Vol. XII, No. 8Archive > August, 2011

Ideas That Work

Save on nurses' salaries

Start Each Day by Saving on Nurses' Salaries
Want to begin each morning by saving on staff salaries? Simply delay your pre-op/recovery nurse's start time. Have her arrive 15 minutes or so before the day's second patient is due to arrive. This way you're not paying her to sit around while the first patient of the day is in the OR. Depending on the case, this could be an hour or 2 or even longer. We try to schedule our longest case of the day first to maximize the savings and to give that patient more time to recover. To make this money-saving strategy work, your OR nurse will have to prepare your first patient of the day.

Barbara Getlan, RN, BSN
Bellona Surgery Center
Baltimore, Md.
barb@bellonasurgerycenter.com

 
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