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[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

Don't you just love it when managers have all these strict scheduling rules but then they turn around and break them for their own personal convenience?

Mine blatantly broke a couple of the scheduling rules. I won't get into too much detail but I am pissed about it. Of course instead of moving someone else over, they screw me over all the while breaking their rules for their benefit. I don't care that I am one of the newer ones, there are scheduling rules for a reason.

Now I know why this place has such a high turnover. I have been here for several months and they are hemorrhaging nurses. Every day I get a call begging for me to come in. They are losing a few more night nurses now, one that I know of is due to scheduling reasons. I also know of a couple people who are planning to leave. So in less than five months, I know at least five nurses who have or will be leaving with a couple more on the way out.

I knew going into nursing that I would work some weekends, holidays and nights. But this job said they weren't allowed to force someone to work three twelves in a row but here I am scheduled to work almost double that amount consecutive shifts and of all times, over the weekend holiday. Nevermind I am already fulfilling my holiday night shift or am working an extra weekend shift.

Ugh. I can't wait to get my one year in and bounce.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

I hear you. I just don't get why they don't hire nurses who LOVE to work nights, only want nights, or only want weekends and holidays (and there's quite a few who literally just want to work those time periods.

I am sure that people want to work a bunch of 12's in a row so that then they can have a bunch of days off in a row (and are called each and every day off to boot) but I am not one of them,

Instead, and this is our most current "thing"--we all have to "take turns" and what it amounts to is one works a 12 hour night, has a day off, an evening, an 11a-11p, a 3-11 then another 11a-11p.....then another night....and so it goes.

Basically, if you are not working, you are sleeping...except when the darn phone continues to wake you up....

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

Speak up! They'll keep doing it if they know you'll roll over and accept it. If I'm scheduled more than two days in a row, I tell them I will be calling in sick on the third day because I will actually be feeling sick. They always change it.

[CanadianAbroad]

I almost thought we worked on the same unit! I guess this is a common theme. It is so bad, I dread going into work. Something has to give here.