pbrn2001

Thanks. Any info sent would be great. Does MGA have contracts with certain hospitals or do you go to any facility.

Hello everyone , This is my first post and hopefully you will have some insight. We are getting ready to move to Phoenix (Luke AFB) from TX due to military. I've done some searching on the various hospitals there (which there are tons) as well as some search on the salaries. I currently work for a HCA hospital, so if there is one there, I can transfer my current level and etc. I have been considering agency work (after speaking with some people) now that I have a little more experience (about 5yrs). Basically I don't need the benefits, but I do need flexibility (no w/e or holidays), day shift, and better pay wouldn't hurt:chuckle I currently work PRN at a hospital which works for our situation (hubby's job) and have always worked in a hospital. I guess I just want to hear about the pros/cons. Also, about recommendations for either agencies or hospitals to work for or not. We plan on relocating near the base and if I can prevent it ahead of time, I don't want to commute too far (maybe 20mins--as it gets old after awhile). Thanks in advance:thankya:

Both hospitals that I've worked at has this same policy. My mom works nites (different state) and the same thing applies. You lose the differential when calling in sick, taking a vacation or even taking leave of absence.

We have a 47bed unit (med-surg: ortho, neuro, general, etc.). About 60 staff. We have 3 8hr shifts (days, eves, nites), but some people choose to work 16hrs or weekends only. We do not rotate shifts. Our weekends are Sat/Sun (day & eve shifts) or Fri/Sat (nite shift). I place the blank schedule with everyone's name on it in the schedule book, which they have about 1-2months to complete it (the due date is written it). If they do not write anything down, then I fill in the blanks. Senority does not play a factor (because then the ones that have been there for 20+ years would take advantage of the new grads), so it's filled out first come first serve. We make sure that it is known that the self-schedule they write is what their preference to work is, but not set in stone of what they are going to work. I would say that most people get what they want, but it doesn't make sense to have 10nurses working on some days (esp. low census days) and 4nurses working on other days (esp. high census days). Some of them just don't get it, which is why balancing has to be done. After picking up the filled-in blank schedules, I enter everything into the system. Then I take it home and balance it (yes, move some people around--but I try to take turns so that I'm not always changing the same person). This takes me 2-4hours (I like to do the balancing at home since there aren't others around). Then I put the final changes back into the system and distribute. I'm in Texas. For the most part, self-scheduling works. There are those that complain, but it's usually the same people that complain about everything.