Nurses General Nursing
Published Aug 8, 2002
2ndCareerRN
583 Posts
I have had it working in an ED where my 2nd RN has no idea which way is up, and a tech.
I want to start notifying TBTB about this and am looking for ideas for a form I can fill out and forward through to everybody and their brother.
If your facility uses a form, and you can fax me one, it would be even better. Please PM me for fax number if you are willing to do this for me.
thanks
bob
DelGR
124 Posts
Are you affiliated with a union? The constituent members of the ANA usually have a formal unsafe staffing form that you fill out and send to them. Usually you keep the original or a copy, give a copy to the nurse manager and one gets faxed to the constituent member of ANA. Some unsafe staffing forms are titled -- Assignment Despite Opposition or Assignment Against Protest.
You could always do a Report of Contact or Memo and give a copy to your Nurse Manager. At least they (management) get put on notice that something is wrong and will have to bear some of the responsibility if anything happens to a patient.
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
10 Articles; 18,362 Posts
Unsafe Staffing/Assignment Despite Objection Forms
http://www.florenceproject.org/adodisclaim.shtml
http://www.ufcw141nurses.org/staffing.htm
http://www.ufcw141nurses.org/objection.htm
http://www.mnnurses.org/safestaffing/index.htm
http://www.mnnurses.org/practice/ConcernForPractice.PDF
http://www.nurseallianceca.org/resources/ado.pdf
teeituptom, BSN, RN
4,283 Posts
Howdy yall
from deep in the heat of texas
just keep documenting and always keep a certified copy for yourself