I hate to vent but I don't really have anywhere else to go so I respectfully ask for your advice and support. My nurse manager is only around on day shift and even then she only pops her head in and out of the unit (from what I hear). She never actually works on the unit. We are a 24 bed telemetry unit that has recently been very short on staff. I personally have been on staff there just over a year and have never seen her in the building after sunset. She has never come in to fill in when we were incredibly short staffed, she just let us run short.
Correct me if I'm wrong but nursing is a 24 hour a day 365 day a year job...shouldn't she have come in?
And of course she is full of everything to say when ALL is not perfect when she arrives by 0800 in the morning...
Any advice?
I really think I could take all the criticism more if she ever had something nice to say but the "thank you for all you do" just doesn't cut it anymore.
Poor nurse managers that I have worked for, have their "eyes and ears" snitch employees that they use for "useful information" about what is going on during the shifts they don't care to visit.
I don't expect her to work regulary scheduled shifts-at all. I would expect her to show up on night shift, which she has never done - ever. This includes her time as a nurse on the floor. How can you be an effective manager if you manage by word of mouth for over half of your employees.
This is a good question. Majority of nurse managers just work only on day shift. Most feel if the unit is well staffed at night why should they come in.
caliotter3
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Poor nurse managers that I have worked for, have their "eyes and ears" snitch employees that they use for "useful information" about what is going on during the shifts they don't care to visit.