Self Scheduling

[SouthernPride]

Hey, Can someone explain to me how self scheduling works? What happens when there is a conflict with employees wanting the same days? What are the positives and negatives to self scheduling? Thanks.

SouthernPride:rolleyes:

[lpn467]

We were doing self-scheduling in the hospital where I work. It worked very well for both shifts. On the 6A/6P everyones schedules themself for some weekends. On the 6P/6A we have one LPN that can only work weekends so the other two fill in the weekdays. I am very much in favor of self-scheduling because I am a single parent. I can schedule things with my daughter around my work schedule several months in advance. Every so often the nursing managers decide they are going to do the schedule for the month. That just screws everyone up because several of us work two jobs and cannot schedule for our second job until they are through playing with the schedule. I the unit works well together, then self-scheduling works very well. I only hope our managers wake up and realize we were happier employees and more willing to work extra shifts when we made our own work schedules.