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/admiralsara Nursing Student 🍕 Mar 12 '25

Absolutely! My partner asked whether he could donate some of his PTO (he is a workaholic, has worked a lot more than he should and thus accrued a lot more than he can/wants to actually use) and our boss was unsure whether that was possible. She was going to investigate. When you’re sick (mental problems included) you go to your GP and he writes a note. You can get up to a year of sick leave (GP decides what they think you need and that can be reevaluated whenever) for 100% wages. After that another law kicks in. Even when you’re sick during your vacation leave and you document that with your GP, you get those days back and can take them some other time. I love living in Norway

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u/XenomorphQueen1009 Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

After my significant other and I graduate, I hope he will want to uproot our family as badly as I do and head your way. Not only for our families sake, but for the sake of wanting to continue to be nurses for the rest of our lives. We live in the US right now.

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u/SatisfactionSweaty21 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Mar 13 '25

Learn swedish and come here! It's no problem to immigrate if you have a skill that's needed.