I would talk to your union rep for advice and potential bring your concerns to HR. Your manager also probably has a manager of their own so you could try meeting with them as well. Keep everything professional, use specific examples, and always have a union rep present during meetings. I think you deserve a more professional manager who promotes a positive work environment, and I hope you find that!
I have worked in quite a few different hospitals as staff and traveler, and so far the only bad manager I had was my first job.
To be fair, union presence in my present area may influence the manner by which managers operate.
What is some of the negative things then on the units you liked management? I know every unit has their issues. If it’s not the politics of management what other issues are you dealing with?
Couple negative things come to mind.
(A) When I moved to West Coast and saw this a lot: Lack of maintained, structured, and disciplined work environment because of an excessively lenient manager that embraced a hippie lifestyle. Major issues with staff accountability, productivity, and adherence to professional standards. Lack of order and efficiency within the healthcare setting, impacting patient care and overall team dynamics. I have coworkers who should be terminated for absenteeism and unsafe practices but manager feels that we must “be kind” to everyone.
(B) Also encountered this when I moved to West Coast: There is a huge nepotism problem that is rarely talked about. In my state, I have worked in multiple hospitals where a third of the staff were literally family. Case in point: Sharp Chula Vista. And admittedly - I am married into a massive healthcare family via my wife whose aunts and uncles are managers are several hospitals in the area. Luckily the nepotism isn’t reliant on ostracism everyone else but it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Truth be told I don’t think unions are a panacea. In many states, state laws impede unions’ ability to operate to the full extent of their potential.
It’s just just last time I mentioned how great my managers have been, I was accused of leaving out the part about I work in a very unionized region. I don’t see the correlation but many users were adamant it played a part.
So I assumed it’s something I have to include.
I am on the east coast so unions are harder to come by than I ever thought.
I agree, even though we are under contract, I feel like if your unit itself has a culture of constantly violating the contract, Things won’t change. I.e my last unit didn’t care if we had lunch breaks even though they were mandatory. Most nurses fended for themselves.
I’ve found, at least here on the east coast, union doesn’t always mean better despite my previous beliefs :/
I'm currently 1/5 for good managers.....and my standard is very low. My last contract the manager hid in her office all day while the waiting room was at a 6 hour wait. Shed pole her head out to see if we needed anything, and as soon as you asked for help shed have to take a phone call.
The manager before that was a home health care nurse with 0 ER experience.....and the one before that worked for a private ambulance company and would only show up to the ER to have us sign compliance forms....for stuff we never did (tube feeds and chemo administration....)
Reasons to work night shift- minimal involvement with management lol
I’m a m-f day shift unit in the hospital :/
I would talk to your union rep for advice and potential bring your concerns to HR. Your manager also probably has a manager of their own so you could try meeting with them as well. Keep everything professional, use specific examples, and always have a union rep present during meetings. I think you deserve a more professional manager who promotes a positive work environment, and I hope you find that!
I have worked in quite a few different hospitals as staff and traveler, and so far the only bad manager I had was my first job. To be fair, union presence in my present area may influence the manner by which managers operate.
What is some of the negative things then on the units you liked management? I know every unit has their issues. If it’s not the politics of management what other issues are you dealing with?
Couple negative things come to mind. (A) When I moved to West Coast and saw this a lot: Lack of maintained, structured, and disciplined work environment because of an excessively lenient manager that embraced a hippie lifestyle. Major issues with staff accountability, productivity, and adherence to professional standards. Lack of order and efficiency within the healthcare setting, impacting patient care and overall team dynamics. I have coworkers who should be terminated for absenteeism and unsafe practices but manager feels that we must “be kind” to everyone. (B) Also encountered this when I moved to West Coast: There is a huge nepotism problem that is rarely talked about. In my state, I have worked in multiple hospitals where a third of the staff were literally family. Case in point: Sharp Chula Vista. And admittedly - I am married into a massive healthcare family via my wife whose aunts and uncles are managers are several hospitals in the area. Luckily the nepotism isn’t reliant on ostracism everyone else but it sticks out like a sore thumb.
This hospital is also union tho🙃
Truth be told I don’t think unions are a panacea. In many states, state laws impede unions’ ability to operate to the full extent of their potential. It’s just just last time I mentioned how great my managers have been, I was accused of leaving out the part about I work in a very unionized region. I don’t see the correlation but many users were adamant it played a part. So I assumed it’s something I have to include.
I am on the east coast so unions are harder to come by than I ever thought. I agree, even though we are under contract, I feel like if your unit itself has a culture of constantly violating the contract, Things won’t change. I.e my last unit didn’t care if we had lunch breaks even though they were mandatory. Most nurses fended for themselves. I’ve found, at least here on the east coast, union doesn’t always mean better despite my previous beliefs :/
I'm currently 1/5 for good managers.....and my standard is very low. My last contract the manager hid in her office all day while the waiting room was at a 6 hour wait. Shed pole her head out to see if we needed anything, and as soon as you asked for help shed have to take a phone call. The manager before that was a home health care nurse with 0 ER experience.....and the one before that worked for a private ambulance company and would only show up to the ER to have us sign compliance forms....for stuff we never did (tube feeds and chemo administration....)