Mandated OT in NY state

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Specializes in psych, medical, drug rehab.

Mandated OT will cease to exist after June, per a new law that will go into effect.:yeah:

Supposedly the preparation is starting now .

http://www.uft.org/chapter/nurse/newsletters/winter2008/story1/

New York stands to become the 15th state to pass such a law, along with California, Missouri, Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and West Virginia.

Any thoughts , feedback on this from NY state nurses?

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Specializes in psych, medical, drug rehab.

Wow... shocked that no one has replied, commented .... anything!

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic).

No mandatory OT here where I work anyway..... as per NYSNA contract

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

Hmm. I guess I'll give this article to the next person who tells me how crummy the working conditions are in Florida.

My hospital might not be unionized, but as long as I've worked there, we've never had mandatory overtime.

To add insult to injury, I have to wonder how much those nurses pay their union for the privilege of pretending to represent nurses?

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.

Angie: I'm confused. NYSNA was instrumental in getting no mandatory OT time bill passed. This is for ALL nurses in New York, whether they pay dues or not. So are many of the other services NYSNA provides to non-NYSNA members. Please explain.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

My point:

To hear some people tell it, working in NY is heaven compared to Florida.

Yet here I am in a basically non-union state, I've never paid a dime to a union and I've never been mandated.

I have all the respect in the world for NYSNA -- grew up in NY -- but I had no idea they had so little clout that it took this long to get rid of such a dangerous and unpopular practice.

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Specializes in psych, medical, drug rehab.

Frankly just from the little I have observed and listened too, I am rather surprised at the working conditions of the NY nurses. I would have really thought the area to be a bit more progressive than what it is.

We need to follow suit with those California nurses .

From what I have seen and heard:

Poor working conditions.

Poor nurse-patient ratio.

Rather discouraging.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that many of the nurses are not happy here. All you have to do is look at their affect.

My two cents for the day.

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