guilty or not.... excuse me for any grammer/silly/english mistakes

[vnuwish]

I work in a psych unit :uhoh3:and whenever the census is low a nurse gets pulled to some medical floor if needed. :eek:some of the nurses who claim that they are not medically trained dont want to get pulled to a different floor . however some of the nurses including me work on medical floor when needed . according to hospital policy all nurses take turns when they are needed on other floor . i was pulled to another floor last week and when i was told that they were pulling me again to a different floor this week :mad:i told them that i was pulled last week and requested to please let someone else take a turn this time:idea:am i right or wrong ... should i be feeling guilty :confused:because some one else had to go to another floor because i didnt .:argue:

[Tait, MSN, RN]

We use a float log to maintain a fair rotation. When things are really slow one might wind up with float dates fairly close together, but that just happens. We all have access to see when we were floated, as well as the dates of the other nurses.

I am not sure how the experience levels of your floor play into it though. The only nurses not allowed to float are new grads or nurses that currently precepting.

I work on a med/surg floor, so most of us can integrate into most other floors. I would not feel it is fair however if I was getting floated more often than others because of a percieved difference in skill set.

Best of luck.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

If it's hospital policy that who gets floated off rotated, then don't feel guilty at all. It's just following policy.

Be glad that policy exists. Back in the olden days when I was a new nurse, it was always me because I was new and seniority ruled as far as rotation and low-census-ing went.

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

Speaking of creativity (in another thread), your use of emoticons is...creative!

There should be a float log. Why is there not one kept on your unit?

[Deb123j]

At my hospital they don't have psych nurses float to floors to work. The only thing they can do is be a sitter with patients.

Don't know why???

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Deb, a psych nurse who has no experience since nursing school, with IV pumps, chest tubes, trachs, NG tubes, and other gadgets not usually used in psych, wouldn't know what to do.

If, on the other hand, he or she has had some recent med/surg experience, it's another story.

Where I've worked, and been floated to other floors, I've only been allowed to go if I've had some orientation there. Otherwise, yes, I'd just be a sitter, although, I could do everything I was capable of doing, for that particular patient.