Ginger27

Following this!

Thank you everyone! That’s what I was thinking also but my coworker insisted on it that it was true. There’s no formal policy for it so I wasn’t sure myself. I’m new to the on call world!

For my OB unit we have staff nurses on call when we need them. We are required to schedule ourselves for 24 hours of on call time per 6 weeks. A coworker wants to call off several days ahead of time and we’re already short staffed leaving the on call person (me) to come in, in place of her (which is what I expected with no issues there). A coworker told me that there’s some legal/ethical issue with that and the hospital should be providing already scheduled staff to cover the hole made by the call out and on call staff are reserved for when there’s a surge in patients coming in. I have no problem coming in, just curious if this was a thing because I can’t find any evidence of it!

I was told that there’s some kind of ethics/legality with calling in the on call person when someone calls out sick. For example: Susie says she’s sick today so she calls out. There is on call staff available to call in. Is it ethical/legal for the on call person to be called in for that? A coworker told me that on call staff is for emergencies (when there is an overflow of patients), not to replace people who call out sick. The hospital is supposed to staff the call out position with someone who is present for their scheduled shift (rather than bringing in an additional person). For reference I work in Postpartum OB. Just wondering if this is a thing or not! A coworker called on a Saturday to ask if she could be canceled on the upcoming Monday night because she didn’t feel like working (and is notorious for calling out because she doesn’t feel like working). I am on call during her scheduled shift, and likely will be called in when she calls out. Just wondering if there is any truth to what the other nurse said about how it isn’t ethical/legal to call in staff when the hospital needs to find a scheduled replacement/use currently present staff. If it isn’t ethical/legal I’d love to see some references! It’s not in my hospital policy as an FYI.

I want both pros and cons so I’m glad you mentioned that. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time so I’ll definitely take that into consideration. Cant make any lateral transfers as the next step at my hospital is ICU. We don’t have a PCU and I already do tele and ACLS Also thank you. Hate when sites rip all my info off of it. All this will be an open convo with my current manager and possible future manager. I don’t like to hide my intentions from people. Told my current boss I wanted to do ICU eventually when I was ready. Just trying to weigh pros and cons I guess ??‍♀️

Lord I wish it didn’t rip all my info off of facebook ??‍♀️ Thanks for letting me know.

Haven’t hit my year yet and my hospital won’t let you do ICU without 1 year med surg (we’re a tiny hospital). Plus I just became the scheduler for my floor - That would look bad too, leaving after not finishing even one schedule ?

Ugh. Good point. It would be at least a 2 hour move though so I wonder if they would look at that if I did swap

So I’ve been a nurse since August of 2019. I have always wanted to do ICU but wanted to get my year of med/surg in. I’ve been thinking about making an internal transfer in November/December of 2020. My med/surg unit does do tele and I have my ACLS already. The problem is my med/surg unit does routine hip/knee replacements, cellulitis, abd pain, and that’s about it! I really feel like I’m at a standstill with my learning on that unit. Some type of ICU is my end goal and I’ve been feeling like I need a change. Ever since COVID I’ve been getting lots of experiences and it’s been a great learning experience but *hopefully* COVID won’t last forever and the return to the mundane will start back up. I’m always trying to learn new things and I like more critical patients so I think ICU would be good for me. With all that said my boyfriend will be going to grad school in June of 2021 and we’ll have to move for his schooling. Should I make the swap to work in my hospital’s ICU for 6-ish months or should I just wait it out until we move? It would be an internal transfer and I believe the orientation is about 6-7 weeks. I’m at a loss of what to do. I don’t want to waste their time!