extra staffs

according to the system, we are well loaded with staffing.... meaning the ICU is well staffs and to other department can mean we are over-staffs....definitions is depending where you works!

i do realise after i came back from my short break that in each shift there is extra staff and i don't agree that the "extra" is consider as part of the staffing as they are new and of course can't take the case on their own,, now only buddy with the current staffs 1st...

no such things as if you can work in General Ward you can work in ICU.... totally different requirement and skills needed....

need Quality staff not just Quantity staff in ICU...

over the weekend, there is no Nurse Manager or Nurse Clinician around and few wards need call up asking for deployment as the computer system show that our patients quota is on low side compared to the previous weeks..

and is still a "norm" for a few particular ward that regular high MC on weekends and constantly asking for staffing..... it reflect so much on the staff and ward's management....

i didn't grant any deployment as i rather ask my colleagues to clear their PHs that been holding back since January and February...

when that ICU was full and fill with ill and shortage of staffs, everyone work very hard to support each other and make sure the patients was well taken care and priority of patients comes first and now the quota is low, is the time the staffs spend the time on themselves and family or loved ones.....