We all love money...but we don't all love to budget! This week working on budgeting was a new thing for me. I live my life on somewhat of a budget, but definitely not a strict budget. Maybe that is why this week assignment was not super easy for me. Another reason I think that it was difficult was because I felt that cutting nursing budget was the most obvious answer to the problem, but this was so personal to me at the same time. As an RN, I almost felt bad for thinking that I should cut budget from fellow RNs. But, as a manager I'm sure feelings like this would not be foreign since each manager started out as a nurse. I also think feelings like this are a good thing, and help us realize that each budget cut we make is not just a number, but can also be a person and their well being. Although it wasn't super fun to cut the budget, I tried to find a way to cut budget from the RN wages, but increase budget for the support staff. This I felt would help the RN feel valued, and supported while on the floor. As a leader on the unit, I feel that a nurse manager needs to make the staff feel valued and supported. I hope that if I was actually working with a real budget, and the cuts I made were affecting real people, that they would feel that with the arrangements I made I was keeping their best interest in mind and not just making cuts without understanding who each cut would affect.
From now on my thought process will be a little different when hearing things about budget...more than me just rolling my eyes ;)
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