Nurse Manager
By Rob Cameron
I am currently a nurse manager for a 30 bed Surgical Trauma and Telemetry unit at a Level I trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Prior to this, I was a staff nurse in the Emergency Department. I have work in Med/Surg, Critical Care, Hospice, Rehab and pretty much anywhere I am needed. Prior to my career in nursing I worked in healthcare finance and management. I feel this give me a perspective on nursing that managers never see. Away from work I spend all my time with my wife and daughter. I enjoy running and swimming, and am a die-hard NASCAR fan. So, Sundays you can find me watching the race with my daughter. more
Stranger in a strange land
Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.
Read more...Not enough time
I have not been on here blogging for a couple of weeks, I have been so busy I am going out of my mind. I started my new job, which is good, but from the minute I get up in the morning until the minute I go to bed I am rushing. I know you [...]
Read more...Changes
Next week I start a new job. I am making a complete change in what I will be doing in nursing.
Read more...Nursing unions
I’ve blogged about how I felt that unions are only out for one thing, that is to increase the power of the union. Not the power of its members, the nurses, but the power of the union leaders. But…now I’m a union member.
Read more...Times are tough
I am looking for a new job. I have submitted at least 15 applications to various hospitals and clinics, for various units, for staff, charge nurse and management positions. I have received “no” from about half of those already.
Read more...Nervous
Tomorrow I start my new position as affiliate faculty for one of the college of nursing programs. That’s a fancy name for a clinical instructor. I am pretty excited about it, but at the same time I am pretty nervous. How the heck do I monitor seven students on two floors and ensure they don’t [...]
Read more...Make it big
If you are going to make a change, I say make it a big one. That’s what I am doing. I am having problems at work right now, I am not at liberty to say, but I will as soon as I know what is happening to me. So this week I have been interviewing [...]
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