I was with my preceptor in the 19th of September and worked on her staffing and unit budget. Her unit has not been meeting the needed census in order to keep all her staff on schedule so she was trying to find ways of having her staff work on other units in order to make up their lost hours because they had to canceled. Also she was making sure that the staff who were attending meetings are paid as such and not as if they were working.
I felt bad for her that her staff were upset with her for them getting canceled as if it was her fault they all could not be kept on the schedule. I learned that in times like these as the manager one can not take these things personal but be an effective leader and handle the situation at stake as well as being sensitive to the staff's situation. This will most likely change thier mind set that you as their leader care about them.
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I too have seen where the staff blame the supervisor or charge nurse when they are sent home due to low census. It is good that you are seeing all aspects of the administrative duties and consequences of decisions.
ReplyDeleteNurse managers don't really have as much power in making decisions as most nurses think, do they?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have learnt from my management experience,the nurse managers do not have much power when it comes to staffing,they take instructions from the houses Nurse Supervisors.
ReplyDeleteOur unit has had a similiar experience at work. However we have been lucky enough to float because our "sister" units needed staff. i work Lbaor and Delivery and we could float to PostPartum and Nursery. Lucky for our manager, our unit acted as a fmily and understood she didn't have the power.
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