If I was not getting paid overtime pay for working extra hours, then it would be a cold day in hell for me to work one second more than I am scheduled. It will be interesting to see how the hospitals in my area will handle this problem. There are about 12 hospitals within 30 minutes of my home, they are all experiencing the nursing shortage. We don't have to just sit back and take what ever is thrown at us. As for me, if my hosp. takes away ovetime pay (we also get TIP pay which is an additional $10.00 per hour on top of OT), then I will start sending out the stack of resumes that are already addressed and ready to go.