Purchase Solution

Handeling the Termination of a Friend in the Workplace

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

A difficult situation can result when personal and working relationships are combined. You have been assigned to a new area as the nurse leader, where a good friend of the family has worked for many years. You are made aware of multiple issues of tardiness by your friend over the last few months. Discuss how you would handle the situation.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This solution discusses handling the termination of a friend as a nurse manager in the workplace and lays out various strategies in approaching this difficult responsibility.

Solution Preview

Here is assistance with this question.

HR Management
A difficult situation can result when personal and working relationships are combined. You have been assigned to a new area as the nurse leader, where a good friend of the family has worked for many years. You are made aware of multiple issues of tardiness by your friend over the last few months. Discuss how you would handle the situation.

This type of situation can be very delicate and needless to say, you do not want to jeopardize a long standing family friendship. It is a shame that the last leader in this area did not already address this issue but waited so you could address the problem. Even though it appears that the tardiness is over that last few months, this behavior has probably been occurring as you the new nurse leader took over the position. If possible, have a ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Stress Continuum

All humans experience stress and a certain level is motivating for learning. However, a high level of stress for prolonged periods of time may have a negative impact. This information focuses on the four stages of stress. Understanding stress assists in maintaining a healthy level.

Crohn's Disease

How much do you know about this condition?

Labor and Delivery

Do you know about the stages of delivery? Find out with this quiz!

Vitals about a Patient's Vitals

Basic questions about blood pressure and measurements.

What everyone should know about MRSA

This quiz focuses on what everyone should know about community MRSA. Community MSRA is an infection in healthy people.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Professional communications in the workplace

    A better way to give bad news. Found July 24, 2012: http://www.85broads.com/experts/peggy-klaus-2/a-better-way-to-give-bad-news Professional communications in the workplace

  • example of discrimination

    179034 Describe an example of discrimination you have seen in the workplace. Please help me with some ideas for these questions: Discussion Questions: Describe an example of discrimination you have seen in the workplace.

  • Blind Side

    This solution also discusses improving the flow of communications in the workplace and benefits of self-discovery.

  • Three Things You Learned in MGT 434

    Management cannot terminate an employee because s/he has a disability or is of a certain religion, race, creed, etc. If unions are involved in the workplace, the grounds for termination also are different due to the policies that must be followed.

  • Professional Communication Skills

    In person, appearance would be important, focusing on a professional look for an interview, in comparison to meeting a friend. Of course, you would shake hands, look the interviewer in the eye and give your undivided attention.

  • Employment Law Application: Employment termination of Mary

    As you organize your thinking to provide a legal analysis of the case you prepared in week two, you make mental notes about what you need to include: a. How to incorporate the concept of equity in the workplace into the legal analysis; b.

  • Diversity and Sexual Harassment

    References: Making Diversity Work: 7 Steps for Defeating Bias in the Workplace Sondra Thiederman, Kaplan Publishing, 2008 Handbook of Workplace Diversity, Alison M Konrad, Pushkala Prasad (ed), Judith Pringle, SAGE, 2006 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

  • Wrongful Termination of Employee

    Wrongful Termination of an Employee: Within the workplace, there are several factors which may result to the termination of an employee which may either be supported by the constitution or the available law within a country or not.

  • Firing Low Performing Employees

    More than likely, you would act in a way that is above how you'd usually act in the workplace, knowing your job is immediately at stake. It creates a very hostile environment in the workplace.

View More Related Solutions