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Would any nurse be more willing to work for a hospital unit if they offerred a time share vacation place as a perk.? My brain is scheming, any response is welcomed. Thanks;)

Specializes in ICU/CCU/OB/ONCOLOGY.

I agree with the majority who think money might be more enticing.

The other thing I would LOVE to see is a more participatory approach with mangement leading and asking staff for their thoughts AND actually paying attention to what they say.

Too much lip service is given by administrators when it's us in the trenches who actually know what we need. Heck, we might even be willing to work with admin to get it if we thought it would happen.

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Don't do it!!! A time share is a huge pain in the a**! They can be nice while you're visiting, but you have to pay maintenance fees every year, and any "special assessment fees" they decide to throw in as well. Also, they're impossible to get rid of. We're going to be donating ours to Donate for a Cause.

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I've sold two and made a tiny profit on each, so they aren't impossible. Plus we use ours (two of them) every year and have been for years. The trick is never buy them new. Look for used ones, you'll get a much better deal. As for the annual fee, it's minimal and still comes to far less than booking somewhere else. Our kids love the place and we plan to turn the timeshares over to them some day.

As far as the original question, I don't think it would entice me much. Unless you buy a bunch of them who is going to get it for the week that it's available?

A cash bonus would be much more appreciated. As said before, also better staffing.

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Nope I wouldn't even work extra when they were offering bonus' for extra shifts per quarter.

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When I take vacation, I want to go FAR away - lol.

Same here!!

I would like to see an improvement in moral in the nursing department in general. More staff would definitely be a step in the right direction. If management would place a strong emphasis on "team work" when hiring new staff, more nurses would enjoy coming into work everyday, despite what the conditions of the day are like.

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If you had the option of working for a hospital , say an ICU unit, of about 30 nurses in all, and that hospital was offering a vacation cabin(very nice) about 2hrs away from work, and just your unit used the cabin retreat all year long. Each nurse could sign up for when she and her family wanted to use it-free of charge!! Now if you had to choose which hospital to work for, the one that offered this or nothing. It's about doing something for the nurses that are already there and have been there for years and years- retention. What are they doing for us to retain us long-term.?

If you had the option of working for a hospital , say an ICU unit, of about 30 nurses in all, and that hospital was offering a vacation cabin(very nice) about 2hrs away from work, and just your unit used the cabin retreat all year long. Each nurse could sign up for when she and her family wanted to use it-free of charge!! Now if you had to choose which hospital to work for, the one that offered this or nothing. It's about doing something for the nurses that are already there and have been there for years and years- retention. What are they doing for us to retain us long-term.? :twocents:

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If you had the option of working for a hospital , say an ICU unit, of about 30 nurses in all, and that hospital was offering a vacation cabin(very nice) about 2hrs away from work, and just your unit used the cabin retreat all year long. Each nurse could sign up for when she and her family wanted to use it-free of charge!! Now if you had to choose which hospital to work for, the one that offered this or nothing. It's about doing something for the nurses that are already there and have been there for years and years- retention. What are they doing for us to retain us long-term.?

Ok, if the perk were in a vacuum, nothing else could be considered ("this or nothing" as you say) then of course, people would rather have something than nothing. But really, is this ever the case? No. People have a choice to stay where they are because they want to be there for all the reasons that are important to them, or they can go somewhere else that offers them those priorities.

You're betting that the 30 nurses in that one unit would refuse to jump ship ONLY because you're offering a place they can go free of charge for a long weekend. Or a week. Or whatever the ensuing fistfight leaves open because seniority will come into play and a good portion of your staff will NEVER get to use it when they want. See if I'm wrong.

But back to that jumping ship: people do that when the working conditions are such, or the pay is such, that they don't want to be there anymore. It is really not because things are EXACTLY the same at Hospital B, except that they are going to let them use a timeshare. And if it were, those same nurses jumping ship would find themselves at the bottom of the request pile, as those who were there longer would get first dibs on prime weekends and holiday times.

Bonuses that can be equally divided (say, bonus CHECKS) are more appreciated. That can then be used for a weekend away if they want, or more holiday gifts for the kids, or Mom's nursing home stay.

Money, staffing, ratios, approved/enough time off...that's what retains your nurses.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Along with a gas card..... especially if in homecare.

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Specializes in ER.
If you had the option of working for a hospital , say an ICU unit, of about 30 nurses in all, and that hospital was offering a vacation cabin(very nice) about 2hrs away from work, and just your unit used the cabin retreat all year long. Each nurse could sign up for when she and her family wanted to use it-free of charge!! Now if you had to choose which hospital to work for, the one that offered this or nothing. It's about doing something for the nurses that are already there and have been there for years and years- retention. What are they doing for us to retain us long-term.?

It's a nice idea, but I would still want to know how you staff when someone calls in sick. Or do I get a break during the shift, or if I get in a scuffle over patient care, will my NM stand behind me?

On my list of priorities the timeshare would be so far down the list that it essentially wouldn't matter. Use that money and deliberately overstaff- call it a resource nurse who can help in ICU or be called by other hospital units to help problem solve, or teach when a doc is doing a procedure on the floor, or let him/her take over the ICU patients waiting to be transferred from the ER...now that would get my attention.

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Same here!!

I would like to see an improvement in moral in the nursing department in general. More staff would definitely be a step in the right direction. If management would place a strong emphasis on "team work" when hiring new staff, more nurses would enjoy coming into work everyday, despite what the conditions of the day are like.

Teamwork only happens when there are enough members of the team. I don't think a timeshare would make the decision as to if I would stay or even work extra. I work extra because someone called in and I know how it is on my unit. That it isn't like that all the time. That your not going to get screwed when you do work extra.

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Specializes in OB.
If you had the option of working for a hospital , say an ICU unit, of about 30 nurses in all, and that hospital was offering a vacation cabin(very nice) about 2hrs away from work, and just your unit used the cabin retreat all year long. Each nurse could sign up for when she and her family wanted to use it-free of charge!! Now if you had to choose which hospital to work for, the one that offered this or nothing. It's about doing something for the nurses that are already there and have been there for years and years- retention. What are they doing for us to retain us long-term.?

I could see this creating dissension on the unit - not promoting retention. You would have major issues as to who get which weeks/weekends/holidays at the unit. How would it be decided? First to request? Seniority? The "I've got kids so I should have summer holidays" one? I can see complaints no matter how you choose to allot it.

Nope - I think improved working conditions, staffing, pay would be a much better use of the money.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

merged both threads together....

Thanks for trying to think out of the box re retention idea.....you can see our members responses what appeals to them.

Since you reposted this with different title, I wonder if you are listening to our members responses or subtly trying to recruit?

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I'm just curious, I gave up my rn license a couple years ago cause it sucked so bad, I hated it and I would like to do something good/great for all the nurses that are still digging thru the hell everyday of short staffing. No I'm not a recruiter, really. I'm sorry if you think that. But I really do feel sorry for you nurses. I will always feel like a nurse but my heart couldn't take feeling the guilt everynight for feeling like I did a crappy job, always. Tears every night. Forget it!!!!!!!

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