- Plan Your Education
- Explore Education Options
- Prepare for College
- Pay for College
- Apply to College
- How to Choose a Major
- Education Search Tools
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.
| "What I see happening is that most nurses don't have management skill sets. They get into the setting of long-term care, and they have to oversee nurses' aides. It would really help if they came in there knowing that they were going to be doing that, and were prepared to do that." | Southeast |
| "So, maybe with the nursing students include management skills instead of just having the hands-on care. You maybe also need to add that now—a nursing management piece—where they actually have a semester or two to prepare for that. Because, as a registered nurse, they will be a manager." | Southeast |
| "But when they get into, for instance, an assisted living facility or long-term care facility, one RN might need to oversee lots of work. It isn't just, 'I've got three or four people,' it's 'I've got maybe 30 people that I have to think about, and I have to oversee the care that everyone else does. I'm responsible for that.' So, that person needs to be able to figure all that out and prioritize and be able then to communicate what needs to be done. Prioritizing, communicating, and feeling comfortable with that. There is—especially for young people—understandably, a lot of angst about that. So, communication sometimes becomes, 'How comfortable do I feel not only communicating with people face-to-face, but also being able to prioritize, being able to say the right things, and making sure that right things are being done?' And that is challenging in that work setting for new people. We expect a lot out of our nurses. And, you know, if someone is experienced and you've developed personal confidence in them, it's a little easier. But for new people that are coming onboard—and often times we're hiring new people—it seems that's a challenge for them. And we really have to support them along the way, walk alongside them as they grow those skills." | Southeast |