i am a manager in an er for thos eof you who don't know me. here is a situation i am trying to deal with right now.
in april we opened up four more beds, for a thru-care/fast track area. it required getting two more positions approved. the positions were approved.....but they were filled by people in the er already. these people were/are 3-11p, 9 days a pay period. the positions they filled were 1100-2330, 6 days a pay period. they seem to be still in the hriring process, to fill the positions these people worked (1500-2330). the problem is if i move them now, it short staffs the evening shift more than it already is at this time. i'm not so sure we could get enough agency to cover all the holes. yet, i am sure the people waiting for the move to 1100-2330 are getting anxious and maybe a little bit po'd.
so the question is.......do i hold them.................or let them make the move and deal with it?
one other note: the reason why holding them doesn't effect dayshift..............is because the prn's all suck up the dayshift hours. the majoraty of our prn's don't do evenings or nights.
please give me your thoughts..............thanks :)
