Mixed messages

We have a fledgling nurse manager on one of the rehab units. He/she's getting his/her feet wet. It's been nearly a year.

He/she has gone on record saying he/she'd really like to develop the people on his/her unit.

We work in a CARF certified rehab facility and someone today actually told me, "I want to get certified." Hooray! (There is an ulterior motive: our facility pays you a bonus to get certified.)

However, the next thing out of this person's mouth was that the "nurse manager says I shouldn't do it, because I don't want to be here forever."

I wanted to plant my head firmly into the desk, but I did not.

Looks like someone may need to attend a seminar on developing your staff soon at the Hotel.

Stay tuned...

Ode of the tired (of the BS) nurses

The boss told me today it's important to network in your field, if you don't have any grinches (aka the Professional Development committee) at your hospital.

Lately, I've spent way too much time justifying my needs in nearly 50 pages of forms, brochures and supporting material. And if life were really like a Hollywood musical, this would be my song to perform below. (My apologies to David Bowie).

To the committee:

I've nothing much to offer/There's nothing much to take/
(How many more forms can I possibly fill out?)
I'm an absolute beginner/And I'm absolutely sane/
(and I absolutely read every stinking thing in the handbook twice)

As long as we're together/ (me and all the other nurses at the conference)


And to the bureaucratic horses behinds...y'all
(The rest) can go to hell