Looking for unsafe staffing form/ideas

[2ndCareerRN]

I have had it working in an ED where my 2nd RN has no idea which way is up, and a tech.

I want to start notifying TBTB about this and am looking for ideas for a form I can fill out and forward through to everybody and their brother.

If your facility uses a form, and you can fax me one, it would be even better. Please PM me for fax number if you are willing to do this for me.

thanks

bob

[DelGR]

Are you affiliated with a union? The constituent members of the ANA usually have a formal unsafe staffing form that you fill out and send to them. Usually you keep the original or a copy, give a copy to the nurse manager and one gets faxed to the constituent member of ANA. Some unsafe staffing forms are titled -- Assignment Despite Opposition or Assignment Against Protest.

You could always do a Report of Contact or Memo and give a copy to your Nurse Manager. At least they (management) get put on notice that something is wrong and will have to bear some of the responsibility if anything happens to a patient.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Unsafe Staffing/Assignment Despite Objection Forms

http://www.florenceproject.org/adodisclaim.shtml

http://www.ufcw141nurses.org/staffing.htm

http://www.ufcw141nurses.org/objection.htm

http://www.mnnurses.org/safestaffing/index.htm

http://www.mnnurses.org/practice/ConcernForPractice.PDF

http://www.nurseallianceca.org/resources/ado.pdf

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Howdy yall

from deep in the heat of texas

just keep documenting and always keep a certified copy for yourself