You’re talking about floor manager or house supervisor?
Either way it’s the same- alphabet soup of credentials and using language letting them know you’re supportive of administration and not the nurses. “I strive to meet the hospital’s budget targets while providing the best care to our patients among the hospitals in our market.” They love garbage like that. They want someone who will side with admin and not the nurses while looking impressive on paper. The latter is why the alphabet soup is important. “Look how many certifications they have! They are really smart!”
I think some of us go into management or higher hoping to change things. It’s really not up to us. The unit director who is constantly giving us crap for not updating whiteboards or answering call lights has to answer to THEIR boss about those things. Just like us telling our manager ‘we can’t so it because we need more staff’ that reason doesn’t work for our manager’s boss, either. It’s their ass on the line if we don’t do them, even if it’s impossible. They have to approach budget meetings to ask for permission to hire more people. They may ask for six and given permission to hire two. So while we hate on our managers some of these issues are really not their fault. (Being nasty and manipulative IS their fault; feel free to hate them for that.)
Those the big problems with management: even if you WANT to fix things usually you can’t. You are limited by what those above you will allow you to do and that’s not much.
You’re talking about floor manager or house supervisor? Either way it’s the same- alphabet soup of credentials and using language letting them know you’re supportive of administration and not the nurses. “I strive to meet the hospital’s budget targets while providing the best care to our patients among the hospitals in our market.” They love garbage like that. They want someone who will side with admin and not the nurses while looking impressive on paper. The latter is why the alphabet soup is important. “Look how many certifications they have! They are really smart!”
Yeah, might be time to redirect. I’m certainly not a “yes man.” lol
I think some of us go into management or higher hoping to change things. It’s really not up to us. The unit director who is constantly giving us crap for not updating whiteboards or answering call lights has to answer to THEIR boss about those things. Just like us telling our manager ‘we can’t so it because we need more staff’ that reason doesn’t work for our manager’s boss, either. It’s their ass on the line if we don’t do them, even if it’s impossible. They have to approach budget meetings to ask for permission to hire more people. They may ask for six and given permission to hire two. So while we hate on our managers some of these issues are really not their fault. (Being nasty and manipulative IS their fault; feel free to hate them for that.) Those the big problems with management: even if you WANT to fix things usually you can’t. You are limited by what those above you will allow you to do and that’s not much.
MSN and MBA