On Call Shifts

tiger · Jul 17, 2001

we don't have on call where i work. i certainly can see how it would mess up your time off though. i think that's worse than being scheduled. at least scheduled you know ahead of time. i don't mind working overtime but i want to do it when i want to do it. janet

Q. · Jul 17, 2001

At my hospital we have to take 24 hours of call per month - and it doesn't matter if you are full or part time. And we use our call person about 80% of the time.

NurseTami · Jul 17, 2001

No on call for me either. we do have cancelling for low census, usually the Nurse techs are the first cancelled, as they are all contingent employees. Usually though, even in the event of Low census on ouir unit, another unit will need you for the shift. Everyone fusses about being pulled, but I don't mind too much.

CEN35 · Jul 18, 2001

the first three years i was in the er, we had an on call list. everybody took one day a month. then we increased staffing on nights a little bit, and they hacked the on call list for budget reasons. now........we always seem to get slammed.........instead of rarely slammed like 5 yrs ago, rarelyslow to moderate is the norm now. i figure it's only a matter of tme before they go back to that on call stuff.

BlueBear · Jul 18, 2001

Since we are a self-staffed unit we must cover our own sick calls. Full timers must sign up for 6 4-hour shifts every four weeks, and part timers sign up for 5. You can sign up for just a 4 hour shift, or sign up for 3 in a row to pull a 12 hour shift. our on call is used for sick call only, not short staffing. Plus we get regular pay only if called in.

imaRN · Jul 19, 2001

No on call in ICU (good thing too, we all would be dead from it) Our hosp. has" on call" in O.B. & O.R. only...... imaRN

OC_An Khe · Jul 19, 2001

To all the RNs who are subject to call, are you getting paid for the time you spend on call, whether you are called in or not? If you are being paid, how much are you paid and if not why not.

BlueBear · Jul 19, 2001

We don't get paid one cent for the time we are on call. If we are called in to work, we get paid our regular hourly rate (unless, of course, it is overtime in which case we get time and a half).

Q. · Jul 19, 2001

We get paid $2.00/hour for being on call. If we are called in, we get time and one half as well as a $40 call in bonus. We use our call person for sick calls, staffing, whatever. Our census fluctuates so much that we need a call person at all times. And sometimes that isn't enough and we have to mandate.

NephRN · Jul 21, 2001

I do in-patient (in hospital) dialysis with about 13 other RN's and we each take call an average of three to four times per month. I'd say that about 60% of the time, we get called in during the night. (The unit is open and fully staffed throughout the daytime except Sundays and there are always two RN's on Sunday call) We each get 3 hours of regular pay for a 12 hour night of call and also get paid with shift diff if we get called in. (The diff is about 36%). Each Sunday call RN gets 6 hours of regular pay plus gets paid if she has to come in for however many hours she is there, sometimes that includes a shift diff as well.

CarolynRN · Jul 21, 2001

Currently I am on call only if I receive "low-census" (yeah right). We get a couple of dollars/hour call pay & if called in we get time & 1/2 plus travel pay. Typically, we are only on call the first 4 hours of shift. Our hosp doesn't mandate overtime--they offer bonus incentives (usually $100.00/shift) to cover call ins or high census. when desperate enough they will pay...:)