TimeforMe

Thank you for your reply. I was hired full time with the expectation of 34-36 hours. Due to an increase in Physician staff, procedure increases, and nurse staffing shortages the work hours have increased. The unfortunate part of all of this... I truly love what I do. The extra hours have been going on for more than 6 months. My goal is change and fairness for the overworked amazing group of nurses. The charge nurse has no suggestions for change, and as soon as we hire a new nurse... one is leaving due to the stress of all this. I wish retension was a prioroty.

Help. I work at a privatly owned physician day procedure unit as an RN. We work a 4 day work week and are expected to be available for 12 hours each work day. We receive our schedule the day before we work. We may work 8-12 hours. We are paid time and a half for hours over 40 in a work week. Due to nurse shortages (high turnover) and increased workload our hours have been increasing steadily. Many of us nurses do not want overtme and feel it is unfair to be asked to be available for 48 hours a week, based on our 4 day work week. It is also unfair to have a less than 24 hours notice of our schedule. Many of us getting 45+, when we used to get 34 hours. We have approached thw nurse manager with no promises of change or solution.... only excuses. Please help! Work/life balance is important to us! Thank you in advance! TimeforMe