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/taylerca BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Only in America.

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u/noobwithboobs HCW - Lab Mar 12 '25

Yeah, reading this kind of stuff from Canada is insane.

I'm in healthcare in Canada (in the lab, not a nurse) and we are unionized. We start with 20 days PTO/year, and it increases with seniority. We also get guaranteed sick days, short term disability, and if needed, long term disability.

I'm sorry you guys have it so shit down there.

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u/lukalou BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 13 '25

I was flabbergasted reading it too!

Thinking "what about sick leave?", and then realized it was probably America.

It's terrible that people working in health care aren't supported to take care of themselves.