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  1. So in 15 years of nursing I've had many evaluations of my abilities as a nurse. What has kind of just started making me laugh is that when it gets to the critique part this is constantly what I get told (other than my constant bad habit of being 1-3 ...
  2. Feeling Humiliated and Discouraged

    The charge nurse on my unit will be leaving in a few months, and I think management was counting on me to take over as new charge nurse after that. Management just told me that I don’t have the leadership skills to be charge nurse and that I’m not re...
  3. I am relatively new to the management side of things. I have a new(er) employee who is still in a probationary period and they are just not picking things up very quickly. We are in a clinic setting and this nurse has been here for over 5 months and ...
  4. HR and Employee

    Just curious. When an employee gets called by HR do managers usually know the or get notified by the reason? Or do HR wait for the meeting and let employee and manager know what is the concern/complaint/disciplinary?
  5. The rising cost of healthcare has been examined for many years. The cost of staffing is one common explanation given. While there are many contributing factors, this article attempts to explore one area healthcare leaders can take responsibility for ...
  6. I work in an LTC. Recently they have been doing these contests/games on the unit. I do not participate. I want to get my job done especially when its busy. They were doing all of that ... telling the staff about picking a number and joining the...
  7. In our country, and specifically in healthcare, we are leadership deprived. It is difficult to lure good leaders into management positions due to the increased stress that they will have to deal with. Adding to that, younger nurses don’t want it eith...
  8. I work in ICU and Our manager is trying to cross train tele or DOU nurses to work in ICU as needed. I think it’s unsafe and create lot of drama since those nurses who are cross trained would not want to go back to their home unit. It’s also not safe ...
  9. I hope it's okay to post about this here. I am only a 1.5 year nurse, and due to moving away, I had to look for a new job (left my old job on great terms). I picked up a job as a PRN but the training schedule was hectic and I found myself there about...
  10. Short-staffing at my facility is nothing new, and I know other nurses can relate to the dilemma. However, recently, we've had multiple staff members either become injured or quit, so many that we are now in "a staffing crisis." There are many shif...
  11. Burnt Out As A New Nurse

    Hello, Everyone, I’m a brand new nurse. I have been working as an RN for a month now. I’m already so exhausted and burnt out. I work 3 12’s on the weekend nights, and have classes from 0800-1600 Tuesday-Thursday during the week for my organization. I...
  12. Do you feel like it's more important that your manager can be relied on as an expert in the care you provide on your unit, that she is someone who could jump in and take a patient assignment if necessary; or do you feel like it's more important that ...
  13. EMR Passwords

    I found out that my Director of Nursing has a spreadsheet of usernames and passwords of all the licensed nurses and home health aides at our company, I believe they are using these to complete incomplete charting, specifically from HHA's. I have bee...