You are a perioperative nurse in a small rural hospital and have just received your schedule for the upcoming month
You are dismayed to find that you seem to be scheduled to work on the one day you requested off in order to attend an event at your son's elementary school. Whose responsibility is it to schedule staff, and whom should you talk to about this? a. staff members themselves c. nurse manager
b. nursing staffing office d. director of nursing
C
Scheduling 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, but the ultimate responsibility for staffing lies with the nurse manager of the unit/department.
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