To Float or Not to Float; that is the question
In the hospital in which I work, we have what they call "service areas" which are areas that provide similar but not exactly the same type of care.
I work the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department never floats out because we don't ever have enough nurses to do so and our documentation is so different than any other place in the hospital.
We do have a "Critical Care Pool" who some are cross trained to come to the ED and work as a functioning member of the unit. Some of these nurses are wonderful, and others I'd rather have them spend the day in the break room. When all is said and done, in a 30 bed unit that is only staffed with 3 nurses, I need some more nurses....some that at least have some critical assessment skills.
No, I'm sure nobody likes to float, but if it is my likes vs. the patient's care....float it is.
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