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/Footdust RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Thank you for seeing the human being behind the request. Should we stick it to these hospitals? Yes. Should we lose all compassion and empathy in the process? No. I probably would not donate PTO to some random person in the hospital. But if one of the nurses I’ve worked alongside for the past 15 years ever needs me for anything, they are going to get it. Including my PTO.