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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Health Care
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Nurses are often required to assume management and supervisory roles as they enter the field. This is difficult for new hires that lack leadership training.
| "When I think of some of our new RNs that are coming in, they may have had that CNA experience. They're ready to go, they're smart, and they're tech-savvy. But the one thing that they haven't done—if they haven't worked through the path in health care—is have leadership experience. And so they're brand new, they're out on the floor, now they're being challenged in their work areas by needing to supervise staff, direct some care, answer to families, and so just a little more leadership would be helpful. Question: So, they haven't had that kind of experience? Employer: Right. It ties into not having had a leadership position before. And now we're putting them into that role, and finding that they're very challenged with that. Question: You see that particularly with recent graduates? This may be their first job out of school? Employer: Someone who's maybe a second-career student that has life experience behind them comes in with more natural leadership ability—maybe it's the 35-year-old RN versus the 25-year-old RN." |
Northwest |
| "Employer 1: I think they're great at what they do, but how to relate to the challenges. And sometimes the CNAs that report to them are kind of difficult, especially with them not being graduates. Question: So, if you're an LPN, you're going to have CNAs reporting to you? Employer 1: It depends on the shift. If we have our LPN as a charge nurse, then the CNAs will have to report to them. Employer 2: We have LPNs who are team leaders for our CNAs. But we also have RN supervisors who are directing the care for that, in either a work area or the entire building, on the late shifts." |
Northwest |
| "Question: And do the RNs sometimes have the same struggles with leadership? Employer: Some, yes. And again it's the newer employees. But, you know, for some it's just because they haven't had the experience of being in a leadership position before." |
Northwest |