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:balloons: Dear Mike, Please add "CREK" for "CREEK" and no Ohioan would ever say "YA'ALL"--I know I say it all the time and people give me STRANGE looks......

Hi Bill, O'Bleness hospital in Athens in offering ACLS in July. Call 740-593-5551 and ask for Susan the nurse educator, and that should be enough to get you'all signed up. She teaches it twice a year. I will be taking it this July there and there are job opening there.

Thanks Chip! QUOTE=chip193]I work in Western MA, just to give you a bit of the geography! Open shifts and sick calls are covered by the begging, borrowing, and pleading of the scheduler or the staffing office. They will often have someone stay late (volunteer) and come in early to each work half a shift and cover the open shift. Day is 7:00 to 3:30 - with no diff other than weekends (which starts Friday night with the night shift and ends with the end of the evening shift on Sunday). Evenings is $1.25/hr - starts with your scheduled start and ends at your scheduled end. Eves is paid $300/quarter "bonus" for the off-shift commitment. Nights is $2./hr - again, customized per your schedule. The "bonus" is $500 quarter. We have only one 12 hr shift - 11-11 - and they get the eve diff all hours. Hope that this helps! Chip

I work in an emergency room that covers call-offs with mandatory overtime, and in addition, when the schedule has open shifts--extra shifts are assigned when not volunteered for. This has resulted in HIGH TURNOVER, LOW MORALE and BURNOUT. In addition, we are reviewing shift differentials for evening, night and weekends. I live in Southeastern Ohio. In addition, we are wondering for the nurses who work 7a-7p if they get evening shift differential starting a 3pm? So I am hoping that you will tell me 3 things :balloons: : 1. How does your emergency room handle call-off? 2. How are "open" shifts filled? 3. What are the shift differentials, and when do they take affect? Your response is much appreciated! Joyce