What is your manager like?...Managers please also lend insight here.

[nlhnurse1982]

So my current manager is a great source of distress for our entire floor. Her priorities seem to be way off base, patient care is not on the top of that list! I am just curious if this is the norm if it is I guess I will just stay put where I am but it's to the point I really want a transfer because of her. An example of this is when she rounds on patients they may fill out cards for us if the wish to give kudos....most times I will get compliments from my patients but that doesnt matter she hunts me down even if I am with another patient to let me know I did not update my information board in the room not to say hey good job this patient thought enough of you to fill out a compliment card.. I would be glad to update the board if each board had a dry erase on it...however I am not going to search a 40 bed floor for the 1 marker we have remaining. and how bout her giving me a call on my direct phone when I am dealing with a patient emergency and when I say hey I'll stop by your office after I am done with this emergency that isnt good enough she wants me to stay on the phone to talk about a pending d/c of another pt...I wanted to say that person can wait to be d/c'd home unless you want this guy d/c'd to the funeral home!!! You can't approach her with a concern about anything or your not being a team player not even about a new grad who is making multiple mistakes off orientation and then giving attitude when being told becareful of this, or someone who sent home a patient with a mediport still accessed or a nurse who bolused a patient with a dose of dilaudid 10 times what they should have gotten and then of course we ended up coding her. However she finds it important to call people at home and ream them because a patient went to ssu with underwear on. And how about helping on the unit if you ask her for a simple boost she will have you walk around the floor twice asking everyone else before she will come out from behind her desk and help. Then she will complain to other management that none of us are involved in councils when many of us have asked and she says well most of the seats are full now anyway. And also shouldnt further education be encouraged....the answers I have gotten about my schedule being changed so I can take ACLS since we are a tele floor is...no.... how about a class on the resposibilities of a charge nurse and what is expected since I have been having to work as charge.....again no.....how about the spanish class for medical providers since we are a city hospital....nope sorry....trach education since we are now getting ALL fresh trachs on our floor.....nah who needs that just go in blind and hope for the best. Sorry for the long ranting post however I did find it therapeutic . This person is my first nursing manager so I have nothing to compare her to if you all could tell me if this is the stauts quo of managers it would help very much with my decision.

[leslie :-D]

our manager (except she has red hair)

our manager is like a nervous, vicious poodle. there is a book on training vicious poodles to change their behavior. one of the nurses at work said she might buy it and apply some of the retraining principles to our manager.

here are some of the behaviors that match exactly with having a vicious poodle vs. our vicious manager:

excessive whining and yapping. (need i say more?)

will only respond to obedience training when feels like it. (like when the big boss is around.)

hyper-active and won't leave you alone and constantly pesters you. (oh heck yeah!)

either jumps on you, your family, visitors, or is nervous and unfriendly. (yep, luvs to jump on the nurses every chance she can!)

destructive chewing. anything is seen as fair game. (uh, she sure likes to chew on our butts!)

very possessive of space and will growl and show teeth at anyone. (yep, she looks at us crazy whenever we come near her or her office, even though she claims to have an open door policy.)

refusing to come back when called - there are far too many other interesting sights and stuff to get into and cause trouble. (so true, she luvs to go looking around the unit trying to find something to cause trouble about!)

is possessive with food and certain people and may show aggression if you try to take them away. (okay, maybe not with food, but she definitely shows aggression and acts possessive over certain kiss-butt people.)

unacceptable 'mouthing' - and will chew or bite. (loves to mouth off and chew nurses butts!)

is stubborn and willful and refuses to listen to what you say. (omg!!!, describes her perfectly!!! exactly 100% correct!!!!!)

=======================

if you fail to communicate with your poodle, your life will become a constant battle of wills!

'poodle savvy' contains everything you need to know about your poodle and making it behave!

your problems are solved! - solve problems with your poodle quickly and easily - amongst things you'll find out:

when to give your poodle attention and when to ignore - and why this is critical to good behavior!

how to talk to your poodle so it will listen - it's all to do with tone of voice but does not involve shouting.

how to show your poodle who's boss - just by the way you talk or act.

the most effective ways to obedience train a stubborn poodle!!

so, do you think the rn ought to buy 'poodle savvy' & we all could try it out on the manager?

[color=white]&

sounds like she'd be a better fit on the rrt...rabid response team.

leslie:paw:

[RN1982]

I think my manager has mental problems.. Sometimes she is so nice to me other times she's snarky.

[nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN]

I think my manager has mental problems.. Sometimes she is so nice to me other times she's snarky.

Er...would that be "Rabid" schizophrenia?

LOL

God, I want to print out the Poodle stuff and put it on the bulletin board in the break room...not that I ever get to see the inside of the thing...

[Jules A, MSN]

Loved the the poodle comparison.

I'm lucky I guess? Mine are always shut in their offices, always! We take bets as to whether or not they could even pull a Tylenol out of the Omnicell, lol. If they do venture out it is to say: " I know you are very busy and I have something to add to your list". Gee, thanks.

[OrthoRN09]

Wow! I guess I am lucky. The manager on our floor is AWESOME! She is always in and available. A couple weeks ago, I needed help transferring a patient from bed to commode and she happened to be standing at the charge desk and volunteered to help. She even waited around for the patient to finish and helped me transfer her back to bed. Unfortunately, I just gave my notice last week as I got a job at a hospital WAY closer to home. I will miss working for such a wonderful, helpful, understanding manager. I hope my next manager is half a good as her!!

[cwood88]

Hi dear I work in Home Health and it is the same for us in the field, I have 2 managers who like to bark orders and say we need to do it this way or that way but they could not go and do what we have to do if their lives depended on it. All I can say is hope for a transfer or find a new facility to work at but you will have the same thing everywhere you go, some better some worse. Hang in there.

[Blackheartednurse]

our manager (except she has red hair)

our manager is like a nervous, vicious poodle. there is a book on training vicious poodles to change their behavior. one of the nurses at work said she might buy it and apply some of the retraining principles to our manager.

here are some of the behaviors that match exactly with having a vicious poodle vs. our vicious manager:

excessive whining and yapping. (need i say more?)

will only respond to obedience training when feels like it. (like when the big boss is around.)

hyper-active and won’t leave you alone and constantly pesters you. (oh heck yeah!)

either jumps on you, your family, visitors, or is nervous and unfriendly. (yep, luvs to jump on the nurses every chance she can!)

destructive chewing. anything is seen as fair game. (uh, she sure likes to chew on our butts!)

very possessive of space and will growl and show teeth at anyone. (yep, she looks at us crazy whenever we come near her or her office, even though she claims to have an open door policy.)

refusing to come back when called – there are far too many other interesting sights and stuff to get into and cause trouble. (so true, she luvs to go looking around the unit trying to find something to cause trouble about!)

is possessive with food and certain people and may show aggression if you try to take them away. (okay, maybe not with food, but she definitely shows aggression and acts possessive over certain kiss-butt people.)

unacceptable ‘mouthing’ – and will chew or bite. (loves to mouth off and chew nurses butts!)

is stubborn and willful and refuses to listen to what you say. (omg!!!, describes her perfectly!!! exactly 100% correct!!!!!)

=======================

if you fail to communicate with your poodle, your life will become a constant battle of wills!

'poodle savvy’ contains everything you need to know about your poodle and making it behave!

your problems are solved! - solve problems with your poodle quickly and easily - amongst things you’ll find out:

when to give your poodle attention and when to ignore – and why this is critical to good behavior!

how to talk to your poodle so it will listen – it’s all to do with tone of voice but does not involve shouting.

how to show your poodle who’s boss - just by the way you talk or act.

the most effective ways to obedience train a stubborn poodle!!

so, do you think the rn ought to buy 'poodle savvy' & we all could try it out on the manager?

[color=white]&

omg,this is too funny!:loveya:

[Blackheartednurse]

I hate when mangers play their favorites and quess what I'm not afraid of speaking about it.During my last interview I was asked a questions that sounded like this "How would you describe a good manager?" Without giving it second thought I quickly and bravely responded "One that treat everybody with the same degree of fairness and dont play the favorites and is supportive of new nurses"

[CNA2day]

Actually I think that I have a GREAT boss! She truly cares and I think she works 100 times harder then anyone! She is always working late, coming in early. When I started we were short handed and she was filling in shifts. She worked 3 shifts in a row! EEK She does not have a problem lending a hand when need be. She is great!

I really could not ask for a better boss! She truly cares about her employees and the residents and she makes every effort to help you out.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

love the poodle clip.....and you know, if enough of you "hung" together, it might work!

[scootertrash nurse]

managers need to lead by example, be fair across the board, back you up when your right ,explain why your wrong, and listen when you have concerns