Bella1988

Wow, why so mean? I posted my question to see if anyone dealt with a similar situation and for advice/support, not to get roasted. My thoughts are if the clinic had three slots that needed to be filled and three nurses and the authority to mandate a weekend shift maybe they should have said “pick a Saturday” from the get go. Guess I’ll know for next year.

The other 2 Saturdays have not been determined yet. As of right now, there is nobody signed up. I believe my nursing supervisor was just worried about getting the upcoming slot filled. I contacted HR today but have not heard a response back as of yet. I work for a very large hospital so I guess we will wait and see. Unfortunately all three Saturdays were not optimal days for me. First Saturday was a trip to Chicago and a Cubs game that my husband and I had planned for awhile, second Saturday was a big family reunion in Indiana for my family with many relatives I don’t get to see very often, and third Saturday was my mom’s birthday (she passed away 3 years ago this July and dates like that are hard for me to function quite honestly). I’m not saying my plans are any more important than the other nurses who may have all had plans for all three Saturdays as well. I was just stunned that I could be mandated for a Saturday shift. I was more interested in others opinions on what the likely outcome would be with HR, not others pointing out the fact that I should have just sucked it up a picked a Saturday.

What does OP stand for? Sorry, new here and not up on abbreviations. I actually had plans for all 3 Saturdays. If there was one that would have worked with my schedule I would have signed up!

Hi, I should have the original email. I’ll look when I get to work today. As far as why RNs are needed we were told “just in case something comes up that needs an RN.” We were told that we could basically do our weekday work (answering telephone encounters) while there. The CMAs will be the ones rooming patients/giving vaccines. LPNs in our clinic basically function as CMAs. They weren’t included in the sign up at all though.

I do. I have the email about drawing names out of a hat (which was done privately I guess) and then the one telling me I was selected to work. I plan to bring this to HR’s attention. Even if I’m told I have no option to work this shift I feel the way my nurse supervisor went about it wasn’t too great.

I feel like if this would have been presented differently maybe it would have gone over a little better. If for example my nursing supervisor would have said from the get go, “We have 3 Saturday clinics that you can choose to sign up for but if no one does be forewarned that I can mandate you to work one/more than one of them if I choose to” instead of something that appeared to be optional. Plus I do not feel like much notice was given to me for this situation. I will plan to check with HR today to see what exactly the policy is.

None!

If I check with HR and do in fact get told that I have to work this Saturday I will definitely keep this in mind for next year. Thanks for the comment:)

Hi there. Thanks for your comment. The clinic isn’t going to be open every Saturday, just three Saturdays in August to accommodate school physicals. The issue I’m having is that this was originally presented to us as something we could volunteer for and instead I ended up being mandated to work.

Hi, I am new to this site. Just had a very frustrating day at work that I would like some fellow nurses’ advice on before moving forward. I am an RN at a family medicine clinic. We have set hours M-F. A few weeks ago our nursing supervisor announced that the clinic would be offering 3 Saturday clinics and that they needed volunteers to staff these clinics. We have 3 RNs and no one signed up. Today the supervisor sent out an email stating that if no one signed up she would be forced to draw names out of a hat. At the end of my shift today I received an email that I was going to be working this clinic. I am not thrilled with this as my husband and I have plans for the weekend and expensive tickets for a Cubs game. I asked a friend at work if we could really be mandated to work on a weekend when our clinic is not typically even open on weekends. She said she didn’t think so and advised me to reach out to HR on this issue. Personally I don’t think this is fair and that my nursing supervisor should work this shift if there were no willing staff members. My husband however fears that going to HR would cause my nursing supervisor to cause more problems for me in the long run. Does anyone have any advice on what to do about this? Any comments are welcome:)