Our work life was about to change
The management of our hospital had concerns that the director of the in-house agency was not compliant with the hospitals policies, and wasn’t prepared for our next state inspection. The director was not a nurse but a finance person. The facility management hired DS to assure that our staffing records were in order.
DS was a manager who came to the staffing office I worked at to insure our in-house agency was correctly maintaining our staff records, and to teach the staff the correct way to accomplish this. The management or our director did not inform the office staff that the change would be happening which allowed an uncomfortable atmosphere when she just arrived one day. DS was a BSN trained nurse with …show more content…
42-45). In the beginning of her tenure, she observed the staff, watched the interactions and responsibilities of each, and researched the history of the office, how it functioned, and what would be necessary to change the record keeping into a compliant status, and get the staff on board with the …show more content…
Once I thought that I would like to be the Nurse Manager in our office. I assumed many of the duties of the nurse manager when the present nurse manager left as I was the Assistant Manager. I was not trained as a manager and now realize it would have been a challenge to work in that position. When DS arrived and I worked under her leadership I understood what skills a strong nurse manager required. DS was professional, directed, and a focused leader that I had not become at that point. My strength lies with recruitment, developing staff, personal contact with employees, reeducating staff and discipline as necessary. The business side of nurse management would have been a challenge and I am thankful I didn’t pursue that career then. The skills needed to be an effective nurse manager would include the following with specifics for each
The management of our hospital had concerns that the director of the in-house agency was not compliant with the hospitals policies, and wasn’t prepared for our next state inspection. The director was not a nurse but a finance person. The facility management hired DS to assure that our staffing records were in order.
DS was a manager who came to the staffing office I worked at to insure our in-house agency was correctly maintaining our staff records, and to teach the staff the correct way to accomplish this. The management or our director did not inform the office staff that the change would be happening which allowed an uncomfortable atmosphere when she just arrived one day. DS was a BSN trained nurse with …show more content…
42-45). In the beginning of her tenure, she observed the staff, watched the interactions and responsibilities of each, and researched the history of the office, how it functioned, and what would be necessary to change the record keeping into a compliant status, and get the staff on board with the …show more content…
Once I thought that I would like to be the Nurse Manager in our office. I assumed many of the duties of the nurse manager when the present nurse manager left as I was the Assistant Manager. I was not trained as a manager and now realize it would have been a challenge to work in that position. When DS arrived and I worked under her leadership I understood what skills a strong nurse manager required. DS was professional, directed, and a focused leader that I had not become at that point. My strength lies with recruitment, developing staff, personal contact with employees, reeducating staff and discipline as necessary. The business side of nurse management would have been a challenge and I am thankful I didn’t pursue that career then. The skills needed to be an effective nurse manager would include the following with specifics for each