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Aug 10, 2009, 02:18 PM
 Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
I feel your pain. We have until five minutes after the hour to get out and take report. The second my feet hit the floor, even if I'm early (5-10 minutes before the start of my shift) the offgoing nurses are pouncing on me to take report. They'll even start talking when I'm not even ready. I've developed a survival strategy, which is to find a computer far away from where my assignment is, to just look up a few things quickly, then go to my assigned area at five after. The next shift always shows up at 15-20 minutes after the hour, causing me to get out late. I've started taking the overtime, and in the comments section where you give the reason for overtime, I write "late report".
These survival strategies are not the first reaction; myeslf and other nurses on my shift have brought both issues to management, but nothing changes.
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Aug 10, 2009, 05:43 PM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
No prob. I don't really know my coworkers all get there so early anyway, even though they say it makes their day go better to be organized.
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Aug 25, 2009, 07:42 PM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up? Originally Posted by FLArn  I don't care what time they get to work as long as I'm done with report by 7:15 (I work 11-7) I don't come in most nights until 10:45 because if you come in earlier the pm shift wants you to start count and report the minute you hit the door -- sometimes they get out before we are even supposed to be there! We have written time cards not a punch clock. Not a problem but they are always ready to go out the door when we get there(sitting waiting for us) but have a list of things they "didn't get to because they were SOOO busy! If you're so busy- how come you sitting around waiting on me??? Oh well that's another rant for another day 
I totally hear you. I can come in on my 11-7 shift, and find the pm shift eating, and reading magazines, and the cna's in the pt's lounge all watching tv. The patients haven't been checking in ?how long? There is a stack of meds to put away, and orders to be done. I have solved some of this by going directly to the meds and stack them on top of each respective cart, and said, I need to put my things away, and will count with you when you put the meds away you forgot about. This makes the vacationing nurses a little irritable, but in order to count and leave early, I have to be there to participate in the narc count. Then I look pointedly at the clock and say oh, 25 min left, let me help you tackle some of these charts together. You should see the ugly faces made toward my direction, but inside, I am secure and happy in being a night nurse.
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Aug 25, 2009, 07:53 PM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
Although it was a written policy of my former employers in home health that the oncoming nurse arrive at 10 minutes to the hour, I never saw other nurses follow that rule except myself and one other nurse. Instead it was more like show up 15 or 20 minutes late, then write down on your time sheet that you were on time. I show up 10 minutes early, following the policy; can't complain that they weren't able to leave on time since I'm there ready to take report when I'm supposed to be.
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Aug 28, 2009, 09:47 PM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
Our shifts start at a quarter to the hour and end at a quarter past, so there is always an overlap and plenty of time to give report. The staff has a 7 minute rule so they can't punch in too early. If I hear from the staff that Suzy is 'always late' I pull the time clock reports and take a look. If it is true they get a whisper in their ear about being on time. If it continues they get a documented warning.
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Aug 29, 2009, 01:25 PM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
I can't clock in until seven minutes before or after my shift starts, which is at 2200. But I usually get there up to a half an hour earlier to get my stuff in order, chat with the evening shift aids, get my coffee, have a smoke break with my night time aide, etc. Once I clock in, however, I get to work. We have half an hour to get report and check narcs. I am always pretty sensitive to the outgoing shifts: they have been there all day/evening, and they want to go home. They have a life to live too. I agree about taking it to the DNS and saying "I need help figuring out when to clock in" and not "these people need to get their @#$% together". You're more likely to get a response from that.
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Aug 31, 2009, 07:33 AM
Re: What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?
I expect my relief to just show up on time...report starts at 2145 and I expect them to be sitting in the report room ready to take report at that time. If they are the type that shows up early and I am not caught up, I expect them to leave me alone until either change of shift (at which time I will be ready to give report) or until I catch up and am ready to give report.
If they are late, I expect them to sit down and take report when they walk in the door...it is so frustrating to have them go through the routine of having to get coffee and their three pens and one highlighter and one black sharpie and two pieces of gum and...
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