I'm working at a diabetes/kidney acute medicine ward and have since I started in October noticed there's some nursing colleagues disgruntled due to the pressure nurses are under. A lot of overtime hours and since we have flex hours (not sure if it's called that in English speaking countries) we can put in to get a day off with those hours, we can be called to work though if a nurse is sick. The thing is that we are getting called in when nurses' aids call in sick too, getting put as aids to our colleagues for that shift. Sometimes we can see our names on the board days in advance too. A colleague who has been working against this got yelled at by our boss one day. It doesn't feel fair. Aids are obviously not getting called to work if a nurse is sick (aids think it's just fine that the situation is like this however). I had my first shift being an aid a week ago and it felt really awkward being put in a situation where my colleague was, even for the day, my boss. Has any of you experienced this? I'm all for working together for a common goal but I did not spend many years in school/university and have big loans to work as an aid but rather to use my skills to do nursing work.
Anna