no longer can work long hours

[MauraRN]

That thread would be helpful for me. I am in the "now what do I do" phase. I can no longer work 80 hour weeks, with multiple phone calls to me on my day off and get paid for 40 hours per week. I can no longer afford to be a nurse, financially, emotionally, my health is beginning to take a hit, I have no life, just work.

[subee, MSN, CRNA]

You've allowed yourself to be a doormat. Assert yourself - get caller ID and use it after announcing that you are OFF on your day off unless it is a life and death emergency. You have nothing to lose since they are eating you alive. What they're doing may even be illegal - don't know your circumstances. Consider it a part of your new "wellness" program.

[Lynx25, LPN]

I can no longer work 80 hour weeks.... and get paid for 40 hours per week.

Answer the phone.

Ask if they work for free.

When they say no, agree that that sounds like a nice idea, and then hang up.

Don't let people take advantage of you.

[DixieRedHead, ASN, RN]

Honey, you're preaching to the choir.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

80 hours/weekly?

No one can do that for very long.

An old piece of advice, courtesy of my grandpa:

"Overtime is extra money. If you're depending on it to make ends meet, you need to change the ends or the means."

[MN-Nurse, ASN, RN]

I can no longer work 80 hour weeks, with multiple phone calls to me on my day off and get paid for 40 hours per week. .

WTH? Working too many hours "for free" is why I left my salaried engineering profession behind.

[NickiLaughs, ADN, BSN, RN]

OP must be salaried....time to ask for a BIG raise or find something else.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

Start saying no. Your health is more important. Perhaps it's time to look for a new job. I feel you....the first seven months of nursing, I was exhausted. Always picking up shifts and saying yes to OT. I learned, and I told my manager exactly how I felt. After that period, I quit being so accommodating. There's a limit to how many extra shifts I'm willing to work. We all have a life.