How do you get a sub?

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I'm just curious what everyone else does if they are sick and cannot come into work. We have an online system we can call into, but if a sub doesn't pick up then I have no one to cover for me. I end up texting /emailing each sub on our list asking for help. We have very limited subs, and 9/10 they are unavailable. I have had to plan "in advance" to be sick before just to line someone up.

Anyway, just curious how you all handle it. I hate to have to worry about who is taking care of the health office when I'm sick, but coming in ill is not fun either!!

10 minutes ago, MHDNURSE said:

We hired two floats in our district and even with them, we still have coverage issues. I am not even clinical this year but I was asked to sub last Thursday because both our floats were covering and a third nurse had Flu A (that is the one I covered for). We looked into an agency and they want $65/hour for a RN with a 4 hour minimum. My district won't pay that. And our sub pay is abysmal- $120a DAY. It stinks!

65.00 an hour! I'm in the wrong job! LOL We pay $25.91/hour for subs which I think is decent but it's only higher because we agreed to give back 2 of our holidays to increase the hourly wage making it somewhat more enticing for a sub to want to cover for us. Needless to say, it's not working. ?

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8 minutes ago, Jenniferocious said:

65.00 an hour! I'm in the wrong job! LOL We pay $25.91/hour for subs which I think is decent but it's only higher because we agreed to give back 2 of our holidays to increase the hourly wage making it somewhat more enticing for a sub to want to cover for us. Needless to say, it's not working. ?

The agency probably gets that - NOT the nurse ?

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1 hour ago, Jenniferocious said:

65.00 an hour! I'm in the wrong job! LOL We pay $25.91/hour for subs which I think is decent but it's only higher because we agreed to give back 2 of our holidays to increase the hourly wage making it somewhat more enticing for a sub to want to cover for us. Needless to say, it's not working. ?

We pay $35/hour but this increase is new this year. It is pretty decent. Agency is like $65/hour (and agency nurse does not get that much an hour).

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