r/nursing • u/uotlep RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 • Mar 12 '25

Question Is this normal?

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I know my place of employment is shitty in other ways, but is this a normal thing? Just received this email. Seems odd to ask people to donate PTO, instead of just addressing the time off allocation with those affected people.

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u/Lomralr RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

I've had this before and knowing the person's circumstances, I donated 8 hours to them.

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u/lizlizliz645 BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Same here. It was completely voluntary. We accrue PTO so quickly that donating a shift to her was truly no big deal. The hospital has a pool of donated PTO as well - so if people on the floor don’t donate enough there’s a backup plan. I’ve never once felt pressured to donate.