From the desk of Adrianne Avillion, DEd, RN
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 15, 2010
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Editor's note: This feature is written by nursing staff development expert Adrianne Avillion. Each week, Adrianne writes about an important issue in the area of staff development or answers reader questions. If you have a question for Adrianne, e-mail her at adrianne1@comcast.net.
Q: I've been doing some part-time work as a private consultant in addition to my full-time job as a staff development specialist in a community medical center. Occasionally, I'll use my computer at work to send e-mails to my consulting clients. Once in a while, I'll also take a few minutes to finish up a project for these clients. A self-employed friend says I could get into trouble using hospital time to handle issues for my part-time consulting business. Is this true?
A: Yes. This question comes up fairly frequently and my answer is always to avoid giving the impression of a conflict of interests. Your employer expects you to fulfill your staff development responsibilities on work time, not to use that time for your own personal business activities. Although a few e-mails and an occasional few minutes to complete a project may not seem like much, it could still be viewed as an abuse of your employer's time. Even though these activities may not interfere with your full-time job, your employer may not see it that way. My advice is to keep your personal consulting activities completely separate from your full-time job.
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