You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE L

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You are the nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPNs, and 15 FTE nursing aides, orderlies, and clerks. The schedule for the next 2 months is due in administration by next week, and you are beginning to work on it. Various requests have been submitted by personnel for vacations, educational conferences, time to attend a wedding, and long weekends, and a request from one nurse asks not to be rotated to weekend evenings or nights because her husband bowls on weekends, and she has no babysitter for their three young children. Then answer the following questions:

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1. Information required will be list of leaves currently available to staff and how many they have already taken. Also information about leave policy and schedule of work hours should be shared. Additional information required will be if any major community disastor is expected like flood or tornado warnings in the coming 2 months.

2. Request will be honoured based on number of leaves available as per policy of hospital. If 2 RNs want leave on same day then possibility of arranging another 2 RNs by strategically changing their duty schedules so that they dont collide can be done. Interchanging duties to accomodate emergency leaves can also be done.

3.Information regarding schedules will be sent to their work emails. Also for any clarifications they can discuss personally or via mails. To avoid confusions all nurse workstations will have a printed schedule pasted on the notice board.

4.Generally leave requests are taken in order of receiving, keeping in mind schedules so that at any time there should not be shortage of staff. In certain circumstanses however leave requests will be taken as emergency situations may arise. Leav requests should be granted also by order of importance when there is shortage of staff.

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