Manager Insists....

If she wants you to stay until 1930, then you should not clock out until 1930. I think she's being ridiculous, personally. Pick your battles.

I think you are sweating the small stuff here.

I've just never heard of it. Managers typically will be flexible. If something happens there are plenty of nurses to help out. I wonder if I told her that after the year (to repay 25k relo) I'll be leaving if that would make it easier. Sometimes I will only have one patient at the end of a shift. Its a nice feeling to get home early. =)

You are dealing with a time obsessed soul. I know, because time is my personal hang up. Humor her...

On a new position for 7 months....last week the manager told me that to comply with the policy day shift nurses (12 hour) stay on the unit until 1930. Typically in a high acuity area after you give report and check in with the patient you can leave. The manager derives her view from those 7 minutes totaled up are a lot of hours of wasted labor. So even after clocking out at 1923 she wants nurses to stay.I point out that the unit is steady and many of us have lives which benefit from leaving a few minutes after report is completed...and yet she is adamant and insistent. I pointed out that I will have to pull back from full time to a .6 next year. She was clearly shocked.

First time in 25 years as an RN I've ever heard of this. Anyone else?

So she doesn't like rounding in the employee's favor, but she's probably OK with rounding in the employer's favor? Maybe she needs to make changes and pay by the minute, instead ...or the second. She sounds like a petty moron. I probably wouldn't quit a job if that were the only issue, but it would definitely annoy me.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect someone to stay for the entirety of their shift. Shift change is a big risk time for falls at my facility. If day shift is there til 7:30 that could give nightshift a chance to look over charts or pull meds while days still has eyes on the unit, and vice versa in the morning. But you should absolutely be clocking out the time you leave.

if you're on the unit floor you must be clocked in. Heaven forbid you or a colleague injure yourself at work and you have already clocked out, time clock shows you as off-duty.

I have seen the 7 minute window at quite a different facilities.

Good luck; she sounds like a peach!!! :-)