PRN POOL IN A MENTAL-HEALTH-CENTER SETTING

Midtown Mental Health Center/Memphis and Shelby County Emergency Menta l Health Services, Inc., is a community mental health center located i n the downtown area of Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee, a large urban metropolitan area. The center established a temporary pool of employe es for each center program to provide coverage of critical positions. The PRN Pool is designed to minimize disruptions to client services du ring employee absences. The article outlines the benefits to the cente r, the employees, and the consumer.