Self-Scheduling Programs

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Does anyone have any reviews of self-scheduling staffing programs? I've looked at Shiftwizard, Schedule360 (staffing angel), and Shifthound. Shiftwizard seems the most competent and user friendly. Does anyone else have an opinion?

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

We use the good old trusty gridded paper and pencil. Works well for us, but since we all work 7-3:30, all we have to sign up for is call shifts and weekend coverage. I'll admit to preferring the low tech version.

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We use smart square, as an employee it seems fairly straight forward when I go to schedule myself.

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We use API at my hospital and it's terrible!!!!

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Thanks for all the input so far! I'll stay away from API, traumanightsRN was not the only one I heard negative comments from.

Anyone know about ShiftWizard? I would love to get some feedback on them.

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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.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, educator.

We just went to Kronos... It's awful.

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We used Shiftwizard and everyone hated it. It caused more problems than worth and we are better off using excel spreadsheets at this point. We are also looking for a new system.

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Do you mean Shift Wizard of Shiftwise?

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Shiftwizard is the one we used and hated. I've never heard about Shiftwise.

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