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If you were granted one wish from hospital administration, what would that wish be?

Alley

Specializes in ER.
If you were granted one wish from hospital administration, what would that wish be?

Alley

To NEVER be pulled to the floor (from the ED)

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Specializes in ER.
I get 6 hours per pay period PTO and it goes so quick

I get 8.9 hrs PTO per 2 week paycheck.

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

To stop trying to mandate nurses to work in certain areas when they've all ready been hired (and signed contracts) for other departments.

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Specializes in L&D, Women's Health.

Seems to be a consensus . . . nursing administrator needs to carry a full assignment for a full shift, perhaps at least twice a year. At first, I thought I'd really, really love to have a glass of water; however, that started a string of other wishes, all of which would probably immediately be granted IF nursing supervisors were not so far removed from reality. This would even include yearly mandatory civility classes for all doctors!

Allie

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

Oh no, actually, I would not expect them to carry a full load, or even one patient, if they did it only twice a year. Just about impossible to keep up with the technology, changing doctor preference, paperwork, etc. That would put the patients at risk, IMHO. I just want them to experience the pace, the frustrations, the beauteous American hospital visitors, the sheer and utterly spirit-deadening IMPOSSIBILITY of what they think we ought to be doing, day after day or night after night, with a smile on our faces, no less.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care/Neonatal ICU.

I would wish that they never eliminate weekend only positions.

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i agree that administration should do bedside care once in a while to get a dose of reality. that way, they'll see how ridiculous some of their demands are. for example, spending like 10 minutes reviewing the patient's right with the patient. so retarded.

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Specializes in Med surg, Critical Care, LTC.

I agree with administration doing shifts on the floor, but my real wish, would be for a full time position which I have been unable to obtain for the past 3 years - at the hospital I have worked at for 17 years.

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Specializes in LTC.
I agree with administration doing shifts on the floor, but my real wish, would be for a full time position which I have been unable to obtain for the past 3 years - at the hospital I have worked at for 17 years.

It seems like you'd have seniority and be able to take someones hours? Maybe it don't work like that there. I'm an aide in LTC, I've been there 4 plus years and have the most seniority on my shift. I look at the schedule before it comes out and if I don't feel I have enough hours I let my boss know and she tells me to choose whatever shifts from low man on the total pole.

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
I'd go one step further and say that nursing management needs to spend one shift per month as a bedside nurse.

We had a manager who actually put on her scrubs one day and made all of us take a lunch break. We gave her our keys one at a time and a brief report. The next few months our staffing was greatly improved. Patient satisfaction scores went up. Staff morale went up too. She was fired after a while for being over budget. Our staffing went from bad to worse and patient staisfaction went way down. Administartion can't seem to understand why.:banghead:

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