Float pool

Posts: 10 · Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 10 Location: idaho

What would you suggest a float pool offers to help keep employees drawn the the position??

Posts: 3 · Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Goodyear, AZ

ONE float per 12 hr shift. I hated floating for the remaining 4 hrs of the 7-7 then starting on yet another floor at 11p.

Posts: 10 · Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 10 Location: idaho

that is a great suggestion...any others???

Posts: 13 · Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Texas

Same benefits as regular employees when you work a certain number of hours. Especially tuition reimbursement. I worked somewhere that offered this and it was a real easy decision to go there as I was furthering my education.

Posts: 10 · Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 10 Location: idaho

that is definately an incentive. how do you guys feel about increased wages or a quartly bonus check for floating nurses?

Posts: 121 · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:28 pm

i am always for more money, but it is still a nurse job. you should be paid for the area that you work the most ie icu, er etc.

Posts: 13 · Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Texas

Nothing wrong with more money but, it does not address most nurses concern:lack of knowledge or experience in an area so, what about paid orientation in multiple areas this would address that as well as patient safety.

Posts: 6 · Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Green Bay, WI

I chose the float pool specifically because of the job description. Some nurses prefer stability and do not do well floating. There is another type of nurse that thrives on excitement and change and, when "stuck on one floor" feels boredom and discontent faster than type I. I think it's important that this is differentiated in the interview process. Also-I make a small differential for floating but ultimately-it only adds to my content in the decision not to commit to one floor