ChknWing BSN, RN

This question is for US nurses. I am a nurse in a unionized hospital within a state that has made mandatory overtime for nurses illegal. We are considering an out-of-state move, and I only recently learned that there are many other states t...

wow. no wonder nursing is in such a staffing crisis.

have you found that employers are agreeable to it? like if you make it clear in the interview, it has not kept you from getting job offers? your comment gives me hope. I have a similar attitude toward it

which state are you in? that is horrible working conditions

oh yeah absolutely, I will be asking specific questions, I meant that hopefully they are honest in disclosing it when asked.

thanks for this! glad to hear it's something that is hospital specific, and hopefully they disclose their process at the interview.

there are only 3 in the country. it is a much needed service. I would absolutely love it there..... for 36 hours a week we don't have to move. but getting out of our home state is always something we have talked about doing.

I'm neither and I've got no problem working full time. My issue would be working extra hours on top of that. that sounds like my worst nightmare

thank you!

thats your only option in ocean county as far as I know. you can also try brookdale or rutgers.

thank you for the insight!!

I will certainly do that once we have decided where we are relocating to. thank you!

yeah in job descriptions it basically says they can do whatever they want with you. but I've never before had to consent to something like that before I could even apply for a job. also mandatory overtime is unheard of where I am, so I am trying to g...

thanks for this reply, it's more of what I was looking for. yeah that disclaimer really threw me! I was only looking at that place because they have a perinatal psych unit and that is my niche. whew it's rough out there.

yes I definitely feel like the legality of what exactly is considered "patient abandonment" is not understood. and I've read people say that employers will use that as a threat when you decline overtime etc when that is not correct or accurate (never...

That is reassuring to hear, and is the type of thing I was looking for in posting here. I was casually searching jobs at UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina, and before you could even submit an application you had to agree to an employer statement...

yes. and the situation you are describing makes sense because you can't just walk out if there's nobody else coming in. I had a different idea on my head, where mgmt would sign you up for extra shifts each week and you couldn't say no. so I'm wonderi...

that sounds more reasonable than being told to sign up for a 4th shift each week. still not ideal but I would rather be mandated if I am already there. was this something you were aware may happen when you got the job? meaning, are places generally t...

thanks for answering that question for me. if it's inevitable I would be less unhappy about staying if I'm already there vs being told to work a 4th shift in a week.

Having the option to say no is what I would be looking for. I was trying to get a feel about how common this mandatory overtime thing is in other states. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of forced extra hours. My experience is in Psych Crisis and...

okay so then maybe it's the fact that I'm in a state where it is not legal to mandate. how often were you mandated? and did you have advanced notice? for example were you told to sign up for a 4th shift vs stay past your 12hrs? how is this a practica...

I'm in a unionized hospital in a state where mandatory overtime is illegal. If we are short staffed, they offer incentives to come in, but it is never required. Until I started looking at job opportunities in other states, I was not even aware that m...

A part time with benefits position with the understanding that it's actually going to be full time hours. Yeah, maybe. I can't believe that this is the systems solution to the nursing shortage. No wonder everyone is burnt out. Are you saying tha...