Being forced to rotate

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Hello, I’m always a reader here but never post or reply LOL anyways I have a dilemma and need help. I was hired I’m presuming rotating but was primarily nights. Never worked nights before in my life and eventually switched to days a few years ago. Working nights was horrible for me, gave me horrible anxiety and was always sick. Once I switched to days everything changed and life got better. I made the switch to fill time days and my wife went to bcecome full time days . She’s a nurse too. We work off each other schedules to avoid babysitting issues. Our hospital and especially unit is having trouble keeping ppl on nights and was told we will rotate nurses back to nights for 6weeks or so. I physically can’t do it . My Dr before told me that I had to come off nights which I did. Do I have anyway of getting out of this? I think not due to the contract most likely saying rotating. Any help please and thank you 

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

You can try to get a doctor's note to maybe get out of it, but I'm not sure if the employer will be willing to accommodate you. 

I think it is crappy that they are trying to do this to you, and it is a one-way ticket to even worse short staffing.

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Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.

I agree this is pretty crappy! I would think you have some wiggle room as you haven’t done this for 2 years. I would try a MD note and if that doesn’t work maybe FMLA (for chronic/intermittent). It would allow you to call in sick without it counting as a “sick day” for write up purposes etc. But first I would just explain that you are no longer able to work nights and see what Management says. Who knows they could be fishing/bluffing. 
Good luck!

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