Taking work home

I agree with you but I too am one who takes work home with me- I try with all my might not to but there is times you just have too. In the piece and quiet of my home I am able to get things done and done quicker - no interuptions.

I check my email if I'm away for more than a day, but usually I leave the work at work. We ALL need time to decompress.

I used to take work home all the time. That, plus being on-call 24/7, was how I wound up working 60-hour weeks and getting paid for 40.......and why I was tickled pink to get back into floor nursing again, where I get paid for every single minute I'm in the building, get time-and-a-half for extra hours, and can hand over the keys and shut off my phone at the end of the day.

But, that's just me.

I wonder how many nurses spend a good deal of time worrying about work, if not actually engaged in some aspect of work, at home when they are off. If worry time equaled paid time, probably a lot of nurses would be very well paid indeed.

Coming from a military background, US Army retired after 20 years. I learned, when I finally got into the position where I was in charge of clinics, that there was NO PAPERWORK that couldn't wait until tomorrow! Patient care issues are a whole other ballgame of course! If you need "quite time" start your day earlier 6-7am and leave at an appropriate hour so that you have done your hours for the day. Come in on Saturday/Sunday spend the day, you might be surprised what your week-end crews are up to :-) and then take Friday off. Anyway you get the idea! Be creative if your facility will allow you too!
Sarge

I do work from home sometimes, usually doing powerpoints for some inservice. I do it on my home computer and then email it to my work computer. I am on salery so it would not matter if I did at home or a work I guess. The only difference is I can do it in my pjs if I desire

I have come in on an off shift or the weekend if I needed peace and quiet to finish something up. It really helps when I am not there to do the floor.

I used to take work home with me. Now after all these years I've decided....I give the company my all for the 9 or so hours a day I'm in the building. Unless it's a DPH matter or something extraordinary, I don't take work home with me.