When to say no...new grad burn out

[AngelicDarkness]

I'm just wondering what the groups thoughts are on when to say no to working. I'm full-time, 75 hours bi-weekly, but I am always asked to cover addition shifts, or sick calls. I'm starting to feel burnt out. My last bi-weekly schedule I worked 94 hours, and my manager paid me "regular hours" because I "agreed to those shifts ahead of time". Ahead of time seems to be when I come in for my night shift at 11pm to find out the 3-11pm shift for the next day isn't covered. I go home at 7am, sleep a few hours and go back in. This is starting to become more common (I'd say roughly a couple times a month since I've started 6 months ago). I'm starting to dread getting calls because my voicemail has at least 2 calls a week asking me to cover a shift on my scheduled days off or part of a shift because "no one else can".

As a new grad when can you say no? I know making a great impression to my team is great, but when you just work and sleep it takes all the fun out of my personal life.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

I also don't know Canadian law, but here in the states some contracts allow employers to mandate OT for "emergencies." However, when one hospital tried to fire someone for declining "mandatory" OT, the court found documented "emergencies" many times per week for months on end. They reasoned that these were not "emergencies" but evidence of hospital management failure to hire enough staff to run the joint. "Your inconvenience is not my emergency," in short.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

We don't have mandated overtime in Canada, unless you are a salaried employee. Then you could end up working all sorts of unpaid hours. That's why I quit my last job. But aside from that bad practice, if you work hourly, you must be paid overtime above a certain number of hours.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

IMy last bi-weekly schedule I worked 94 hours, and my manager paid me "regular hours" because I "agreed to those shifts ahead of time".

Isn't that illegal?

[AngelicDarkness]

Thank you for all the responses:) Again my last schedule was 84 hours, and this week will be 96. I've put in a "silent" request with the ministry of labour and they are investigating. Thank you so much everyone