How to adjust working on different floors everyday?

[Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter]

my new co worker said she is working different floors everyday in the nursing home. she is great, but she is junior to most of us since we all have a line and we only work 1 floor. She is casual but is getting full time hours because they are short everyday.

 

She says she likes the hours but it's scary to her because its stressful not knowing where she will work, but she loves the challenge she says.

 

Any advice? I can imagine cause now I am used to one floor since I am full time but before they put you everywhere if you are new.

[Davey Do]

I'm retired now, DribbleKing, but for 9 1/2 years, I worked all five psych units at Wrongway. Sometimes, in the days of 8 hour shifts, I worked as many as five units in five MN shifts.

The only recognition that I received was on my yearly evaluation- my supervisor said that I was "very flexible".

I was given the home unit of geriatric psych only after I complained that there were nurses with less seniority than me who were working the same unit every night.

My supervisor said, "We're going to be more fair now. Nurses will take turns being pulled to other units". I replied, "What would be fair would be for me not having to be pulled for 9 1/2 years!"

Actually, I didn't mind working other units- like your co worker said, it's more challenging. Keeps things fresh.

2 hours ago, DribbleKing97 said:

Any advice? 

Not really. The nurses would raise a fuss if a per diem or travelling nurse would work a unit when the regular nurse would be pulled from their home unit.

Continuity of care is an important plus in providing services to patients. When we work a unit we know, we have familiarity and time management on our side, so I don't see a problem with a casual pool nurse working a unit in need.