http://scrubsmag.com/nurse-overtime-a-hot-button-issue/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://scrubsmag.com/nurse-overtime-a-hot-button-issue/#comment-2022 Shawnee LPN Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:10 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=10804#comment-2022 There's a current debate about this where I work (family practice). We were just bought out by a large cooperation and they DO NOT allow overtime. Though most of our nursing staff get <5 hours overtime per week, they are cracking down on that. I don't mind working my forty and going home, but I do have a problem with leaving prescriptions undone, patients not called, and authorizations yet to do. I understand where they are coming from, but at the same time, our job is to take care of patients, not leave them hanging till the next business day. There’s a current debate about this where I work (family practice). We were just bought out by a large cooperation and they DO NOT allow overtime. Though most of our nursing staff get <5 hours overtime per week, they are cracking down on that. I don't mind working my forty and going home, but I do have a problem with leaving prescriptions undone, patients not called, and authorizations yet to do. I understand where they are coming from, but at the same time, our job is to take care of patients, not leave them hanging till the next business day.

]]> http://scrubsmag.com/nurse-overtime-a-hot-button-issue/#comment-1859 Shannon Sheffield Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:18:56 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=10804#comment-1859 First of all is she still alive? If so then I'm glad she made it after working all of those extra hours! At first, it sounds great, but then it does make you question a few things such as quality of patient care and her own well being at the same time. Overtime is exhausting at any rate, so I can only imagine what it must have been like for this particular nurse. Wow! First of all is she still alive? If so then I’m glad she made it after working all of those extra hours! At first, it sounds great, but then it does make you question a few things such as quality of patient care and her own well being at the same time. Overtime is exhausting at any rate, so I can only imagine what it must have been like for this particular nurse. Wow!

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