Another word for "pulling"?

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I'm doing a debate against "pulling" Rn's to floors they do not normally work.

What is another word for this? When I google "pulling nurses" a gazillion things that have nothing to do with the topic come up... Is there another way I can phrase this?

Thanks

Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.

Whatever you want to call it, it still stinks... hate it when I get pulled.

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Yeah, I'd like to see how well other personnel can do if they are sent to a different department and expected to function up to par...

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Sometimes the best term is sheisting or taking extreme advantage of!

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well! I have been searching for over 3 hours and cannot find any research that has been done specifically on this issue! :(

I can think of a million reasons why this is a bad idea, but cannot find any research to back it up. I have found articles on short staffing, overtime, and even the difference in am/pm shifts in relation to patient care - but not floating!

Is this issue under the radar or am I just not looking in the right places? :hdvwl:

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.
It's for school

I thought it was too good to be true that administration was actually interested in obtaining nurses' input on the subject!

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

I've heard it called 'clustering'.

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Specializes in He who hesitates is probably right....

Considering our full time float nurses are paid considerably more than regular staff nurses, when staff nurses are floated (without any additional compensation) we call it "getting our cheeks spread".

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Regurgitated?

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Specializes in Acute Medicine.
well! I have been searching for over 3 hours and cannot find any research that has been done specifically on this issue! :(

I can think of a million reasons why this is a bad idea, but cannot find any research to back it up. I have found articles on short staffing, overtime, and even the difference in am/pm shifts in relation to patient care - but not floating!

Is this issue under the radar or am I just not looking in the right places? :hdvwl:

You are most likely not looking in the right places. I logged onto my school's library, accessed CINAHL and searched on the terms "nurs*" and "float*" then narrowed down the results using "Work Assignments". Found lots of articles that should be helpful to you.

Here's just a few of the 21 citations I found:

Advice, P.R.N. Understaffing: floating -- or sinking? Nursing, Sep2004; 34 (9): 12 (journal article - brief item, questions and answers) ISSN: 0360-4039 CINAHL AN: 2004164571

Competence increases comfort for float nurses. Roberts D MEDSURG Nursing, Jun2004; 13 (3): 142 (journal article - editorial) ISSN: 1092-0811 PMID: 15219161 CINAHL AN: 2004115418

The perils of floating: when nurses are directed to work outside their areas of expertise.

Govis L Nevada RNformation, 2002 Feb; 11 (1): 26 (journal article - legal cases, questions and answers) ISSN: 0273-4117 CINAHL AN: 2002042951

Hope this helps :)

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All the things I call it cannot be posted on the web :nono:

But, I cannot see how putting a med/surg nurse in L&D is ever a good idea

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Specializes in Operating Room Nursing.

Management tend to use the term 'redeploying' at my work.

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