bit stumped. I had worked on a unit as a charge nurse/staff nurse but recently completed my MSN with a leadership focus. I want to get into management and after trying (without success) for several positions within the system, decided that I had two options: 1. sit around and wait or 2. Go after what I want. I went with the later option and found an Assistant Nurse Manager position within another healthcare system but am not happy with my choice. The new system is less progressive and not as technologically advanced. I feel that care is mostly safe but not as safe as I know it can be. Processes are inefficient and the staff are miserable due to high nurse patient ratios and constant staff turnover. My new role is not much different than my former one but I took it because there was the additional opportunity to gain experience with staff management, scheduling, and evaluations. This opportunity is still the only thing that is positive about this job. I took a HUGE pay cut, have to drive further to work, Insurance prices have doubled (and we have to switch providers), and I feel like even though my schedule is more consistent, I have less time with my family because of how I need to sleep. I am half way through my 90 days and if I am going to leave, would like to do so in that time frame so that my new employer can repost the position without having to apply through the budget committee. So, I am looking for some opinions on whether I should stick in this role for at least a year for the experience, knowing that I will likely leave because many of my concerns with the new employer are not easily changed, or go back to my former employer where I would have to take a staff nurse position until something else opens. Thanks in advance for any insight on this topic!

I agree with Bucky! New grad programs are developed by organizations as a selling feature to attract/appeal to new graduates. Organizations that have programs like this in place are going to place a high priority on your success. I do no see anything wrong with telling Hospital B that you are not applying with Hospital A because of this. Good Luck!

I am usually pretty good at handling my own situations but this one has me a bit stumped. I had worked on a unit as a charge nurse/staff nurse but recently completed my MSN with a leadership focus. I want to get into management and after trying (without success) for several positions within the system, decided that I had two options: 1. sit around and wait or 2. Go after what I want. I went with the later option and found an Assistant Nurse Manager position within another healthcare system but am not happy with my choice. The new system is less progressive and not as technologically advanced. I feel that care is mostly safe but not as safe as I know it can be. Processes are inefficient and the staff are miserable due to high nurse patient ratios and constant staff turnover. My new role is not much different than my former one but I took it because there was the additional opportunity to gain experience with staff management, scheduling, and evaluations. This opportunity is still the only thing that is positive about this job. I took a HUGE pay cut, have to drive further to work, Insurance prices have doubled (and we have to switch providers), and I feel like even though my schedule is more consistent, I have less time with my family because of how I need to sleep. I am half way through my 90 days and if I am going to leave, would like to do so in that time frame so that my new employer can repost the position without having to apply through the budget committee. So, I am looking for some opinions on whether I should stick in this role for at least a year for the experience, knowing that I will likely leave because many of my concerns with the new employer are not easily changed, or go back to my former employer where I would have to take a staff nurse position until something else opens. Thanks in advance for any insight on this topic!