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Thank You so much for your help! My nursing supervisor wants me to print out these posts and put them to the unit practice commitee for discussion on an action plan!! It is long over due!! We staff 3 techs for am shift for 36 beds, so we should be able to work it out!! I appreciate all the helpfull comments and suggestions!!

I agree with everyone here on this one. The right shoes can make a huge difference, especially alternating them. That is the best advice I got when I first started. Also, I know that the support hose are not the best fashion statement, but they are very necessary. I started developing PAINFULL vericose veins after my first year and it only made the fatigue worse, it hurt to even stand still and even when I would sit for a few minutes, not to mention the look of those ugly little boogers! They really do hurt, I cant stress that enough!! It was when I developed a DVT in my leg that I gave up trying to be in fashion and got the hose!! They do make good brands that breath better so you wont get hot, but you have to pay a little more. It is worth the money for the health of your legs and feet!! And of course that hot bath at the end of a long day!! AAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Not to mention feeling gross after cleanin people all day!! LOL!! Good luck and be smart about your health!

I have an issue that is going up before unit practice commitee at the hospital I work at and I need some advice! The problem is that the day shift techs(7-3) are doing all the baths, linens, etc. everyday on top of all the other duties we have. Mind you that this is not in the job description that it has to be done this way, it is just that the other 2 shifts (3-11 and 11-7a) don't do anything but normal shift duties. the policy at our hospital does state that night shift is required to do 2 total baths and no more. Most of the time this doesn't get done! We are a 36 bed unit with three pods and day shift has 3 techs on the floor(one for each pod) and 2 on all other shifts. The problem exists where the older techs who have been there the longest dont feel that they should say anything to the nurse manager because they feel nothing will be done to fix it anyway so why try? My arguement is that the sqeaky wheel gets the grease but one person can tchange the world. I have convinced the nurse manager that the work load needs to be more balanced and she has agreed to hold tech meetings next week to discuss an action plan to fix the problem. This is a good step towards our goal but the problem exists that there needs to be a follow up done so things dont slip back into old habits. The question I pose to you is have any of you found a solution that works like maybe having a tech in charge of each shift or otherwise? Please let me know how your place of work handles sharing the work load! Thanks for your help, the day shift techs are exhausted and not very happy!!