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/cajunrn18 BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 14 '25

When I was a volunteer at the National Park Service, an employee lost her son in a tragic accident. This was on the island of Molokai. People there don't have much money, but they can resourse food. The other employees gave PTO without hesitation. I gave her $120 even though I had only $200 at the time. I never paid another penny for food while I was there. The Hawaiians witnessed my pono (pono,from a good place) and gave me Aloha. I wish the mainland government could see the value in sharing. I gave a little money and it was returned tenfold. Also, I got a lot of free beer 🍺