can a nurse manager cancel your shift?

[Ms.RN]

Today I was scheduled to work but a nurse manager called me and told me she's going to have a pool nurse work tonight. If I work today then its going to be my fourth day ill be working this week. But I still think its not fair to cancel my shift. Can she do that? and is it rude to ask her why she cancelled my shift?

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

Yes, she can. No, it would not be rude to ask for clarification.

[0402]

We've had nurses called off of OT and had nurses from other floors floated to us in her place. The other floor had low census, so it was either send her home short one shift for the week or send home the OT nurse who was on her 4th shift. Makes sense to me. OT seems to come in two kinds- not enough or way too much. As much as it's nice to have the option to make more money, it sucks to be on a floor that has so much OT available that we work short or have shifts where 50% of the nurses are agency (which is 100% better than working short, but still not as good as having the shift staffed by regular staff).

[Anna Flaxis, BSN, RN]

The union contract that I work under forbids canceling for OT. First it's volunteers, then agency, then per diem, then whoever has gone the longest without being canceled. If you got put on the schedule to work for OT, then they can't just cancel you for that reason.

[DanaLPN]

where I work, our handbook states: OT IS A PRIVILEGE; NOT A RIGHT.

So, if that is the case, seniority takes over or someone who isn't quite up for OT hours. It sucks because you've probably scheduled your own self around this shift but shi(f)t happens haha