Archives for February, 2018

Having canvassed hundreds of nurses and midwives who are either aspiring to be manager or are already managing teams, one of the things that worries them the most is managing the workload.   These people have characterised it in the following ways:   “Putting out spot fires – no time to back burn!”   “Chaotic” […]

Are you like me? Are you a nurse who has been promoted into management without prior preparation, training or education on what nurse managers do?   I remember when I made this first transition many year ago now – how incompetent I felt and how stressful that was.   As soon as I became a […]