ertoicumanager

I've had many staff with tattoos. Seems to be the social norm now. As long as they're not offensive, I don't see a problem with them.

I've used Shiftwizard in the past. Its a great system. Our staff loved it. From the perspective of a manager, it was very easy to use, and provided me with all of the information I needed, regarding my department, on one screen. They also had feeds to our bed board and Kronos, which gave me real time insights, which was extremely beneficial. I was able to give my charge nurses limited capabilities, which allowed them to handle issues that I would've otherwise had to handle. I have used Kronos scheduler and API/GE's scheduler before. They were both horrible.

We looked at Kronos' scheduling module, and it was pretty bad. That's why we were trying to find a solution that interfaced to them. Most of the "all-in-one" solutions don't do "all" well. They're usually strong with their core product, but their "add-on" modules are typically an afterthought. I just came across the post "RNJeff73" posted a while back regarding scheduling (https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/electronic-scheduling-need-913372.html). Has anyone used Shift Wizard? Jeff's post had some pretty good reviews regarding them.

Thanks guys for all of the info. I doubt we'll be able to make a change at this point, as we're several months into the purchase. Myself and a couple of the other managers were curious to see if anyone else was going through what we're going through...not to mention it allowed me to air out some frustration . I do appreciate the responses though!!!!

Thanks of the info, which was very comical! I needed that, lol. API actually bought Concerro not too long ago, so they were pitching it as API/Concerro. I appears to be Concerro's scheduler. We had a couple of folks on the committee that had used Concerro in the past, and they said the program being presented was the same one. Anyway, we've heard hints of what you said in your last paragraph, so I guess the rumors are true, ughhhhh. Makes me want to pull my hair out! I like "Step 2" the best, as IT has made some crazy decisions in the past...decisions which should've been left up to nursing. Unfortunately this decision weighed heavily on nursing, and the decision was almost solely on the fact that they told us they had the Kronos interface. I just wish these vendors wouldn't lie to us.

Hello All, New to the site! Some of my nurses were discussing how informative this site is, so I figured I would give it a shot! Our hospital purchased the API/Concerro scheduling program a few months back. When we were doing demos of the different scheduling programs, one of our main concerns was getting something that would interface to Kronos bidirectionally. API assured us that they had an interface, so we decided to purchase them. Now, 4-5 months after the purchase, they seem to be back peddling on the Kronos interface, and we're starting to hear conflicting stories from other hospitals as to whether they actually have one. Does anyone else have any experience with an API scheduling implementation that included an interface to Kronos?