Whose responsibility is it to schedule staff?
a. Staff members themselves c. Nurse manager
b. Nursing scheduling office d. Director of Nursing
C
Scheduling of staff is the responsibility of the nurse manager. Scheduling may be overseen by the
nursing department's staffing and scheduling office. Staff may become involved in self-scheduling,
which is a process in which staff on a unit collectively decide and implement the monthly work
schedule. The ultimate responsibility of self-scheduling still falls to the nurse manager. The fiscal
department may be a resource for financial staffing software, but it is ultimately the responsibility the
nurse manager to schedule staff.
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