Why do we as a profession just accept that our paychecks will be short if you are given a day off due to low census- I just voted on a poll asking if you were taking a summer vacation-who can afford to- you end up using you time just to make up the shortfall for these unpaid days. Nurses need to band together-yes- unionize- and start addressing these issues. I have to believe if this was a male dominated profession-this would not be happening.