Blog spotlight: Making the leap from "one of us" to "one of them"
Nurse Leader Weekly, August 8, 2011
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One day you're part of the group. Helping each other out, complaining about never having the supplies you want when you need them, and chipping in for pot luck holiday meals. The next, you're promoted to manager and suddenly you become "one of them."
Becoming a nurse manager is a tough transition for anyone, but it's even harder when you become manager of the same unit where you worked as a staff nurse. Suddenly, you're the one with the power—you can finally make the decisions you've always wanted to—but you also have all the responsibility.
One of the hardest issues to navigate is reconfiguring the relationships between yourself and your former peers. It's key to acknowledge that the relationship has changed and that your new role is quite different.
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