Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

Consider yourself very lucky. About 98% of end-of-shift OT is caused by poor staffing ratios combined with endless charting--which isn't done DURING the shift due to time constraints..

And you probably don't usually get bathroom or meal breaks, either, I'd guess.

Yes, we are encouraged to clock out no later than 0730. I am sometimes there after 0730 because of being unable to give verbal report because of late staff, interruptions, etc. I now leave the floor at exactly 0730, go out to my car and continue with verbal report by calling from my cell phone. This way I am off the clock, starting my drive home and still completing my duties. If I have had a hectic night and paperwork is not completed I send myself an email outlining the situation. The email is timed, dated and stamped. This way if I am called in for paperwork violations I can show them I made an effort. Of course I always complete essential documention (I&O's, change of status), but the fall risk, skin score and endless repetitive nonsense I will not complete if running behind.