What hospitals don't take "call" and how does it work?

What hospitals don't take "call" and how does it work?
I don't quite understand your question, but I do not take call at my place of employment (a specialty post-acute hospital). Your question is immensely broad. Perhaps you could narrow it down to hospitals in a specific city or state. Good luck to you!

What do you mean by "taking call"?

If you don't want to be " on call " , don't accept a jib that requires you to be on call.

Most hospitals have at least a few departments that are required to take call. IE - emergency departments, etc. I do not have to take call on my current position.

Quote from rnsara09What hospitals don't take "call" and how does it work?

Quote from ~PedsRN~Most hospitals have at least a few departments that are required to take call. IE - emergency departments, etc. I do not have to take call on my current position.

I'd be VERY surprised if there was a hospital out there that didn't utilize on call at all. If the hospital has an OR, there must be an on call team after hours. When I worked in the hospital, the OR, the PACU and IR all definitely had on-call nurses. The floors didn't because they were staffed for full census and had nursing ATC. The OR and the PACU don't routinely schedule overnight nurses because surgeries are not routinely done overnight.

Yes on OR! Forgot about them.CRNAs talk a lot about having to be on call. Getting woken up at 2am to come in and do a case is one thing. It's another thing altogether when you have to be back at the hospital at 7am to start your normal shift after having come in during the night. Cath lab nurses would bemoan that as well. I couldn't imagine being able to function after getting up and coming in during the middle of the night, so my hat's off to them.