Okay, all you hospital department educators. We understand that JCAHO regulations require certain staff development days, and you all understand what an imposition many of feel having to arrange to work completely different hours than we are normally scheduled for. So, my question is, if you are required to provide 8 hours a year of education to your staff, and your staff work days, evenings, nights and weekends, why are staff development days scheduled from 9-5, times that almost NO ONE works in the hospital?? Why can't the days be 7-3, or 3-11, or even 11-7 on a rotation so that no one has to find other baby sitting arrangements? How about those orientations?? Two weeks of rearranging, often split up so that it drags on over a month. It is not easy just to "find other arrangements" for your kids!! Many times those of us who work evenings or nights end up have to work doubles, because we are expected to work our shift even though we have had to accommodate the educators and be educated when they work? Are there any enlightened work places that understand that if you sign up to work days, evenings, nights, or weekends it is because that is when you are available to work? Help!! :angryfire
