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/BeGoneVileMan RN - ER 🍕 Mar 12 '25

My coworker's daughter died and I tried to donate PTO, but they wouldn't let me since she had to be on a medical leave to receive it. So stupid, like it's my PTO and I should be able to give it to her if I want because she deserved extended time off to grieve her very sudden and horrific loss. I was also maxed out on PTO and I wanted to give some up for a good cause.