Can you believe this??!!! ...and with a nursing shortage!

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OMG, I'm so frustrated! I just took a full time position in medical/telemetry and put in for a PRN position in our OR (where I've been working for the past year). I got home today and listened to a message from the OR manager explaining to me that Human Resources won't allow me to hold both positions at the same time. UNREAL! A lousy payroll glitch is preventing me from working in the OR! She said there was a problem with how the hours came out...with OT and all. HOW STUPID IS THAT?! After all the training and money they put into my training in the OR....a "payroll" problem is preventing me from working in the department causing me to look to other hospitals for the PRN opportunity.

STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!!!! I can't believe how stupid the reasoning is on this. I also can't wait to talk to someone in HR tomorrow.

And they say it's hard to find good nurses....good grief!

Anne:angryfire

"Are they on crack????"

Specializes in CVICU, ER, NICU, Neuro ICU, Flight Nurse.

At the hospital I work in Corpus Christi we have a thing called IHSS. This program is an In House Staffing Supplement where the pay a bit less than a traveler. I helps to reduce the amount of Travelers and Agency Nurses that come though the hospital and helps with retention of employees. With that, you can work as "Agency" (Where EVER) without leaving. It is one of the few perks of where I work...and I mean few. Any way, this knocks out the whole paying conflicts. You could suggest the idea... ??? good luck, HR is HR is HR is HR...Enough SAID!

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Specializes in ICU/CCU (PCCN); Heme/Onc/BMT.

The name of the game in my small hospital is FLOATING !!

Interesting, the O.R. is adequately staffed. I've actually never heard of anyone floating to or from the O.R.

However . . .

I've done PACU, Med/Surg (helped out with meds, vitals, etc), ER and ICU/CCU in one night.

In a hopsital that only holds about 35 beds, you got to do what you got to do . . . or not work.

I do love my job, though. I especially like starting in the ER then going with my patient and continuing his/her care in the ICU/CCU. Way cool!

Ted

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