karih23

I work in a NICU. We take turns with the Family Birth Place nurses to fill the transition/flex role (going to all deliveries to take care of baby). Our managers have instated a new rule that when the FBP RN's fill the transition role, a NICU RN is required to take In House On Call to back up the transition RN (because NICU RN's are required at all high risk deliveries). We are required to be in house and have no specific room to stay in, so we wander the hospital hoping to find an empty patient room. We are paid minimum wage for this. 1. I find it ridiculous that we are having two people in house to fill a role that one NICU nurse could fill. 2. I have never worked at a hospital that in house on call is used as a regular staffing technique. (It happens frequently - almost every day) I'm just wondering if anyone works in a hospital where this is a common practice???