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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I'm not saying nurses aren't overworked, but I don't doubt some of them are gaming the OT system somehow to maximize OT hours.
According to the article, the nurse who earned $510K would have to work 37.5 hours plus 77 additional hours on AVERAGE to hit that. That would mean on average, that nurse worked 16.5 hours a day for 7 days straight for 52 weeks straight. Does that even sound possible?
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There are also ways to manipulate the call system. She probably got paid a lot of hours being on call for hours she didn't work.
If you look at the actual stats, there were only 22 nurses earning $250k or more, and only 685 nurses earning more than $150k. So it's not a widespread thing, as there are about 30,000 RNs in Alberta.
This sounds a lot like a few nurses being crafty and ending up in favorable positions to earn way more than they actually work. It was likely a few specific nurses in high demand and understaffed wards getting all the favorable shifts, overtime, and call shifts to make this possible. For example, if you know that an on call shift is not likely to receive an actual call, you could book that and add it to your already overtime guaranteed schedule.