Don't you just hate it when you are scheduled to work on a holiday?

silverbat · May 17, 2012

No, as long as I know in advance so I can make or change plans as needed. Nursing is a 24/7/365 job and Patients still have to be taken care of on holidays. I do think the holiday schedule needs to be fair and unbiased. WHen hospital I worked at was: if I work this chirstmas, I am off next christmas,etc. So that worked out well.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · May 17, 2012

I love the holiday pay!! But I also think that a holiday like New Years should include the Eve as well as the day....

TeleNurse2010 · May 17, 2012

Yes I do, particularly now since I have to work the 4th of July and Christmas again this year. I had to work those last year as well. I'd much rather work the other holidays than work these two, especially since I have kids.

AussiRN · May 17, 2012

I wish I never had to work a public holiday and still have no paycut.

allnurses Guide · May 17, 2012

Never cared until I had kids.

Now, I have the revelation that a holiday is any darn day I choose to make it!

So if I don't have Christmas on Christmas day, okay.

The kids will just get to celebrate it more than once on my day.

Tragedy for sure!

applewhitern, BSN, RN · May 17, 2012

It was awfully hard on me and my kids because I was a single parent, and had no relatives near. Daycare was always closed on holidays, and it was impossible to find child sitters on holidays! I got stuck working Christmas every year, for years in a row. I was so jealous of my best friend, who was a teacher and got all holidays off! The job I have now is easier, but the kids are grown and gone.

merlee · May 17, 2012

Because I am Jewish I volunteered to work on Christmas Eve & Christmas day for many years. But don't getme wrong - my family was home and we would have enjoyed being together! When I was a kid, we always had a big family dinner on Christmas because everyone was off from work.

But I worked more than my share of holidays through the years, and often had to beg for 'my' holidays off.

So I don't feel bad for most people, except those, like applewhite, who had a hard time getting child care.

aileenve, ASN, RN · May 17, 2012

I only cared about Christmas, Easter, not so much the others unless there were special plans... I especially like that it is less hectic at work! :yeah:

nicenurselpn, LPN · May 17, 2012

At my work, they recently took our holidays away. For years we would rotate holidays. Now we only get 2 off a year and it is their choice which ones. I didn't mind working them before, because if I worked Christmas this year, I would be off the next year. But of course management and unit managers are exempt from this rule. This only effects the floor nurses only, not the cna's. I think I will print out this cartoon, and post it on my bosses door when no one is looking lol.

DogWmn · May 17, 2012

Since I'm older, single and not christian so I don't mind working holidays. Better pay, it's quieter and it's kinda like "paying it forward" for those who do need it off.

sherdk · May 17, 2012

I love working the holiday days--- depending upon which area you work -- can be very quiet and usually no management staff working or for instance, ER can be very busy. As a manager always nice to be able to get caught up on things and to get to know you staff better!!! I have probably worked Christmas for at least 40 years to let others with small kids have it off!!!