Wondering how other PACUs handle staffing overnight. Currently, our unit staffs one RN overnight 2130-0700 Mon-Thurs. Our managers want to eliminate the in-house night shift RN position and cover the unit with overnight call shifts instead. Currently, we only take call Friday-Sunday night and between the 30 of us, it isn't a problem. Wondering how other units have full-time employees working Monday-Friday pick up that much call overnight during the week.
How does this work if your normal hours are 4 days a week and then you have to take a weeknight call shift that week?
We cover on call from 7pm-7am and on the weekends and holidays (7am-7am). During our monthly meeting the calendar goes around the room and everyone takes a call shift until they are all filled. Ends up being 1-2 per week. IF you're there all night and you're the working the next day, you'll be the first one called off.
If you worked all night, and then still have to be there all day, how do they decide when you can go home?
If you worked all night, and then still have to be there all day, how do they decide when you can go home?
When enough rooms have closed that they can go down a nurse.
I have done a 26 hour call day (got called in at 6:30am on Saturday and my relief person wanted to take a shower when I called her on Sunday at 6:30am so didn't get there until sometime after 8am.
We had a nurse that just did her 12 hour shift.. (started at 7:30am) but was on call and need up being there until 1:30am, went home and got called back after an hours sleep... was there when I came back the next day at 8 am... she was scheduled that day too... we tried to get her out as soon as we could , but they kept on adding on cases and so she ended up working until 4pm. (started 7:30am on Monday.... worked until 4pm Tuesday on one hour of sleep).
It's pretty rare, but it happens... and no... not one of us thinks it's safe for the patient, or us (especially on that drive home).
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If you worked all night, and then still have to be there all day, how do they decide when you can go home?