Call offs. I love getting the phone call hate getting the paycheck

5 It's feast or famine right now in OB. I was put on standby last Thursday, sent home after 4 hours Tuesday, put on standby last night, and cancelled altogether tonight (the upside is I'm enjoying a glass of wine right now). When that phone rings at 1700, I know it can only be work calling to tell me not to come in. It's always a "Yay! Oh, wait. Crap."

I LOVE being able to stay home with my family in the evening, and it's always extra nice to be mentally preparing to leave, and then get this gift of being able to stay home. But DANG, it's hard when the paycheck comes.

I REALLY need to win the lottery.
Yeah, the only thing worse than working is not working.I really hate this oncall thing. It really bugs me. Either let me come on or call me off altogether. I'm not going to sit around, twiddling my thumbs waiting for you to call me. I do have a life. (Actually, I don't, but I still resent being told I have to sit around and then jump when they snap their fingers.)

I need to win the lottery too :-( We can't have our cake and it eat it too, unfortunately. Feels nice to stay home and when we look at our check or lack thereof it's such a kick in the gut! Why do they keep putting you on standby? Low census?

I never get called off....for me, the issue is whether or not I want overtime when I get called in. It seems to happen every week! I usually decline, but this week I sucked it up and worked an extra day. I'm tired

Quote from laynaERWhy do they keep putting you on standby? Low census?

Quote from kloneVery.Apparently nobody in Colorado was having sex last fall.

or the birth control worked well...

No matter how broke I am, a call off always seems like a gift from heaven.

Quote from NervousNelly,RN 2BI lol'd at this one!!!

My friends and I started reading the obituaries on a regular basis when we were assigned funeral detail. To this day, I read obituaries.

I started reading obituaries because I am into genealogy but really started paying attention and cutting them out (the people I knew) when I worked at an in-patient hospice...sorry this had nothing to do with the original post...and I can't even blame it on the wine!

When we read and discussed the obits, we talked in terms of upcoming business. You see a preg lady, a delivery in L&D. You see an obit, a trip to a funeral service. You see the red flags on the mailboxes, nightmares of being smothered in mail to haul back to the post office.

Quote from Nursemom64I started reading obituaries because I am into genealogy but really started paying attention and cutting them out (the people I knew) when I worked at an in-patient hospice...sorry this had nothing to do with the original post...and I can't even blame it on the wine!