Using prn staff instead of posting day position

I am not understanding your issue. You do realize that many PRN nurses work FT elsewhere and are not at the beck and call of what full-time staff want?

I work FT days...I refuse to pick up night shifts at my contingent position, even though night shift is really short. The day the force me to work nights is the day I quit.

PRN staff give up quite a bit to go PRN for one benefit only: flexibility. And they shouldn't have to give it up because some whiny snowflake feels entitled to better hours.

I will say that from a patient perspective, having a revolving door on day shift isn't good for continuity of care. I recently went through the patient side when my mother was very ill, and it made such a difference to be able to talk to someone who had her the day before. I'd ask for updates, and keep hearing, "well, it's my first day with her..." When she had a nurse for the second or third day, it was like gold.

Not that night shift continuity isn't important, too, but day shift is when the doctors are rounding and decisions are being made and family is asking questions. There are definitely times I've been able to intervene and advocate for a patient simply because I'd had him or her for the last day or two, and was able to clearly discuss changes with new doctors. It's a lot harder to do that when the nurse is starting from scratch each day.