Don't you wanna work.

[TNcanNURSE]

Okay, I am sitting here reading posts. I leave to go to work in fifteen minutes. The phone rings. Gee, it's the staffing coordinator. She wants to know if I will stay until 11pm on Saturday and Sunday. Duh, no! Sat. and Sun. will be my third and fourth twelve hour shifts this week. It takes me nearly an hour to commute one way. Like I am really wanting to change those hideous twelves into sixteens. Yeah, four hours of sleep sound like a helluva good time. Oh, but I really NEED you. Oh but I REALLY CARE.

I can't have a single day off without them calling and wanting me to do something extra. Most of the days I work they still call wanting something.

[Tookie]

Aussienurse 2 makes me apprecaite what we ahve got - Yes generally our union works well -

TNcanNURSE - repeat after me 50 times NO NO NO NO NO NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY - NO

This is why burnout happens in nursing - l bet the ceo /manager dosent get thse calls - - I am only learning now to say no - when l say yes to something l dont really want to do - (this is in and outside work) l check my forehead and see if the words sucker is tattoed back onto my forhead again.

[rangerwinslow]

Not that the phone companies need any more of our money, but some of them now offer a "service" for anonymous calls and has them record their name ala voice mail, but then rings your phone with a special ring, announces the name to you, then you can choose to answer or not.

Works great on telemarketers too! :)

[acmoro]

Have you been answering the phone in my house? There is no such thing as a day off in nursing! There is no one around. No one wants to stay in the profession because the barracudas keep biting, and the sharks keep circling, and the future looks bleaker by the moment. Word of advice: invest in a decent answering machine with a friendly announcement that states that unless they are prepared to pay you triple time and a half, with tolls, parking/limo pickup, and gourmet meal included....call the nearest agency!

Good luck to you.:chuckle

[delirium]

You know, I'm not a nurse yet. One of the reasons I've decided NOT to work at the hospital I'm working as a unit secretary at is because of the endless calls to come in.

In fact, at a hospital I did clinicals at, several of the nurses live near me and don't work there for the same reason.

Ok, so I'm a full time student, they know my school schedule and when I have class and STILL they leave six messages asking me to work.

Or, even better---I'm on VACATION and they call and ask me to come in and work, they are in an acute staffing crisis---

Funny how an 'acute staffing crisis' can last for 4 years.

[OBNURSEHEATHER]

My supervisor once called me to ask me to work while I was on vacation. Mind you, she called me at 8am, on a day I was getting paid vacation time, and asks me if I can be there in an hour. I ask her if I'll be getting paid double, both vac time AND worked hours. She say "why of course not, why would I do that?"

I said "BWAA HAHAHAHA HAAAA!"

Click.

(like if I can get paid the same to stay home or bust my azz all day without even a lunch break, which am I gonna choose???)

Heather

[caliotter3]

acmoro: Luv your answer. Excellent thinking processes have you, as Yoda would say!

[coolh2o]

I have been on both sides of the fence. I worked at one job that would interrogate you as "why" you couldn't come in. I am now a night supervisor and I stress when I am short for the morning. I try not to call the regulars I know might come until about 5:45 am. There are some I don't call. Problem is, then the a.m. staff comes in and harasses me asking me "did you call anyone?" it is truly stressful.