undeserved promotion?

[rn865]

Hi! I'm an RN (BSN) who has been working for just past one year at a small facility. There's only 3 of us who are full-timers there: me- one year experience, the manager (LVN) who has been there since it opened 4 years ago and an MA who was hired 6 months after it opened and has been there since. Our senior doctor who makes all the decisions just told me he had been thinking of making me the assistant manager. I said I don't think the MA will like that because she has always thought of herself as the unofficial second in command (she said and acts like so) because she's been here so long and she knows how to run the place like all 3 of us does (my manager and doctors have said i'm very capable as well and they were impressed at how fast i learned everything.) The doc said, she's only an MA and you're an RN. And it is based on seniority and not performance. (Many doctors and patients complain about her) Anyone else have had experience of getting promoted based on performance and not seniority?

Note: I know how it looks like, but I was not badmouthing her. Before this promotion topic, the doctor and i were talking about her behavior when she was being hostile to me and spreading rumors after i was taken in full-time from being just part-time after only 3 months. He also asked me for my opinion about another part-timer who is being hired to be FT too.

[Katie5]

Sometimes it's not about who has been there the longest but who works the hardest and smartest.

Accept your promotion.

PS- Again maybe you should not take it, so guilty conscience doesn't make you do shoddy work.

[RNAM1965]

Seniority is the worst reason to promote someone. It should always be about performance. Even education shouldn't be the main reason. You can be well-educated but not have the organizational and people skills necessary for management.

Congratulations!

[CNA2PA]

Instead of feeling guilty CELEBRATE!!! Pat yourself on the back you worked VERY hard for your BSN and at your job. In my opinion if you have been at a job for a really long time and haven't been promoted maybe there is something wrong lol. I bet you if your co-workers got a promotion they wouldn't sit around feeling guilty because you have more education then they do...they wouldn't think twice and you shouldn't either. A year a job is sufficient to make it apparent that your manager material. I have alot of respect for MA's but there degree isn't typically conducive to manager positions were as your BSN is! Tell that MA to go get her BSN then complain...maybe not lol but you get what i'm saying! AGAIN CONGRATS CELEBRATE!!!!! :yelclap::cheers::w00t::clpty:

[caliotter3]

Between an RN and an MA, the doctor is correct in putting the RN in charge. That's the way things go.

[rn865]

Just giving you an update that I got it!!The MA just kept quiet when it was announced and she was the only one who did not congratulate me. Oh, and the billing person kept quiet too. She's the one who talked to the doc and said she thinks she should be the one promoted to my position, but he said, you work in billing, you are not a nurse. :smackingf sometimes, i cannot believe some people's logic.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Don't worry about the others.....the doc wants you. :)

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

Good for you! You SHOULD have been the one promoted. You have the education requirements to fill the position. The MA will no doubt be highly pi$$ed off, and I probably don't need to remind you to be aware of sabotage attempts on her part. Make sure that you are spot on every single day.

The billing person thought that she was a viable candidate for your job? Seriously? Is there a new form of aerosolized Ketamine pumping through the HVAC system there or something?

It would not surprise me if the MA is feverishly filling out applications for another job. She more than likely feels slighted, is ranting to anyone who will listen about how she was SOOOO much more qualified for the job, and how titles and credentials mean little. Of course she is incorrect; the damage to her inflated ego will likely result in bitterness and immature acting out in days to come.

Just take deep breaths and tell yourself that YOU are the professional here. Rise above her snarky comments and BE the better person. You have already proven that you are. The next few weeks will undoubtedly test your patience.

Congrats on this new endeavor. Show 'em what you are made of, honey!

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Aerosolized Ketamine- LOL

[CecileSF]

As an RN, I think you are more qualified. You will have more knowledge than the MA will ever have. I'm not saying the MA is not good at what she does. But you hold a lot more responsibilities as an RN and can make better decisions. For myself. I would trust an RN more than an MA for a position like that. Also, being there longer does not make you more qualified. You're education and knowledge does. I'm glad you are being thoughtful about your co workers, but look at the situation as an outsider. Good luck