Are you working over the holidays and don't want to? Well I am! There was a sign-up sheet on the wall and everyone signed up for what they wanted like work x-mas eve off, work x-mas day etc for New Years too. Well the paper was completely full and 8 people wanted to work each holiday because of the pay (which really is only time and a half not double time like in some other facilities). Ok so I don't even sign up because I'm not interested in working any day because I have a family; let the older women work who want to right?
Well guess who was signed up to work X-mas eve, day and New Years day (which means I can't do anything New Years eve as well) It took me all of one minute to realize why my boss put me on the schedule. Because I'm an LVN and will get paid less! Then they said I didn't have to work X-mas eve because the other LVN was working then. Oh good because they don't pay holiday pay on that day just like they didn't give me holiday pay on Easter when I had to work and be away from my kids.
Ok just had to blow off some steam! This is the first time in a while that my daughter will be home for X-mas. She is a soldier and is in Iraq for the past 18 months. She is leaving on December 15th to come home and I just thought I would be able to spend the holidays with her and the rest of my family. Before that she spent a year in Kosovo so we missed her for the holidays then too.
Sorry just needed to vent How about everyone else? Working? I understand we are nurses now so this happens.
Heh, I work doubles every holiday because our facility pays double time for each and every hour you work on the holiday. Work 16 hours on Christmas? You get 16 hours of holiday pay.
Needless to say I am working about 40 hours of OT with 2 of the extra shifts on Christmas and New Years.
Gotta start the new year off right! With BIG money.
A lot of our nurses split shifts for the holidays that way no one is left out. One nurse works the first half and another works the second half. Works out pretty good and everyone gets to spend time with their famalies.
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ever since i started working as a nurse, we have celebrated christmas on whichever day made the most sense. just because it's written on the calendar on the 25th doesn't mean that you can't have your family celebrations on the 23rd, as we've done once, or the 26th as we've done a couple of times. we've also opened gifts at 1 in the afternoon when i've been working nights christmas day and eldest daughter cooked so we could have dinner at 4. one year we opened gifts at 8 pm after i got home and had our turkey dinner the next night.
our wedding anniversary is on the 31st. the only time it's been a big deal if i was off was when it was our 25th. the rest of the years we might celebrate on the 30th with a nice dinner out and some good company. this year i'm working the 26th, 31st and 1st. we're celebrating our anniversary on the 3rd of january.
don't be circumscribed by numbers on a page. it's not about the date, it's about the people and the emotion.
every year, i'm amazed anew that some folks just don't seem to get that! christmas is more than a day on the calendar, and it can be celebrated any day you can get together with your loved ones. yet some nurses throw fits about it every single year! even young children will understand if you tell them that "mommy (or daddy) has to take care of sick people on december 25, so santa is going to make a very special visit to our house on december 23! let's make some cookies for santa, shall we?"
To this day ,my family tells their friends that they don't know which "day" will be Christmas,New Years ,ect until "Mom's schedule comes out"!
But where I work we pretty much stay on if your worked last year,you are off this year. I really kind of miss working Christmas when I am off. There is a special feeling at the hospital on Christmas. I guess you have to been working a few years to understand what I mean.
and the rest of my family. Before that she spent a year in Kosovo so we missed her for the holidays then too.
How about everyone else? Working? I understand we are nurses now so this happens.
Atheos
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Heh, I work doubles every holiday because our facility pays double time for each and every hour you work on the holiday. Work 16 hours on Christmas? You get 16 hours of holiday pay.
Needless to say I am working about 40 hours of OT with 2 of the extra shifts on Christmas and New Years.
Gotta start the new year off right! With BIG money.