amanda269

Thank you everyone for your answers, especially JKL33 for all the helpful responses.

Sorry for the confusion, DRC/DOC both stand for Director of Care who manages everyone in the LTC.

I feel like I have to answer the phone or else theyll have a bad rep of me, I only started this job a few months ago. A part of me thinks that Ill get in trouble if I don't receive the call as it is the DRC that is calling me. I've also heard from another ft RN that she also gets pressured into saying yes for shifts as well. I know its not right but I feel like im the odd one out for saying no. I've never had this problem at my other job as there was alway enough staff to fill in and never had DRC ever call me for a shift. Thanks for the suggestion, I shall follow through and hopefully theyll get the message.

I work night shifts full-time at a LTC and every single time I get called in, it is not the scheduling clerk who calls me but the DRC who guilt trips me into saying yes to the shift. I get called into work every other weekend, asking if I can work an evening shift before my scheduled night shift. She repeatedly says that "she's in dire need of an RN and how she really needs my help this week". But she says this every other weekend as my LTC works on a 2 week schedule. Am I wrong to feel guilty that I say no this week?