[majic65]

I quit a job last year because I was "asked " to work 2 to 4 12 hour shifts a week OVER and ABOVE the three I had agreed to when hired. This was also the facility that when we had severe staffing problems, I got them solved for the next shift, then E-Mailed my mgr. to tell her the situation. Her response? "If you had enough time to E-Mail, you must not have been short-staffed."
Funny thing--this never happened when I first went to work after graduation some years ago. Its happening now because many hosptials just find it cheaper to use OT than to fill the openings they have. Think about it--one employee's benefits, taxes, etc. vs. two. They go with one, and just require OT.
I will never do this kind of thing again. It is not safe for me or my patients, and it sets a BAD precident.

[PhantomRN]

It is sad that money has made it to the forefront for decision making. We will never stop being door mats until we start saying no to their unrealistic demands.

I am curious how other facilities are doing OT? At my place what they do is have us sign up for an extra 12 hour OT shift per week (they label it as on-call, but we always get called in)

Are other places just tacking on extra hours at the end of the shift? That is two different things as far as the safety of ones patients goes.

[nsmith_rn]

the way they work it is like this
Ok your fullt ime then you have to be "on call" one extra day a week and if your part time the same thing.
Well when I asked how often do nurses get called in she said evry on call day
I said that is not mandatory on call that is mandatory overtime.
She looked at me like I was nuts and said well you can work part time ( with no benefits) and that would be ok.
I replied why should I have to work for less ( bennies< pay, etc) becasue I do not want to work the overtime.
So for me and all the nurses out there I said I will not do it find another nurse.
Insane with the shortage they had they should have been begging me to come and work there.
Instead they have one less specialty area nurse