Individual Behavior

     One thing I wish my most recent employer would understand is the connection between job satisfaction, rewarding the employee, and job performance. A happy/satisfied worker performs more efficiently and effectively than an unsatisfied employee. My recent employer did not see that rewarding the employee and acknowledging their good work would result in that employee feeling appreciated and good about him/herself. High self-esteem about one’s work results in stronger motivation and will to do better. Highly motivated personnel develop a loyalty and pride for the organization that he or she works for and should be strived for by the employer. Satisfaction, reward, and performance can be recognized as a continuing circle. Satisfaction leads to good performance, reward for good performance leads to satisfaction, and a strong performing & productive worker leads to a satisfied worker.

      My recent employer had in a sense, tunnel vision. She was so focused on staffing statistics and what the patient care statistics were, but not so concerned about what could be done to improve patient care. She did not recognize the hard work of the nurses she supervised and the supporting staff rather she only criticized flaws resulting in the entire unit doing the bare minimum, trying to avoid attention being drawn to any individual. If the employer instead acknowledged when a nurse made an effort to help her coworkers and create/perform a procedure for the benefit of patient care or the unit as a whole, then she would see the entire staff begin to work together with the main goal being to make steps towards unit improvement.