Lofton_1

Thats a good idea...I am struggling with email in my organization but hope to everyone on by July. Do you have a format for your emails? How do you get all of them together for your quick meetings? I have many more questions but I don't want to overload you with the excitement that someone out there has insight on this topic.

I am a Manager of a Float Pool, our staff are 98% per diem. Most of them hold another Full-time or Part-time position. I am interested in creative ways to communicate organizational goals and upcoming mandatory events. They have just been recently put on email (that's a whole other story) and this will be 1 expected form of communication. I currently struggle with having one staff meeting a month. There isn't OT allowed. I am sure I'm not the only Manager that struggles with this... so it can't be before or after the shift. They are working on varied floors during the shift. You all get my drift. How do I make myself available to them and not go insane from being at work all the time trying to hunt them down for this and that? What consists typically on the information boards...we don't have one currently. They are based out of the staffing office with no lounge, no lockers, no home....they are all nomads. Help Micki

MOMRN0913, I am a manager of the staffing office and we use an evalysis tool. I am currently looking to learn more about others and have seen several systems in conference settings. I like the Evalysis tool because it is not a sum of task. Yes, and ICU patient is more ill than PCU is more ill than TELE is more ill than MED/SURG....but...in all areas there is a norm of what is usual that you design based on your unit specific population and it incorporates the social and complex medical management of a patient. It incorporates what the patient needs and support and defense of budget. We are in Southern California and have mandated ratios but we also have an acuity requirement to determine if the need for more staff arises. It is not subjective but does have to be learned to use correctly.

I believe that it is unprofessional. It is showing personal attributes of an individual that shouldn't be shared in public environment. I liken it to high thong underwear and tongue rings. Those are much too personal to share when upholding a company image.