How Often Do You Get Cancelled?

[MackNJacks mom]

I get cancelled or put on call about once a month. Just wondering if I really have a dream job or if this is common. So how often do you get the 5 o'clock call?

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Not often enough. I wanted to be canceled today and didn't get called. So I put myself on the list for tomorrow because I have a lot of school work, but noooooooo the charge nurse got the manager to take her off the schedule, so we're normally staffed tomorrow.

During the summer maybe once or twice. During the "season" which is Winter in here in Florida, never.

[veegeern, BSN, RN]

Depends. During slow time, sometimes two or more times in a 2 week period. During the winter, almost never. Like Tweety, have some coworkers who get the manager to take them off the schedule. In our case, in lieu (sp?) of signing the list. This can be really irritating!

[TazziRN, RN]

never, but i'm in er. ob doesn't get cancelled either. icu will be cancelled occasionally but they will be placed on call. medsurg, it can happen a lot depending on the census. there have been times when there were only 2-4 pts on medsurg. (max is 14, guys, so don't freak!)

[Haunted]

Day 4 for me. I still get the call at 5 ayem from the agency. I keep in touch with my friends who are full time staff and they report census has been low everywhere here in the OC. I guess if you are in a specialty unit like ER or OB you don't get cancelled.

What do you do with your time off?

[king of codes]

we're always short staffed so never happens. The rare occasion it does (2ce a year), you can refuse and be floated or you take call, never a cancel unless census is like 2 or 3 and one nurse is already taken call (once every two plus years). we always require a call nurse before a cancel:o

[Antikigirl, ASN, RN]

I am agency so I do get cancled if census is low, but typically I keep my 3-4 days a week that I choose. Lately however, I had one full week of cancel and staff nurses were also cancled due to low census which is very very rare!!!!

[Zee_RN, BSN, RN]

Required cancelled? Never. Voluntary cancelled? Rarely. Sometimes it happens over the summer but thus far we are still going full steam ahead, all 20 ICU beds filled and pts still waiting in the E.R. or PACU. And we're short-staffed due to a couple of people off on LOAs (they WILL have babies, lol) and a couple resignations.