contract question

[HikingNinja]

So, my contract has the following language:

Professional will be paid for cancelled shifts in excess of 36 hours per assignment which are cancelled by the facility and cannot be made up during the pay cycle.

What exactly does this mean? Does this mean the facility can say cancel me for Monday, but pop up a day later and say we need you to work Friday instead and I have to say ok? I specifically spoke with my recruiter about guaranteed hours during the verbal negotiation. I expressed I wanted guaranteed hours and did not want the facility to have the ability to juggle around a set schedule, like the cancel Monday then I would have to work Friday example above.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

I have never had a contract cancelled. I would never agree to a contract unless it states guaranteed hours.

Three shifts per contract is a significant amount of lost income over a year's time.

[eager1hasbegun]

In a department like ED or L&D in which it's not uncommon to be beyond maxed on patient census (we can't turn patients away!) one day, and then dead the next (because everyone was delivered or discharged), the unit is just being fiscally responsible by putting that kind of clause in. In L&D for example, if there are 6 women in active labor, they need 6 nurses (not counting charge and/or triage). Say they all deliver within the first 4 hrs of the shift. If the unit is LDRP, now you only need 3 nurses (and one is free, just waiting for the next pt to walk in the door). If it's only L&D, all 6 of those nurses are now free when the pts move to Postpartum. If it's a smaller hospital, the likelihood of getting 6 more active labors that same shift is low, and no one can justify having 6 nurses on the clock doing nothing. That's how contracts get cancelled.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

In a department like ED or L&D in which it's not uncommon to be beyond maxed on patient census (we can't turn patients away!) one day, and then dead the next (because everyone was delivered or discharged), the unit is just being fiscally responsible by putting that kind of clause in. In L&D for example, if there are 6 women in active labor, they need 6 nurses (not counting charge and/or triage). Say they all deliver within the first 4 hrs of the shift. If the unit is LDRP, now you only need 3 nurses (and one is free, just waiting for the next pt to walk in the door). If it's only L&D, all 6 of those nurses are now free when the pts move to Postpartum. If it's a smaller hospital, the likelihood of getting 6 more active labors that same shift is low, and no one can justify having 6 nurses on the clock doing nothing. That's how contracts get cancelled.

Understood but not my problem when I have traveled 500 to a 1000 miles at great expense and inconvenience to help this hospital out. I will float to another area within my experience or go home early, but I will be paid for 36 hours regardless.

[HikingNinja, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

My reasons for travel nursing:

1. Check out new and I interesting geographical areas.

2. Learn new ways of doing things / skills

3. Make enough money to support myself/family

I figured it out. It's only about $900 I'd lose if the cancelled me the full 36 hrs ract. I can live with that. Plus it gives me more time to explore the city.

[NedRN]

Very smart.