We used to call such people "furniture nurses". Work enough to buy the new furniture they wanted.

But I would have to say a lot depends on the area they work that one day in. LTC or SNF - maybe so. More critical areas - I have my doubts. But I have worked with a few such nurses in ER and ICU, as well as dialysis but to a much less extent, and they performed just fine. In every case of them doing well it was in a unit or ER they had a lot of experience in before they went part time.

So it depends on the nurse and the situation.

 I think they go for the full time process because they are doing the best job in LVN nursing to serve the society at right time.

GITANO says ...

diprovan_user, not everyone is less experience just because they work part-time...is because they choose to for whatever reasons.   However, you delivering anesthesia to me.... Eso es otro Cuento Tio... Hasta luego~

I am glad you have the 'cajones' to allow a part time neurosurgeon do your pontine angle tumor craniotomy... Sorry ,call me a sissy ... but I wouldn't allow that on my self or anyone i cared for.

wht do you call a medicalstudent who graduates last in his class with the poorest grades

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TeresahRN says ...

 

wht do you call a medicalstudent who graduates last in his class with the poorest grades

 

 

ANswer: Doctor

.. Does this have something to do with part time vs full time?

GITANO says ...

diprovan_user, not everyone is less experience just because they work part-time...is because they choose to for whatever reasons.   However, you delivering anesthesia to me.... Eso es otro Cuento Tio... Hasta luego~

Hmm.. OK.. let us look at the logic of this statement... a  PART TIME nurse is EXACTLY less experienced that a FULL TIME nurse..

I do not understand how it can be any other way... all things being equal... if you work one week full time, that is nominally, 40 hours..... anything less than 40 is part time...  so unless my math skills are failing me.....40>n. where n=(<40)...

TeresahRN says ...

...Wht have you done with your life besides complain and judge. Where you dropped on you head as a baby/

What have I done with my life?.. Hmm.. lets see,, i have a  a BA degree in Liberal Arts ( English).. have spent time in TWO branches of the military.. United States Army and the United States Air Force.have medals from three war zones.. retired as a LtCol.. from the USAF Reserve.. I am fluent in Italian and Farsi ( Persian).. am well versed in Sufi poetry .I. have travelled all over the world.. I have been an LPN..ADN BSN.. MSN CRNA.... was the MidWest Div second place champion in the C Sedan class in the SCCA.. I have a pilots license and am rated for Instrument conditions, glider and am rated for dropping skydivers.... I have a USPA class C skydiving license... and i hold an FFL plus SOT from the BATFE... I play chess at the USCF rated level..I build cars for a hobby and have restored national award winning British Sports cars.. I ahve read and am conversant with the Bible, Book of Mormon.. Koran..and the Bhagvan Gita.... I am married to a CRNA who, as a hobby got an accounting degree in accounting.....

I think that if the nurse has had quite a bit of experience as a full time nurse and then goes part time, then he/she can be just as competent as a full time nurse.

Yes, a part time nurse can be as competent or more so than a full time nurse.  I myself, have had to work 2 jobs at the same time, one of them had to be part time as I am a single mom.  Did that make me less competent to work at that part time job?  I don't think so.  I totally agree with the moderator.  The OP was written with a rather large limited point of view. 

As a DON in the past few years I have used many agency nurses, which by the OP, could be considered part-time, but let me tell you, the nurses that I choose to keep from the agencies were very proactive and informative.  They continue to amaze me when they come for report after being off for a week and ask if the condition that the resident had when they were last here was resolved or ongoing.  If the nurse giving report couldn't answer, they  would come to me to get the answers they needed.  Amazing!

Now, I do know of some nurses that would come in as 'furniture' nurses.  They never lasted long and I am glad.  Can't stand a nurse that is just there for a paycheck as I love my patients and want the best for them.  And like it or not (as some nurses have told me) being a nurse involves empathy and a real caring for your patients, thus your job.  The 'furniture nurses' as you call them, seem uncaring and rarely want to know nor do they care, what has happened to the patient in their absence.  That is when you get the medication errors, missed labs and lack of follow up on changes in condition...just my 2 cents.

" In these times of recession with limited employment availability for all nurses, I can vouch for myself,as well as others

  that ,"the intelligence factor of the professional does not go to waste", just because one is unable to acquire full-time

   employment status.Aside from scheduling interviews, nurses are either taking part-time courses or if  their income is limited,

  " doing their own research via bookstore purchases,ie.Medical Case Scenarios,Forensic Technology,Scientific Research,etc."

     ***Remember...A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste*** It all comes down to finding the best way to utilize your free-time.

     Just because a nurse is not full-time,does not displace one's creative mind!"

People should stop getting mad at her for saying this.... maybe this just happens to be the case at her place of work? Its a poll for a reason... 

Yes a part time nurse is very competent. I worked part time after i had my first baby then took some time off when i had my second child. Now Im back to work and its like I never left. Now I want to go back to part time because its too much for me.

LMAO and Thank you for your post..Teresa  Ha Ha Ha.