Tired of being flexible

[paddler]

I love HH and I am good at it. I've been doing this for 4 years now. Recently our agency has been losing lots of staff and this results in added chaos being imposed on me (and the remaining crew). I get at least one call, usually 2-3 every single day from the office asking me to accommodate a visit, often an admission "they just found out about". This is on top of an already overbooked schedule due to low staff available. I am getting sooooooo tired of being flexible and positive and a team player. It's making me anxious and nauseous and I am really at the edge of wanting to join the ranks of nurses jumping ship. I have asserted boundaries as far as picking up extra days on the weekends, but this doesn't prevent them from continuing to ask me. I hate to be put in the position to decline the extra weekend work EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND. I wish they would stop asking. I work long and hard enough, and I want my old census back (25-28 visits a week)! I don't want extra work (now 30-35 visits a week), and I don't really want to see 10 patients a day! RAWR!

[paddler]

At our office, they are all working full time and busy with their own responsibilities too.

[KateRN1]

So are we, doesn't stop us from doing what needs to be done.

[bostonbakednurse]

Try saying, "I'm all set." And then it's not open for discussion. Change the subject, walk away, dismiss yourself but stand firm.

They are doing this because they know that you will say yes.

I'm new at this gig and when I got hired I told the boss I only wanted patients in certain areas. Well gradually they got further and further away. I had a sit down with her and stood firm. Haven't had any problems since. Although one day she asked if I would possibly cover in an "emergency."

"I'm all set."