Topics About 'Nursing Management'.

Glenda Bennett, a 56-year-old unit manager at a 600-bed county hospital located in a large city, usually arrives at work sometime before 10 o'clock every morning. She manages the 7th floor of the hospital, which is better known as the pediatrics unit...

In my job as a postpartum nurse, I take care of moms and newborns. This is a happy place to work. The rooms are filled with proud parents, beautiful infants, and picture-snapping relatives. Cute Onesies lie on the table, and helium balloons decorated...

I talked about managers and your opinion of them in a previous blog entry. Many of you had an opinion and it did make for interesting reading. Now, I want to introduce to you some of the meaningless tasks a manager has to do and why it seems that you...

Beginning with recognizing the obstacles, the emerging leader can identifying the obstacles and assist the nurse with implementing a plan to reach the goal of becoming a leader. Today's nurse is faced with many challenges which ten years ago was not ...

But within the conference room, voices rose, comments intruded, thought processes were interrupted by a constant onslaught of questions and opinions, and the low, distracting mumble of sidebar conversations clouded the weekly meeting of clinic manage...

Dee Waverly, age 59, arrives at her workplace, a 35-bed freestanding specialty hospital, promptly at seven o'clock every weekday morning. She started working here as a unit manager nearly 18 years ago, and after four years of reliable service, was pr...

"Marla, Ruby just took off again," was the greeting from the med aide as I arrived at work @0745 Thursday morning. "Karen's with her, walking up the hill, but she's refusing to come back." I ran to the window and saw a ponytailed caregiver in bright ...

Yeah, I'm talking about YOU. The unit manager who never met a rule she didn't like, makes new ones daily, and rarely, if ever, comes out of the office to see how they affect the folks doing the actual work. The DNS who lays everything on the charge n...

Tiara Hartman, a 37-year-old office manager at a busy methadone clinic, usually arrives at work approximately 15 minutes before the opening time of 7:30 a.m. She has been working at this clinic for five years and was promoted to the role of office ma...

It is a very lonely world out there for managers. I became a manager of a dialysis facility in august 2010. I was promoted from within, not the best way to start out in your new role! why-because everybody has certain expectations of you which you ca...

Participate in Workplace CommitteesParticipating workplace committees allows you to learn how and why decisions are made within your institution and healthcare politics involved in decision making. Observe how committee lead and members identify issu...