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| Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007
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| hello to all hello to all, my name is colleen kochman, i'm a pacu nurse at community general hospital in syr. n.y. cgh employees are members of 1199seiu upstate. i'm interested in trends in staffing esp. call and utilization of pacu staff in non-traditional environs-ie endoscopy, radiology closed reduction orthopedic procedures. any info on how to convince management that mandating staff is not the best long term solution to staffing issues? thanks, col |
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| Administrator | Re: hello to all Hi, Colleen! Nice to meet you! I wish I could help you on the staffing bit, but we've had problems with staffing, also. In fact, one nurse called at 3 p. m. Sunday (beginning of her shift!) and QUIT! Anyhow, I hope to see more of your posts on the site. 'Cat'
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| Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Louisville, Ky
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| Re: hello to all I'd like to see management work that extra 4 hours after thier 12 hour shift..... |
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| aKa MagRedC5 | Re: hello to all :welcome1: Welcome Colleen! LOL, the civilian nurses that work in PACU at Madigan Army Medical Center have it EASY. Even though they are on call... seldom are they called in because our ICU becomes a PACU on the weekends along with our OWN patients.
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| Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia
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