Taking work home

poohmdsnurse · Aug 21, 2009

i agree with you but i too am one who takes work home with me- i try with all my might not to but there is times you just have too. in the piece and quiet of my home i am able to get things done and done quicker - no interuptions.

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Aug 21, 2009

I check my email if I'm away for more than a day, but usually I leave the work at work. We ALL need time to decompress.

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Aug 22, 2009

I used to take work home all the time. That, plus being on-call 24/7, was how I wound up working 60-hour weeks and getting paid for 40.......and why I was tickled pink to get back into floor nursing again, where I get paid for every single minute I'm in the building, get time-and-a-half for extra hours, and can hand over the keys and shut off my phone at the end of the day.

But, that's just me.

caliotter3 · Aug 30, 2009

I wonder how many nurses spend a good deal of time worrying about work, if not actually engaged in some aspect of work, at home when they are off. If worry time equaled paid time, probably a lot of nurses would be very well paid indeed.

achot chavi · Aug 30, 2009

I wonder how many nurses spend a good deal of time worrying about work, if not actually engaged in some aspect of work, at home when they are off. If worry time equaled paid time, probably a lot of nurses would be very well paid indeed.

Cute! although I understand that that is how lawyers build their fees!!

and yes I do spend some time on the phone with work related questions, and dont get paid for it...whadayagonna-do...

SargeRN · Sep 2, 2009

Coming from a military background, US Army retired after 20 years. I learned, when I finally got into the position where I was in charge of clinics, that there was NO PAPERWORK that couldn't wait until tomorrow! Patient care issues are a whole other ballgame of course! If you need "quite time" start your day earlier 6-7am and leave at an appropriate hour so that you have done your hours for the day. Come in on Saturday/Sunday spend the day, you might be surprised what your week-end crews are up to :-) and then take Friday off. Anyway you get the idea! Be creative if your facility will allow you too!

Sarge

BoopetteRN · Nov 17, 2009

I do work from home sometimes, usually doing powerpoints for some inservice. I do it on my home computer and then email it to my work computer. I am on salery so it would not matter if I did at home or a work I guess. The only difference is I can do it in my pjs if I desire

Schmoo1022 · Nov 17, 2009

I have come in on an off shift or the weekend if I needed peace and quiet to finish something up. It really helps when I am not there to do the floor.

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Nov 17, 2009

I used to take work home with me. Now after all these years I've decided....I give the company my all for the 9 or so hours a day I'm in the building. Unless it's a DPH matter or something extraordinary, I don't take work home with me.

rukiddingme · Mar 6, 2010

Guilty as charged. Seems like every non-floor nurse I know takes 'work' home.

I, too, have a much easier time getting it done in the quiet of my house than in the facility -- if someone knows I'm there, it seems like I get umpteen calls and problems to deal with, and nothing can wait.

aaspender · Mar 9, 2010

I want to work at home but luckily my administrator knows better than to give me access to the server at home. Therefore I am forced to forget about work the minute I leave. Then the phone rings at 9pm... and I am working at home again. I fantasize about how much work I could get done in my pj's if they would let me bring those charts home. I am torn I tell you, torn!