The nurse who sent in this question about weekend on-call hours provided the following details about her situation: Where I work as a nurse (hourly, not salaried) in a community setting, we are expected to work 1 weekend a month. Occasionally on Friday afternoon, the scheduler will say that likely I won't be needed on Saturday due to low patient census, but call in at 9 AM to be sure..
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820819
Home care services are typically provided by home care organizations. There are a variety of home care organizations, including Medicare certified home health care agencies, Visiting Nurse Agencies (VNAs); hospices; area agencies on aging, homemaker agencies; staff and private duty nursing agencies.
http://www.vnaa.org/home-health-car-faq
The Texas Board of Nursing (BON) does not have authority over work-place issues, such as schedules or number of hours worked, either consecutively, in a given time period or on-call. In 2009, during the 81st Legislative Session, SB 476 made changes to the Nursing Practice Act (NPA) and the Health & Safety Code.
http://www.bon.texas.gov/faq_nursing_practice.asp
Home health care agencies or Visiting Nurse Agencies (VNAs) care for patients of all ages, from infants to the elderly. They offer comprehensive services from maternal/child health programs to hospice care (link to hospice page). These services can include, but are not limited to the following: Skilled nursing.
http://www.vnaa.org/home-health-car-faq
1 Mothers and newborns, home from the hospital after 24 or 48 hours who are in need of further education, support and clinical assessment skills of a trained nurse.  Young adults, recovering from accidents or injuries, who can manage on their own - if they know an experienced healthcare worker will be there when needed.
http://www.vnaa.org/home-health-car-faq
In the healthcare situation, if you were the on-call nurse for trauma and were required to be on site and waiting for a trauma to come in, or even if you were required to be within 15 minutes of the hospital, then you would be engaged to wait and the hospital must pay you for those waiting hours.
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One of the primary rule that applies to a nurse's clinical practice is Rule 217.11 Standards of Nursing Practice.. This rule, along with the Nursing Practice Act and all Board Rules may be viewed on our web site.
http://www.bon.texas.gov/faq_nursing_practice.asp
done by the Institute of Medicine which showed that working shifts longer than 12.5 hours per day and more than 60 hours per week may cause increased incidence of nursing errors and diminished patient safety. A public hearing was held to solicit further public feedback concerning nursing work hours on April 18, 2007.
http://www.bon.texas.gov/faq_nursing_practice.asp
There is no compensation if I am not called in to work, and obviously I can't make plans, go out of town, etc. in case I am called in. Quite often, the need is even lower on Sunday, so the weekend supervisor will call or text me on Saturday evening to let me know about Sunday.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/820819
They are required to carry a cell phone and be within 45 minutes of the facility when they are on call. They are not paid for all time spent carrying the cell phone but are paid for time spent responding to calls and time when they have returned to work at the assisted living facility.
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how often do on call nurses work
In every 15 minutes nurses work on call. Nurses can work on call only for 15 minutes.