Did you get paid for your whole shift last night?

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

It's my first time working an 11.5 hour shift thanks to springing ahead. I was happily surprised to find out I get paid for the whole 12.5 hours without using any accruals. How common is this? How does your hospital handle it?

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

We get paid the 12 hours for the spring forward, and when it switches the other way, we get paid for the 13 hours we work. :)

[Wishinonastar, BSN]

Every place I have ever worked paid you for the whole shift on the spring forward night, but I do not remember getting an extra hour on the fall back night. Maybe I never had to work night turn on that night...

I detest the time change. It makes me feel like I have jet lag.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

I hated it because I went from being okay to suddenly feeling behind, and on my drips it looked like I hadn't titrated them in over an hour on my documentation.

[NeoNurseTX, RN]

Both places I've worked pay you for the hours worked.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

if you work alternating w/e, it "comes out in the wash", ie, paid for a whole shift ea time with no extra on the 13

[Straydandelion]

Where I worked pay was strictly by the time clock the official stand was it "balanced out in the end" yet with different shifts it usually didn't for me.

[abundantjoy07, RN]

Nope!

With the economy a lot of things have changed.

[Midwest4me]

I didn't work last night as I have Sat, Sun, and Monday nights off every week BUT those who did had to use an hour of comp, vacation or had to choose to work an extra hour to get their 10 hrs. When time "falls back", those who work get an hour of overtime.

[lvnlrn]

i read this and had to ask my husband if daylight savings was last night?!

uff da...i think nursing school has taken over my life =)

[MultipNP, BSN, MSN, APRN, NP]

We get paid the full 12. :-) Oh happy day! And when time goes backward, we get 13 hours of pay (as is fair). :-)