You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPNs, and 15 FTE nursing aides, orderlies, and clerks. The schedule for the next 2 months is due in administration by next week, and you are beginning to work on it. Various requests have been submitted by personnel for vacations, educational conferences, time to attend a wedding, and long weekends, and a request from one nurse asks not to be rotated to weekend evenings or nights because her husband bowls on weekends, and she has no babysitter for their three young children. Then answer the following questions:
I am Nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs, 25 FTE LPNs, 15 FTE nursing aides, orderlies and clerks and i have to prepare scedule for next 2 months. So following will be my key points while preparing schedule.
You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff,...
You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPNs, and 15 FTE nursing aides, orderlies, and clerks. The schedule for the next 2 months is due in administration by next week, and you are beginning to work on it. Various requests have been submitted by personnel for vacations, educational conferences, time to attend a wedding, and long weekends, and a request from one nurse asks not to be rotated to...
You are director of nursing in a hospital that recently completed an expansion program and opened a new 36 bed medical/surgical unit. Recently you have not done too badly in keeping your nursing staff up to required levels in spite of a general shortage of nurses in your geographic region, but the opening of the new units has strained your resources to the extent where you are short several nurses. this shorage is particularly evident on the evening shift (3-11)....