on call for holidays? - page 2
So I am a new rn and this is my first rn job, at a mid-size hospital. we have the 1-5 order of preference for holidays off, which is cool , and I am new so I anticipate working the brunt of the... Read More
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Oct 18, '05Ugggg, what a crappy policy. We are a small unit and somehow the scedule is never really a problem. We do it ourselves and have always been able to work things out even with the holidays. And as far as calling off sick on a holiday, you better be DEAD! -
Oct 18, '05That policy is ridiculous. Management apparently can't think of another way to ensure that people who are scheduled to work holidays actually work those days. I bet the people who came up with that policy have the holidays off, and are not on-call. The idea that employees can't make plans for their holiday, or on any day they are scheduled to be off, is unrealistic. :angryfire Are we supposed to sit by the phone on our days off and wait for our job to call us in to work?
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Oct 18, '05OMG no we don't do this.For OBVIOUS reasons. We break up holidays into 6 hour blocks to work---it's less painful for everyone that way. Most of us elect to work the full 12 hour shift. It would get ugly working that way, like the others said. BAD idea. -
Oct 18, '05So what would happen if someone called in "sick" and the on-call person called in sick too?
I like the six hour shift idea, myself
~Linda
