Topics About 'On Call'.

Can hospitals require you to do "extra" on-call shifts? We've been asked to start doing a "Back Up" call weekend in addition to the "1st Call" weekend we already do. That means twice as many on-call weekends. Some of the younger nurses are threatenin...

So if a position is "on-call" does that mean you are on call on specified days? Do you get paid for this time, even if you're not called in? Are you guaranteed a minimum number of hours per pay period?

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So I'm a new nurse, graduated in May 2020. I went back for my ADN at 30, and working on my BSN now, so I'm a little older than a lot of new grads. I also have a part time job tutoring A&P at my old college. I'm currently working nights on a ...

Hello everyone! I have been offered two positions and have reached the point of "paralysis" in trying to decide between the two. I am hoping objective opinions/ feedback will help. First offer is a Weekend Baylor position (Sat/Sun only - ...

Hello all! I've been a nurse for about 3 years now and have been considering going back to school to be a nurse practitioner or finish some sort of MSN degree. I am still deciding on what specialty I would be interested in. Part of what is makin...

I am doing some research on CALL PAY. Esp CVOR CALL PAY. But would like to hear about General O.R. as well. I am currently working in the panhandle of FL in a CVOR program. We have 1 surgeon, so some days we have no cases and we're on call @ 5 dolla...

Nursing has one of the most intense, unconventional schedules with 12-hour shifts, nights, weekends, and working regardless of weather conditions. On top of that, some nursing positions require the nurse to be on-call, so what does this mean exactly?...

I’m in a residency program (so locked in for another 18+ months) and I knew there would be ‘on call’ time once I was able to be on my own, which was fine with me! However, since my program started, a major highway I *must* take to get there in t...

I was told that there’s some kind of ethics/legality with calling in the on call person when someone calls out sick. For example: Susie says she’s sick today so she calls out. There is on call staff available to call in. Is it ethical/legal for the o...

I am an on-call Hospice nurse who works 7 on, 7 off. I get all after hours and weekend calls, triage, after hours admits, visits, deaths, emergencies and anything else that comes up. I do have a backup Nurse who case manages during the day. I got a m...

For those of you who are in a managerial or supervisory role at work, do you answer work phone calls on your days off, even when you are not on call? In my role, I work Monday through Friday anywhere from 8-20 hours a day (usually ends up being...

Hello fellow OR Nurses. We are experiencing burnout and higher than normal turnover. I am curious what everyone receives for being on call. I see there was a post from 2013 reflecting this same topic, but want more current numbers. We get only $2.50 ...

I do get my days off but I feel the need to pick up my phone because I want to have peace of mind that they are not doing an investigation on me or something. Most of the time they call because they want to work, but one time a staff called me and as...

Have been wanting to make a big change and so applied for the overnight on-call 7 on/7 off spot that was open at the hospice. They came with an offer of $42/hour being paid 8 hours of any overnight shift (5p-9a). I get why one is not paid for every h...

I'm interested in a job that would require call one day a week. There is no rotating call for this one day; it would be required of only me only every single week. I've never done call before so not sure how it works. But to me it appears that I'm ba...