Visiting nurse slapped with a parking ticket :-/

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  1. Do you think Visiting Nurses should be exempt fom parking violations while on duty?

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      Visiting nurses should never get tickets on duty, they are taking care of loved ones.
    • 3
      I don't know.
    • 32
      Visiting nurses should take full responsibility for finding somewhere to park, patients come 2nd.

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Hi everyone.I am a visiting nurse. I go to the homes of multiple patient's on a daily basis. Today I was slapped with a parking ticking for double parking my car while alternate side parking was in effect. I really tried to find a parking spot. I drove around the area for over hour. Parking is extremely difficult in and city/urban area. What is a visiting nurse suppose to do in such a case?I feel like nurses should be excuse/ exempt from such tickets while on duty. Humph!Anyway can you all give me any suggestion on how I can get out of paying this $115 ticket? #lifeinnyc

The entitlement in this thread is strong.

Personally, I don't see why I should have to pay more than half of my day's pay for the privilege of parking in order to work. I don't feel entitled to anything, but I don't believe I should have to pay a fee to work.

Personally, I don't see why I should have to pay more than half of my day's pay for the privilege of parking in order to work. I don't feel entitled to anything, but I don't believe I should have to pay a fee to work.

That is the price you pay when you voluntarily decided to accept your current working conditions. There are prices to pay when you chose to live a certain lifestyle, not that it is bad or good but everyone must decide for themselves if a course of action is worth the consequence.

Personally, I would like to live in Montana and work in Florida but the commute would just kill me.

Don't break the law and then you won't pay fines, I think it is a pretty easy to understand concept.

Everyone these days seems to think they should be exempt from anything that is an inconvenience to them but is a safety issue or convenience for the rest of the public.

There is a good reason public transportation exists in places that are congested with traffic. NYC has one of the best transit systems around. In fact, you'd be lucky to find a parking spot closer to your destination than a subway station would be. You don't have to worry about accidents or vandalism befalling your car if you don't park it on the street.

How is driving around for an hour looking for parking, or blocking another car at the curb, advantageous? What is so wonderful about having your car near the patient's residence?

If everyone got special parking treatment, the arteries would all be blocked, and no one would go anywhere by car.

(By the way, vehicles such as U.S. Mail trucks are not entitled to special treatment. If they are parked illegally, they should be ticketed, though the people handing out ticket might not realize that. I found the regulations regarding the matter on a federal government Web site. They're actually trying to get their employees to mind local parking regulations, and the employee is responsible for the parking fine. I don't think it's a primary concern of the federal government, though.)

Specializes in Med/Surg/Tele.

Nurses should not get a special "illegal parking exempt" status. Everyone else deals with it too. Should UPS or FedEx drivers get special parking status because they sometimes are delivering medicines? Should delivery trucks for Phillip Morris automatically get ticketed even when they are parked legally just because their products are killing people? It does not matter what you are doing or why you are parking in the area, you need to search for legal parking just like everyone else.

With that said, have you checked with your employer to see if there is anything that they can do to help you with the parking situation? Or the patient (ie, do they have a visitor parking sticker that you can use to park on the street near their home)

Personally, I don't see why I should have to pay more than half of my day's pay for the privilege of parking in order to work. I don't feel entitled to anything, but I don't believe I should have to pay a fee to work.

I am sure you get paid more to work in the city, if not, perhaps this job is not worth it.

Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.
Im not sure if you are familiar with NYC street parking. Besides that, You are right about knowing that I was not suppose to park there was no parking after an hour of searching. You know my only point is that nurses should have consideration while on duty so that patients can be seen in a timely fashion. Time is wasted and care is hindered when circling for parking for hours.

Personally, I am VERY familiar with alternate side parking, having been born and raised in NYC. I could not agree with you more about visiting nurses getting some sort of parking exemption from the rules. However, in the day and age we live in, I can see this privilege becoming abused so I am sure there is a very slim chance of this coming to fruition. Anyway, seems like it depends on the neighborhood you're in as to whether or not you will get a ticket. Where my family resides, one can double park across the street and leave the car unattended for the 90 minutes until cars can be moved again -- never a ticket. Must be a neighborhood thing.

Any chance your employer makes an allowance for parking fees?

I am sure you get paid more to work in the city, if not, perhaps this job is not worth it.

I get paid CNA wages to do licensed nurse work in one of the largest cities in the US by an agency that is second to only one other agency for low pay. I continue to look. There are no alternatives.

Personally, I am VERY familiar with alternate side parking, having been born and raised in NYC. I could not agree with you more about visiting nurses getting some sort of parking exemption from the rules. However, in the day and age we live in, I can see this privilege becoming abused so I am sure there is a very slim chance of this coming to fruition. Anyway, seems like it depends on the neighborhood you're in as to whether or not you will get a ticket. Where my family resides, one can double park across the street and leave the car unattended for the 90 minutes until cars can be moved again -- never a ticket. Must be a neighborhood thing.

Any chance your employer makes an allowance for parking fees?

Why should nurses receive an exemption permit from parking regulations?

I get paid CNA wages to do licensed nurse work in one of the largest cities in the US by an agency that is second to only one other agency for low pay. I continue to look. There are no alternatives.

The alternatives are this, take the job and deal with it or don't take the job. This might sound harsh, but there is ALWAYS a choice. It might not be the one you want, but there is always a choice.

I get paid CNA wages to do licensed nurse work in one of the largest cities in the US by an agency that is second to only one other agency for low pay. I continue to look. There are no alternatives.

Your choice to accept those wages, live in that community, and work for that company, hooray for life choices.

The alternatives are this, take the job and deal with it or don't take the job. This might sound harsh, but there is ALWAYS a choice. It might not be the one you want, but there is always a choice.

Stating the obvious. Not what the OP was posting about, or for, nor necessarily the object of everyone's response.

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