should i?

[rigidchop]

i have only had one job as an lpn. i took the job because they have 12 hour shifts and i get more days off. i really enjoy my time away from work. i hate being called in on my days off. it seems like it happening more and more frequently now. i don't have to go in, but in the back of my mind i feel like i am letting the facility down, if i don't go in. i mean, its not my fault that people call off. its not my job to make sure the facility is staffed. they pay people to do that. am i just being selfish, or should i just suck it up and go in?

[BroadwayRN, ASN, RN]

Don't answer the phone. You have every obligation to give 100% when you are at work and to work those 36 hours per week, unless of course you are sick. Your time off is your time OFF. Don't let them guilt you into giving it up unless you decide you want the overtime. In the long run they'll think no more of you if you run in every time they call. It's all just numbers to them.