NR 395 Week 2 Journal Entry # 1 Form
Directions
1.Review the guidelines and the grading rubrics for this assignment.
2.Please post questions to the Q & A Forum or contact your instructor.
3.Complete each section. This is not a scholarly paper. You may write in the first person, and you do not need to follow APA format, but you are expected to write in complete sentences and use proper grammar and correct spelling.
4.Use Microsoft Word 2013 (or higher) to complete this assigned form. Save as a .docx document.
5.Submit this journal entry by Sunday, end of Week 2.
Question Your Response
1.Identify a professional nursing-
related issue and how you initially experienced this personally in the work environment.One of the most important issues I find in nursing that is
most difficult to address is civility and promoting a healthy work environment. I experienced the opposite as a “newcomer” in a recently built urgent care (UC) that had been built 6 months prior. I encountered bullying, incivility, harassment, and hostility, from an x-
ray technician, repeatedly over eight years. 2.Describe how the situation unfolded including the key players and their roles (no The original staff that helped to set up the UC had obviously worked hard to establish the unit protocols, job duties, and consequently, “hierarchy” – regardless of
NR395 Journal Entry #1 Form 3/2019 CJM 1 names used to protect confidentiality). Identify the type of issue reflected in the situation.job title. They had “done their time” or paid their penance by being farmed out to other UC’s while it was being brought into full-time operation. It was viewed, at
the time of my hire, as unfair that I was not going to be sent to other units to learn the ropes. I offered to my management the willingness to travel to other units and gather insight and experience. The manager and regional manager vetoed the idea, as per their explanation to me as well as the staff, that I was already considered senior in my experience, based on ICU/CCU, NICU, ECMO, and administrative experience spanning twenty years and, the open spot on the shift needed to be filled after my six week orientation. One of the original staff, an x-ray technician, verbalized her complaints loudly to existing staff and management claiming favoritism and made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that she could make or break people – “even nurses”. She proclaimed that “all who worked at the unit were equal, had to carry their weight” and therefore, “everyone was a nurse, regardless of education”. Over the course of eight years
I fell victim to her scathing incivility, harassment, malicious rumors, bullying, finger-pointing, and NR395 Journal Entry #1 Form 3/2019 CJM 2
Directions
1.Review the guidelines and the grading rubrics for this assignment.
2.Please post questions to the Q & A Forum or contact your instructor.
3.Complete each section. This is not a scholarly paper. You may write in the first person, and you do not need to follow APA format, but you are expected to write in complete sentences and use proper grammar and correct spelling.
4.Use Microsoft Word 2013 (or higher) to complete this assigned form. Save as a .docx document.
5.Submit this journal entry by Sunday, end of Week 2.
Question Your Response
1.Identify a professional nursing-
related issue and how you initially experienced this personally in the work environment.One of the most important issues I find in nursing that is
most difficult to address is civility and promoting a healthy work environment. I experienced the opposite as a “newcomer” in a recently built urgent care (UC) that had been built 6 months prior. I encountered bullying, incivility, harassment, and hostility, from an x-
ray technician, repeatedly over eight years. 2.Describe how the situation unfolded including the key players and their roles (no The original staff that helped to set up the UC had obviously worked hard to establish the unit protocols, job duties, and consequently, “hierarchy” – regardless of
NR395 Journal Entry #1 Form 3/2019 CJM 1 names used to protect confidentiality). Identify the type of issue reflected in the situation.job title. They had “done their time” or paid their penance by being farmed out to other UC’s while it was being brought into full-time operation. It was viewed, at
the time of my hire, as unfair that I was not going to be sent to other units to learn the ropes. I offered to my management the willingness to travel to other units and gather insight and experience. The manager and regional manager vetoed the idea, as per their explanation to me as well as the staff, that I was already considered senior in my experience, based on ICU/CCU, NICU, ECMO, and administrative experience spanning twenty years and, the open spot on the shift needed to be filled after my six week orientation. One of the original staff, an x-ray technician, verbalized her complaints loudly to existing staff and management claiming favoritism and made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that she could make or break people – “even nurses”. She proclaimed that “all who worked at the unit were equal, had to carry their weight” and therefore, “everyone was a nurse, regardless of education”. Over the course of eight years
I fell victim to her scathing incivility, harassment, malicious rumors, bullying, finger-pointing, and NR395 Journal Entry #1 Form 3/2019 CJM 2
