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Shortly after its entry to Lafayette General Medical Center, the staff of licensed practical nurse two years ago, Jenny David learned that the hospital has been the introduction of “offshoring commandments”, the programme would establish that nurses to offer against each other in search of work. Name “i-bid”, the proposal immediately invited to the thought of the change in their status, which is commonly called PRN, as the foundation necessary to give the one hand, it introduces more flexibility in their working as planned. trade-off, but they would lose their health insurance and other benefits.

“I sat down with my parents and have basic information [base pay over 30 per cent], what I thought I would command, and before I arrived,” says David.

Two years later, David made even more money when it was suggested, cut their high capacity to the place where most additional changes regarding their takes time and pays half. A few weeks later, she worked 24-30 hours, the other 40-48. “I do not really know much more work, when I spoke to the staff,” says 28-year-old.

For LGMC, the tender of the program has been so successful that the staff nurse, it was a year ago, to expand the respiratory therapists, and a few months ago, a medical technologists.

“It’s certainly a success,” says Cindy Angelle, the coordinator of human resources for the hospital care department. Except for dialysis, LGMC has eliminated all long term, or “daily rates” Nursing contracts’ Agency, which are very expensive, and has only two short-term contracts remain in force.

The coordinator of human resources, says i-LGMC’s was imperative creative response to stress hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the hospital staff requirements. “We had too many patients, because we had Katrina, Rita and then on the other side, and we were good in the middle,” Angelle, which plays a crucial role in the i-high in the ground.

In an effort to plug holes in its schedule for nursing staff began LGMC against each bidding for the extra work. Incitement is a percentage of the base at the beginning of the pay at the normal rate. The only hospital in other countries to follow LGMC’s, offers a program for postponement of Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, in contradiction to local hospitals, but also of the Sea allows nurses to other hospitals The bid for travel.

It is akin to offering funds. A director of an offshore vacancies - say, 7 am to 3 pm on Saturday. The open tender with 1.5 - Base pay more than 50 percent. The next bidder 1.4 Commandments, and so on up to 1.1 or basic pay plus 10 percent. On weekends are not generally below 1.5, and it is rare for a relocation true for 1.1.

The key lies in the fact that it allows nurses to project, additional layers, Angelle said. “It’s a great way to make more money, [but] by all its obligations to be fulfilled before the i-bid,” she says, and declares that each nurse has a timetable should be defined, worked first.

Jason Rogers, an ICU nurse manager seaside with 40 people below him, has seen positive changes, such as layers of increasingly filled, even though the program implemented in November.

“I have seen, employee morale go with the Shift-bid,” he said. “You are a good salary to work these layers. Before they do, unity. Sometimes they pay for their encouragement, and sometimes they are not. It would be as overtime for them. Now they know they are going to pay the premium so that they come, and with a better attitude. ”

The reaction of nurses has been positive, which occurs in units of less brief hands in recent days. “I think they want, that they should wait until I quote,” Angelle said. As you can see, where all movements are open to the clinic, people who are qualified for the work in other units, as they even more options. “Some people from other branches floors,” she adds.

Herlevic Debbie, a registered nurse from Lake 27 years, said the additional incentive to the relocation of the auction annexed encourages nurses, in order to promote additional layers, if it might not be otherwise. “Personally, I think it is well controlled,” she says. “I have participated in many of them.

And while i-bid a few problems to be solved, it is certainly not solve the main problem - that demand continues to exceed the nurses in Louisiana and throughout the country, a scenario shows that there is no signs of improvement and is projected For much worse.

The government has dismissed more than 50000 nurses, Louisiana Board of Nursing - 6000 shy about what they should have.

The lake has tried a variety of tactics to gain and keep nurses, including Sign-up bonus - a plan was abandoned after an outcry in full-time employees; LGMC did not propose Sign-Up Bonus since 1986. It is customary, but for hospitals in major markets expensive Sign-Up Bonus as much as $ 1000; Lafayette and Baton Rouge struggling Houston and Dallas, the large gap.