Comments on: Don’t burn your bridges

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:12:17 +0000

I could not agree more with the exception of the “clicks” that are still in fashion, mostly when all the hospitals are under one system. Clicks have a habit of sizing people up, and no matter what one can not shake it, even if it’s the biggest lie ever told. There are several healthcare systems here that have clicks that make a round table dicussion look like kindergarden. This state also puts out a high volume of nurses, yet everyone wonders why there is a very high number of out of state nurses that have to come in to work. Just be careful.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:43:55 +0000

I have always been of the opinion that when I leave a job, I should be able to turn right around and apply there again …. You just don’t know who will be your next co-worker/boss/etc . . . and unless you want to totally relocate, you will probably see them again!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:37:34 +0000

On the same token, I have seen that when I have left a position and people have been jerks and non-supportive, I remember the behavior and poor nursing skills. Nurse managers will come up to me to ask me about a person when they know that I worked with them at a facility and got my opinion-Needless to say, they were not hired.

By: Shannon Weaver

Shannon Weaver — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:56:39 +0000

This is so true and I wish more of our new grad nurses realized this. Recently one of the new grad nurses I worked with on oure Telemetry unit burned a major bridge at her first ever nursing job. We all tried to help and warn her but she had to make her own mistakes. I wish her well at her new job but don’t really think the grass is really greener there.

By: colleen

colleen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:56:29 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. as a nursing instructor I would tell students that their behvior in the classroom was so important and that we were working as a team. Those students who ignored the message did so at their peril. When job/ school recommendation time came along (as it always does) I was brutally honest about their abilities and interpersonal skills.

By: Ericka Garcia

Ericka Garcia — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:26:50 +0000

Oh man so there is one of those in every nursing class I thought it was just ours, but heres the thing she is not only a cna but an flunky from 2 other nursing programs, but she knows it all or think she does…..LOL man I would hate to see how she will interact with the physicans when we start our clinicals if she is always trying to correct our teachers I can only imagine what she will do.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:43:26 +0000

Rob, I could not agree with you more. I think in life, in general, it does not pay to make enemies or burn bridges. Being involved in pediatrics, homecare and phone triage, it is amazing how many former co-workers I have run into on the job, or worked with people who know former work mates. Nursing may be a universal profession, but that said, we live in a small universe.

By: Sean Dent

Sean Dent — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:19:38 +0000

You are so right Rob. I think this small nugget of information should be ‘taught’ to the nursing students during basic nursing skills – this is Nursing 101. Heck this is proper professional conduct across the board.
Life is a circle and what goes around comes around. Be sure to keep all your bridges open for traffic – coming and going.
Great advice.

By: Rebekah Child

Rebekah Child — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:34:19 +0000

Oh this is SOOO true! I always tell my nursing students that! Be careful what you say, do and how you leave places because you never know, you may show up for a job interview one day and the person interviewing you is that person whose bridge you burned!