If you had money to spend on your unit or staff---

[NanikRN]

I am a learning coach for an Accelerated BSN program as well as being a full time nurse on a med/surg floor. I have a student with me at least 2 days a week for the entire shift for an entire year and I am her coach--literally doing all her clinical teaching

This does involve quite a bit of extra work and the university she attends does pay a cash amount to the learning coaches in compensation. Which our hospital does not allow us to accept.

We--the other 2 learning coaches on our floor and I --just learned last week that although our hospital does not allow us to accept the money, THEY are!!!

For the year , this would amount to about $10,000 cumulatively (and that's just our floor) I know that's pocket change for large hospitals but still--

okay I accept the money is not going to me or my fellow nurse coaches. But I want a say in where it goes. If nothing else, I'd like to choose a charity to send it to. I earned it. The hospital has done nothing to earn this money!

But mostly, I'd like to propose that the money be directed to our unit to be spent on patient care items/nurse education/--i don't know what else

If you had that type of money to be spent on your unit--education materials--breakroom--patient resources, what would you request?

Bring on the suggestions!!

Ideas so far--

Ipods- with relaxation meditations and diff genre music playlist for pts to "check out"

Individual DVD players-as above

(really-many older people don't have the above)

blanket warmer--no we don't have one

[sistrmoon, BSN, RN]

Equipment that works. And a computer in every room(it is often hard to find one that works and then we have to push them room to room.)

Staffing: clerk for every night, including weekends. Enough staff so that the resource/charge doesn't have to take a full patient load.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Equipment that works. And a computer in every room(it is often hard to find one that works and then we have to push them room to room.)

Staffing: clerk for every night, including weekends. Enough staff so that the resource/charge doesn't have to take a full patient load.

She only has $10,000.00.

[sistrmoon, BSN, RN]

Yeah yeah. It's a wish list. I think a conference in Hawaii for all the staff may come in over budget too;)

[malestunurse]

Bar tab.

[NanikRN]

Love the bar tab suggestion. Lots of margaritas in that bar tab, lol

And the Hawaii trip or cruise would be for the clinical coaches if we could get the hospital to agree.

Of course, we'd be willing to tell them all about---I mean conduct an inservice. About the

cruis--conference.

I'm not feeling optomistic about my chances---

(I do feel fortunate. We have most of the supplies above except for computers in each room it IS hard to work without enough or the right equipment, isn't it?)