Nursing Supervisors=Telemarketers

[FireStarterRN]

Heh, heh, fortunately I have the nrsg supervisor office phone programmed into my cellphone caller ID, and also the supervisor cellphone I, of course, know by heart. As soon as I got that call today, I ignored it, and proceeded to temporarily disconnect our landline, which is my secondery number they are to call, thereby totally bypassing even talking to the nursing supervisor who was looking for a last minute shift replacement.

I would hate to be a nursing supervisor. They have to be like telemarketers. They have to make nice to everyone in the hospital in order to seduce them to pick up extra shifts.

[Mulan]

When I am at work it gets my total attention, when I am off, the other areas of my life deserve the same.

:yeahthat:

[megananne7]

Or outright lies. My mom was telling me about her sup calling her at 11pm after she got off a double shift 24 hours! Then telling her if she didn't come in she would be disciplined. My mom pulled out her union regs and read the lady the riot act. She hasn't called back since, I think she's afraid. Lol do not mess with a nurse's sleep.

Oh wow. I'd be mad if someone told me I'd be disciplined after working a double!

[LydiaNN]

I'm here to tell you, it's not much fun on the OTHER end of that phone, either. I've been yelled at, hung up on, and cussed out........most often by the husbands/boyfriends of staff members. To say the least, I don't enjoy calling people in to work on their days off, but sometimes it's necessary, and once in a while I'd appreciate the courtesy of an answer, or a return call---even one saying you won't come in. You don't have to justify it, you don't have to tell me why..........just respond and say No so I can go on to the next person on the list!

Aren't you going to the next person on the list, anyway, though? Back in my floor days, my family and friends all used a code if they wanted to get in touch with me on my day off... 4 rings, twice, and I'd pick up the third time they dialed. This was in pre-caller ID and answering machine days, and they understood the guilt games the supervisors played to try to get us to come in. Those alone put a damper on my hard-earned days off.

[ASSEDO]

Cut the phone off and put your feet up, because "

"An emergency on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part".

[ASSEDO]

Cool.