Do you always get out of work on time?

I do get out on time.

I'm out on time unless there's a last minute "event". It could be an admission, a critically low blood sugar, a fall, etc. Even then, my co-workers and I are good about switching into team mode and backing each other up ...so we all may leave a little late, but no one stays really late. We usually leave as a small group (there are only 2-3 of us on the unit).

I do, because I don't want to get out late. However, if I've been running my a** off all night I don't feel bad (and will explain to the manager) for staying clocked in while finishing my charting after I've given report.

That usually only happens if there have been codes or something like that that has sucked my time up multiple times.

There are managers who want you to clock out on time no matter what, though, and I don't. If someone is screwing around all night and chatting when they were supposed to be charting or doing pt care, then yeah, they should clock out because they wasted 4-5 hours of the 12 hour shift doing nothing.

Otherwise, 99.99% of the time I get out on time.

xo

My problem is when the next shift nurse shows up late and takes 10 minutes to put away her stuff. Then we can finally do handoff.

Always , no. Most of the time yes.

I'm a newish CMA but I've already learned if I work closing I won't get out on time. That last pt will always take more time than scheduled but I don't mind the ot and extra time to get other work done. Plus I start getting things prepared for the morning while the Dr is in there.

If I work an early shift yes I get out on time. But I notice they give the staring shifts to the CMA's who have been there longest.

I'm usually a little late (15 min?), sometimes on time, sometimes quite late (1 hr or more). My current manager trusts us, but in the past yes I have said -- "I was completely swamped with pt care, even though my colleagues helped as much as they could. Between documentation and pt care, pt care will always come first. The computer can wait." That and "I could have gotten out on time if I'd skipped lunch, but I wasn't willing to skip lunch. Besides, I'd still be getting paid for that extra 1/2 hr had I skipped lunch. Said 1/2 hr just happened between 1530-1600, instead of between 1200-1230

I am almost always out on time unless the shift is particularly crazy or there is a last minute admit. The nurses I work with though usually have to stay at least an extra 10-15 minutes to finish bedside check and charting. It's very rare to see them leave on-time. Fortunately our manager is understanding and has been doing her best to implement changes that shorten the amount of OT the nurses are working.

This is something I am working on. I have a hard time finishing report on time (not for me being wordy but for report being involved and having to report to multiple people and basically having to wait my turn...). I do try my hardest to have all my charting done before report but the 5-7 hours are so busy that doesn't always happen. I also struggle with knowing when it's OK to not do something for the oncoming shift. I'm a relatively new nurse and I want the reputation of helpful and the nurse you want to follow. But I know I need to find the sweet spot there too. Anyways, Getting out on time is on my list of things to do better this year... I imagine it's practice makes better (never will be perfect!!).