staff morale

2banurse · Feb 21, 2003

Originally posted by mdowns
:) thats a tough one when you work with negative obese managers....in my opinion try to focus on the people who are positive and professional and feed into and off of them.:) Good Luck. oh yea can you come see my new house tomorrow morning?

I'm not sure why you wrote negative "obese" managers. I looked at the other posts and I can't see where you are referencing this. Bad negative management is no different whether the management is thin or obese.

Kris

Heather333 · Feb 21, 2003

The morale in our unit really stinks right now. There is no good support system, especially for new grads like me.

Heather

moonshadeau, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APN, NP, CNS · Feb 21, 2003

The few things that I have found that work at least for me.

Positively identify and compliment your coworkers., and mean it. Only doing this once a year won't cut it. You have to make the conscious effort to make a difference. You have to find the balance between sounding cheesy and sounding realistic. Everyone wants to be recognized for something positive.

Second, when people vent on the unit about someone, I have asked that they don't tell me names. This way, they can vent and feel validated and I don't inheirit a bias that I don't need.

But of course too, you need to identify what you think is really the underlying cause of the problem. Short staffing, management styles, etc to really make the whole picture come together.

Plus, be super nice to your students. Be happy they are there and teach them something. This has been the biggest factor in solving our staffing problems. We turned multiple empty positions into filled positions with people actually waitning for someone to leave.