jbaggins

It's true; we are employed at-will. No union

Thanks everyone for your replies. I feel a little less crazy now. Sometimes it's easy to "get used to" this kind of treatment and to feel like you are being "whiny" for feeling mistreated or any sort of discontent. Our unit nurses are fairly accustomed to being pushed around by our management in this way, and hardly ever complain. Unfortunately, I feel like the NM has some leverage on our situation because he gives us the same schedule. This is valuable to us, as we live an hour away (gas $), and own a secondary business that requires us to have time off together. I know it sounds terrible that he ended up caving to the demands. It all ends up being a little political, doesn't it? We will most likely end up not taking any action with HR for the sake of preserving our personal arrangement and peace. I do feel for other nurses on our unit who do end up being coerced into working overtime and retracting their sick days as a result of these tactics. To merlee: there are definitely facilities out there that hire couples and accomodate their scheduling requests, especially when it comes to travelers (which we aren't.) I don't see why it should be a problem when it comes to professional adults. Re: cell phones, we don't have a landline, as others have stated. Texting comes with the territory, it's not a big deal. I do prefer receiving a courtesy text to having to pick up a phone when it comes to TB test/mask fitting/in-service reminders, etc.

I agree it was probably inappropriate for him to cave to the NM's calls; he ended up doing it because he predicted I would be one of the nurses tripled in retaliation - and was trying to reduce that possibility. We work in a crazy ICU where being tripled feels like you are playing roulette with your license and patient lives... Am I a bad wife for letting him come in? Let's put it in the p.o.v. that he's an amazing husband. (I was tripled anyway though)

My husband and I work together as RNs on the same unit (ICU) and we work the same schedule. No problems on that front so far between us, staff, or management. Neither of us has called in sick since signing on 18 months ago. Yesterday, he called in sick for the first time ever (vomiting and diarrhea.) He gave plenty of notice, calling both our nurse manager and charge nurse at midnight. Our shift is 7a-7p. At 4am, our NM called my husband. My husband was ill, and could predict that it was a plea to retract his sick day, and decided not to pick up. Then, the NM texted my husband "please call me back asap." Ten minutes later, the NM called my cell phone. I of course happened to be finishing my last precious hours of sleep before showing up to work at 7am. I did not pick up! Five minutes later, the NM texted my phone: "please let your husband know to call me. we will need his help at 11. thank you." Then, between 0400-0430, NM proceeded to call us BOTH one more time. He proceeded to leave a message on my husband's phone: "we will be needing you to come in as several nurses will be tripled." What????! My husband did end up going into work (i know, i know ) much to our charge nurse's dismay. It turns out, had he not retracted his sick day, the NM would have ended up coming in to take patients. My husband ended up working while he was sick, and three nurses were tripled anyway (I was one of them.) Is this a typical tactic in nursing these days? I feel that this was inappropriate behavior on our NM's part, and can't help but to feel somewhat violated - on my husband's behalf, and that the NM was disturbing my sleep when he knew I would be working in several hours? Not sure why I'm posting, just trying to vent and find some solidarity I guess. Thanks :)

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Sorry, I just saw you had sent me a PM last week! I will send you my email address, feel free to contact me on there anytime. We should all try to get in contact so there are some familiar faces come May!

I just checked my other email address... I GOT IN!! So excited right now I can't think!... congrats to everyone else who got in and looking forward to seeing you in May!

not yet this is making me nervous

Wow, why all the hate towards this girl? One mention of med school and suddenly half the forum is jumping down her throat. The ones making assumptions are the ones I would NOT want to work with! Write a kick-ass personal statement. Do great on your MCATs. That's the best way to set yourself apart from others in your GPA range. Apply to schools with lower applicant numbers who are more likely to look at the applicant as a whole. Are you looking at allopathic schools only? If so, I would not keep my hopes up for immediate admission. You will have to be persistent in this process, applying more than one year in a row to show your determination. You will become a more attractive candidate as you accumulate experience in the nursing field. Show the adcom you did not become a nurse just to get a one-up on the rest of the applicants. Show them your passion for what you do. If you do this, they will see you are really in it for the long haul and they will pay attention to you eventually. If you are looking at osteopathic schools on the other hand, I would say you have more than a good shot of getting in the first time around - I mean this! I'm not going to sugar coat it for you. Those who are saying that med schools look favorably upon nursing majors... well, that's one way to look at it. The reality of it is that nursing and medical technology are the two MOST DENIED majors from medical school, percentage wise. The numbers don't lie. I will save the quotes from medical school admission officers commenting on why they think these numbers are the way they are, as I don't think many nurses, especially on here, would take kindly to it. I wish you the best of luck!

you guys all sound extremely qualified, i'm sure you will be just fine :) what other schools did you apply to?

I, like a lot of other girls on here, can relate. I'd love to stay in touch with you via email. Let me know if you're interested. I'd really love to get in contact with another female from upstate NY, specifically the Buffalo/Rochester/Chautauqua area. It would be amazing to be able to have a real-life buddy whom I could meet up with every so often. I don't think I've made enough posts to private message yet, but if you or anyone is interested, please let me know.

Nice to hear from you! Did you have work/volunteer experience in the healthcare field? My stats: I am graduating in December and currently have a 3.54 (overall and coincidentally science as well). It is not as strong as many applicants but it could be worse. My GPA was a lot worse thanks to unfocused beginning years, and it's only in the last year or so that I managed to bring it up above a 3.0 (stacking tons of credits and getting a 4.0 over spring and summer). That average doesn't include my pre-reqs, most of which I took at a different college than my 4-year school. My pre-req GPA is a 4.0 save for a C in statistics, which is from my freshman year at my 4-year school. The only pre-reqs I have left are developmental psych and pathophysiology, both of which I am in the process of taking. I have about 14 months of full-time CNA experience. Congrats on the Drexel acceptance. You are already 100% better off than the rest of us :) Please come back and update when you've heard back from UB or with any thoughts in general, and I'll try to do the same. In the meantime I hope to hear from others...

I've been lurking allnurses for a couple of years now and have been amazed that there seem to be no threads about the SUNY Buffalo ABS program. After several years of working towards my bachelors so that I can apply for this program, the time has finally come that my application is in... and still I find that all the UB people on here seem to be hiding! So... roll call. Any applicants who hope to get into UB as their top choice... any future applicants... current students in the program, or alumni... please make an appearance! I am especially curious about the stats of people who are applying or were accepted in the past (GPA, work experience, 1st major, etc.) as well as what current students and alumni think of the program. It is my top choice and has been the one thing I have been striving towards for years now. Needless to say I am terrified I won't get in. I know how competitive public schools have become. Looking forward to hearing from all of you :)