After searching for months, I was recently hired for a 24 hour position working 3-11 on the sub-acute unit at a Skilled nursing facility. This is my first job as an RN aside from working for a flu clinic.
When I was hired, the DON told me they had 2 teams of nurses and that each team worked every other weekend. Yesterday I went in to get my pre-employment physical and was given a copy of my schedule which listed my orientation hours for February and March, followed by my permanent rotation days from then on. After looking at it, I realized that the team I was placed on works the same every other weekend schedule that my husbands job requires him to work. Since we have 2 school aged kids, this means we will need to find someone to watch them every weekend from 7am-5pm. We have a sitter (and back-up) that we can count on to watch the kids but obviously it would be better and more affordable for us to work opposite weekends from each other.
Is it a appropriate to ask the DON if there is an opening working the opposite weekends? If so, what would be the best way and time to bring it up? I have to go on tomorrow to have my PPD results read and start orientation on Feb 1st.
First - would it be unworkable without a change, or not? Think it through - what you pull off temporarily might be much tougher long-term.
Then I'd suggest you definitely ask for a change - how strongly depends on the answer above. If it won't/can't work out, it might be better to move on pre-orientation. Otherwise, plow ahead and make do, keeping an eye out for possible trades, changes, etc.
Popwhizbangz, LPN
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First - would it be unworkable without a change, or not? Think it through - what you pull off temporarily might be much tougher long-term.
Then I'd suggest you definitely ask for a change - how strongly depends on the answer above. If it won't/can't work out, it might be better to move on pre-orientation. Otherwise, plow ahead and make do, keeping an eye out for possible trades, changes, etc.