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Hi everyone, I am a Nursing Director at a very small rural facility. Our professional staff is also limited, and we do not have a pool to draw from, so when we have sick call ins it really impacts on remaining staff. Do any of you out there have policies that require staff calling in sick on their weekend to work to make up that weekend time to releive the staff that covered for them? We have never such a policy, but are seriously considering it, I am sure that there will be strong opposition and any policy relative to this topic that you would be willing to share I would be most grateful for. We are not union, but the staff does have a committee that reviews personnel issuses and petitions administration for wages etc. Thank you :)

Could anyone share with me how your hospital or unit is dealing with the siderail/restraint issue. I am involved in the process of reviewing fall prevention and our restraint process, this is on an acute care medical floor. What I am particularly interested in is if anyone is considering siderails up after a narcotic to be an actual restraint or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you