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medi said:
The law sounds nice but what really happens if your replacement isn't available? You can't leave because that would be patient abandonment. What if they don't have someone to do the next shift??

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I've been in that situation and if there is a supervisor or member of management around, they end up staying. If not you have the decision to leave or to stay.

Since you have not accepted the assignment, they cannot charge you with patient abandonment and make it stick with the state board. The worst they can do is make your life difficult.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com