sstatzer

I was wondering how other ORs handle call shifts that are released when an employee leaves the department or goes on an unexpected medical leave, etc... When this does happen here, it is usually only a couple of shifts and there is uaully a couple people more than happy to pick up a shift or two... however, we have had several staffing changes over the last couple weeks and a couple of the people who have left were "heavy hitters" where call was concerned so we now have a pretty big list of call shifts that are open and not very many are being filled... do your hospitals have any policies in place to account for this kind of problem? I would like to get a policy in place here, but figured I would be better off if I checked around to see if there was already a standard that many people used... Thanks for any help or advice you are able to give. It will be very much appreciated. S