Float pool nursing

[2ndcareerRN_2004]

Hi All,

I am considering doing float pool nursing in a hospital b/c it would mean better pay and better hours. I am also thinking it would be nice to not get involved with unit politics. Any advice? Advantages? Disadvantages? I am in a very toxic unit right now and it is absolutely horrible. I try to ignore it, but I feel like I get caught up in it all, by even ignoring it. I am looking for a change.

Thanks in advance!

[Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN]

You should ask the HR personel how will the preceptorship be set up. In our hospital a new Per-Diem RN is sent 2 or 3 nights per unit to orient on. Here he/she will learn the specifics of every unit.

It might be a bit harder for you to adapt to the unit nursing since ER is quite different from Med/surg and LTC. Either ways I wish you the best of luck and ask anything you are not sure about.

[suanna]

God Bless You if you can do it. We have never been able to mantain a floot pool for any length of time. Nurses find an area they like and bid on a position on that unit. Personaly I abhor change and would rapidly loose my mind if I had to float to a different specialty every night. The biggest advantage I an see is if you have a patient from h*** tonight odds are you will be somewhere else tomorow.