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They should staff a position if they can. Your employment arrangement with them specifically doesn't entitle you to expect that they provide the hours that have been available up until recently.

It stinks for you now, but that's the exact agreement you've been working under. They haven't been cancelling FT staff, they've been telling "as needed" workers that they aren't needed.

Pick up another position. It's not good to have all your eggs in one basket, anyway.

Chin up, and best of luck!

I worked on a unit with a fair number of PRN people. When most FT positions were occupied, PRN nurses were getting next to zero hours. When positions were vacant, some PRN nurse were practically working full time.

The problem in the latter situation was that there was no guarantee empty shifts were going to get picked up. For example, weekend or holiday shifts would often not get picked up by PRNs. As such, the unit was best off making and filing full time positions since, if the positions are filled, those shift will (barring call-offs, etc.) be covered.

I just think that they tell me they are hiring someone outside of the hospital and i get totally looked over and I'm willing to take a full time position. So instead of having one of their own staff fill a position thats open and wanted that they hire outside...which to me makes no sense

I just think that they tell me they are hiring someone outside of the hospital and i get totally looked over and I'm willing to take a full time position. So instead of having one of their own staff fill a position thats open and wanted that they hire outside...which to me makes no sense

Is the position posted? Did you/are you going to apply for it?

You said you've been told that the position has essentially already been filled from a wait list, but you also believe they'll be filling it from outside. Do you know for sure which of these two things is the case?

You might as well apply if this position is something you want. They may indeed already have internal candidates waiting for such a position, but if you sense it's more like they're making excuses to not hire you FT, then finding additional work elsewhere is wise anyway.

Not yet...i keep looking everyday

They are filling from outside

Can you bid to work on other floors?

I have spent nearly 3 decades with scheduling. PRN means "as the situation demands". You were hired as PRN. Usually PRN staff do not get benefits, you ar offered shifts that I cannot fill for a variety of reasons i.e. sick, vacation, disability of staff member, FMLA.... I cannot fill those shifts and if I use my fulltime staff they may occur overtime. I do not want to use my staff like this for they have lives, need a break to recharge. I turn to PRN to fill those voids. I do not use PRN to fill consistently needed staff for my routine scheduling, this is bad practice.

This bad practice does happen, it maybe that the higher ups say no to a new position, a manager has to prove to those who approved staffing ratios that these slots are needed as evidenced by X/X/X. There could be multiple reasons why PRN staffing is being utilized like this.

My suggestion to you is this if you want full time then apply to positions you want. Talk with your supervisor and explain you have been PRN but now want to go full time. Ask her to assist you, if she does not want to do this I suggest you find a different department and apply.

I can tell you I have hired many PRN nurses/Staff happily. There have been a few nurses that were PRN and decided to go full time I did not hire. The reasons were they always said no to offered positions, they did not work well along side the other nurses (always something wrong during the shift about staff) and I always had to order them to give me their information so I could update in HR. In short they were more trouble than they were worth.