Vacation scheduling

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I am interested in how other hospitals manage vacation time, specially in the high summer request months. We have no real rules at my hospital and are trying to figure the best method out. Any insight would be appreciated

I have almost three years of seniority at my hospital, but only one month as a nurse. I understand the "seniority" reasons for letting them choose first, but sometimes it is unfair. Why should I get bumped off from a time slot just because someone else decides they also want that time off. I haven't had any issues so far in my old department, but I don't know how lucky I will be this time around. As a mom of three kids in elementary school, the times I choose to have a family vacation are limited. If I have to work all the holidays to get my preferred vacation time then I would do it. Just last week a book came out for 2016 vacation time. People have already penciled in their time. At my facility, you can roll over only one year worth of vacation time. I may skip 2016 all together and only use holiday and personal time for important things. Hopefully after paying off some debt I can take a nice well deserved cruise with the kids in 2017.

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I am interested in how other hospitals manage vacation time, specially in the high summer request months. We have no real rules at my hospital and are trying to figure the best method out. Any insight would be appreciated

Every facility I worked in.. allowed two weeks off between June and September. Fastest grabber gets first choice. However.. ( legally) you cannot be denied time off if you are only using two weeks of CTO.

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