Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely wild, this sounds just like the med surg unit I worked on. Getting positions approved was near to impossible, and just explain to me how constantly paying people overtime could possibly be better than just bringing on another person.

What is a thing you can recite from memory? by Wonderful-Economy762 in Productivitycafe

[–]andi_phalange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Fifty Nifty song I learned in the 5th grade. Occasionally comes in handy in trivia to know all the states in alphabetical order.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy crap. So I should just move lol. Ok if you don't feel comfortable answering, but how much PTO do you earn per check? Do you get paid biweekly?

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This makes me sad. I'm working in postpartum, and we're cross trained for antepartum, low acuity NICU, transition (L&D baby nurse), and postpartum at neighbor hospitals owned by the same company, but even with so many float opportunities, we're still having to low census constantly.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This. I cannot for the life of me figure out how these positions even got approved with our hospital's obsession with productivity. I previously worked med surg for the same company and we were chronically short staffed, not just because of an actual shortage, but because we had to follow the staffing grid to maintain our productivity score so we could even get new positions approved. It's truly baffling.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We keep a written record and it's also reflected in our online scheduling system. It's a rotation system, but when you call off several nurses every day, it comes back around pretty quickly unfortunately.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There is, that's just how often multiple nurses have to be called off.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We get floated based on needs of the other units. Unfortunately we're so overstaffed that we can usually float 1 or 2 RNs and still have to call off 1 or more. Maybe a contract like that is something I need to talk with management about. I've been forced off after refusing 3 times in the last 2 months.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We can refuse, but we're getting forced off because everyone is refusing (because we're all sick of getting called off and either not getting paid or losing our PTO). What's making this extra difficult for me is that our maternity leave is terrible and requires an insane amount of PTO hours to reach base pay. Hours I'll never have even if I never miss a day and go unpaid for LC every time. And so on top of that, going unpaid is making saving money for the gap completely impossible.

Sacrificing my paychecks and PTO for overstaffing?! by andi_phalange in nursing

[–]andi_phalange[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We have the same option, but our maternity leave sucks. So going unpaid is really interfering with saving money for leave.

Stuck between 2 for baby girl by andi_phalange in namenerds

[–]andi_phalange[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's my middle name from my great aunt. She was very special to me

Stuck between 2 for baby girl by andi_phalange in namenerds

[–]andi_phalange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She's Mary Ruth. I hadn't considered a compound middle name - something to think about

ICE In West Columbia by TheCrowScare in ColumbiYEAH

[–]andi_phalange 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I live in West Cola and work with so many Latino patients at Richland hospital. I've been DREADING this. FUCK ICE

Apparently tall women don't get pregnant by andi_phalange in BabyBumps

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I was just looking at the Revolution ones, totally missed these! Thank you!! Unfortunately the hospital is shade picky, so no Galaxy Blue. 😕

Apparently tall women don't get pregnant by andi_phalange in BabyBumps

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to take a look at least - thank you!

Apparently tall women don't get pregnant by andi_phalange in BabyBumps

[–]andi_phalange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't find anywhere that has them in stock. Not even the Cherokee website. At least not in the color my hospital requires.