I changed jobs in June...I went from full time in a nursing home to PRN and started a new full time job in a hospital.
I haven't worked at the nursing home since July 16th...we are required to work once every 90 days to maintain PRN status...or that is how is used to be. The DON at the nursing home offered me a couple of shifts at the beginning of August. Since I was already scheduled at the hospital, I declined them. She wanted me to give her a copy of my schedule at the hospital, which I also declined to do. I told her that I could give her a list of the days I was available and she told me that she would just call me when the schedule was out and see if I could fill any open shifts. I haven't heard from her since I turned down the shifts at the beginning of the month.
Today, I was talking to another nurse at the hospital who works PRN at the nursing home and she told me they made some policy changes. Now, PRN staff has to work once a PAY PERIOD to maintain their status. It is rare that there are open shifts for nurses at all...certainly not once a pay period, so I am a bit confused by this. I called the DON today to see what was going on and all she will tell me is, "We are reassessing policies." I asked her if I was being terminated since I haven't worked in over a month and she refused to answer. Weird...
Either way, I guess I am not too upset over this. The DON didn't really care when I resigned...she didn't talk to me at all after I gave my notice. But, I would like to know if this makes me ineligible for rehire or what. It seems odd that they would change a policy and not let people know. It also seems odd that they would expect PRN staff to work so often, especially more often than not, hours are covered by regular full-time or part-time staff. They often go months without using any PRN staff at all.
Providing her with a copy of your schedule may have been a matter of convenience to her, but it could also be seen as a way for her to make you jump when she calls and tells you to jump. Just another form of control. Not her business. Scheduling information of the other facility and their other employees also not her business.
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You know, just for curiosity, if you have a friend from another facility call for a reference on you you might be able to find out just what your status is - e.g. eligible for rehire or not. I have a friend in mgt. that will do that for me; it can be quite informative. Besides that, your employer would be aware that you're not sitting around waiting by the phone for them to call you.
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Because she wants an actual copy of the schedule at the hospital. I'm more than willing to give her a list of days I am available, but I really want to be asked before she schedules me either way. Plus, I work nights at the hospital and she is asking me to do evenings and days. I don't want her scheduling me for a 2p-10p shift on the same day that I finish a 6p-6a shift. My schedule a the hospital is out for 8 weeks at a time...it changes sometimes and I don't want her to schedule me on a day that I get changed at the hospital. And...I don't want her to schedule me and not let me know...I would hate to be scheduled and not show up.
She needs a reality check. PRN is just that PRN. You are not required to give her the inside track of your personal life. You are 100% correct in giving her your available days and they cannot use you that fullfills your obligation. Facilities do this so people quit instead of being fired because then you can file for unemployment that they have to pay a percentage. I would just quit and find another prn position before this crazed individual causes you harm.
I don't know, my PRN job gets a copy of my schedule and I still pick the hours I want to work. It keeps them from wasting their time and bugging me when I'm already working etc. My thoughts are if I want someone to use me for PRN work I try to be as agreeable as possible.
I think providing her with a list of days that I am available is pretty agreeable. She really has no right to the actual schedule...which is what she specifically asked for. Does she really have the right to know when everyone else is working? I don't think so!
I'm really more annoyed that they changed policies without informing everyone. If they are going to make a policy change that affects someone, shouldn't they tell the people affected by the changes?
I was a good employee when I was there...missed one shift in three years...picked up overtime a lot...always on time...worked well with others...went way above and beyond what I had to do...and this is how it ends up? Really?
I agree! I was talking to one of the CNAs last night and she said they have been working short a lot lately. Also...they are implementing a manadatory stay over thing and are mandating people to come in early. The new policy is 1) no more scheduled 12 hour shifts, 2) the charge nurse can madate a four hour stay over, 3) every day, someone on each shift is "on call" two hours before the shift actually starts. So...they are trying to completely eliminate PRN staff. Seems like a bad plan to me...they don't have a lot of issues with people calling in...I think they might, now that everyone knows someone will be forced to cover for them.
I'm glad I am not there full time any more...
So, it seems they are now paying a lot of overtime to deal with the shortage that they encountered by firing all the per diem staff; and making the core staff so unhappy with mandatory overtime (is this actually legal in your state?) that THEY will all probably quit soon, and thereby exascerbate the staffing shortage. Yeah, gotta love these upper management "genuises"!
It keeps them from wasting their time and bugging me when I'm already working etc. My thoughts are if I want someone to use me for PRN work I try to be as agreeable as possible.
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Providing her with a copy of your schedule may have been a matter of convenience to her, but it could also be seen as a way for her to make you jump when she calls and tells you to jump. Just another form of control. Not her business. Scheduling information of the other facility and their other employees also not her business.