Ugh. I hate, hate, HATE mandatory OT. We try to decrease the OT by hiring more staff, but can't find anybody who will come work here! (That's CNAs, nursing we get about 300 applicants for each opening.) And we even PROVIDE the CNA class - for free, and pay standard hourly wage for it.
Hope you're getting through it OK - get a good night's sleep! (Oh, and some Ben & Jerry's never hurts!)
I will speak up, and still work the shift(s). The problem is part mine. I didn't analyze my schedule with a microscope and realize it sooner.
They will never label it mandatory because it looks bad on paper, but scheduled overtime seems mandated to me. It's not like I can just not show up for the fourth shift.Ugh. I hate, hate, HATE mandatory OT. We try to decrease the OT by hiring more staff, but can't find anybody who will come work here! (That's CNAs, nursing we get about 300 applicants for each opening.) And we even PROVIDE the CNA class - for free, and pay standard hourly wage for it.
Hope you're getting through it OK - get a good night's sleep! (Oh, and some Ben & Jerry's never hurts!)
The drop doesn't fall till I get home. The adrenalin tears the body up and keeps it going for a while. It doesn't feel good. I will go light on the coffee and heavy on the protein and water. Thanks!
They will never label it mandatory because it looks bad on paper, but scheduled overtime seems mandated to me. It's not like I can just not show up for the fourth shift.
CNA jobs are hard work so I am not surprised. The pay needs to be more. We couldn't function without the CNA. We don't have CNAs, we have CCT (critical care techs) that function as a CNA. They are highly skilled in my unit and valued. I hope they take care of you.
I will take care.
I think it's a bunch of fecal incontinence drainage bags filled with infectious diarrhea.My current unit takes very good care of us. The unit I used to work on, in the residential end, not so much.
For us, "scheduled" and "mandatory" are two different things - the scheduled OT we sign up for. If they can't fill a hole that way, or for holes caused by call-ins, they mandate. There's been a lot more of that since Governor Douchebag took away our unions.
I am bad with the name game. I only come up with: I know you are but what am I? It's not fun.I asked you to stop calling me that.
Then she said: Wait till you see it.
They don't know the nurse outfit is my part time costume.
Today was not a good day.
Watching a six year old have 20 seizures in a 8 hour shift is exhausting for everyone involved. Even worse when you know we could help him, but his mom won't allow any anti-seizure meds because of what she read on the internet.
yikes.... and I'm sure that what she read took into account every aspect of his specific body chemostry etc.... right.....
Isn't there a lot of studies that have helped people understand that the cumulative effect of seizures can leave some degree of damage to the brain?
Today was not a good day.
Watching a six year old have 20 seizures in a 8 hour shift is exhausting for everyone involved. Even worse when you know we could help him, but his mom won't allow any anti-seizure meds because of what she read on the internet.
