[zoeboboey]

Originally Posted by AliRae

It became the new standard of how much you're loved around our unit. "Yeah, we like you. We'd call the cops if you didn't show up." To the day I quit I wasn't able to live that one down.

You poor thing!

Originally Posted by Angie O'Plasty, RN

Would it matter? What kind of person sits by the phone waiting for their job to call them on their day off?

I ALways turned the ringer off when I was sleeping - whether I had to go in or not!

Now I snore so loudly I don't hear the phone anyway

[angelique777]

It great that they care about you.
I have to say glad to see I am not the only one that was a no show at work. I was on for my regular three days for night shift. However I had gone in one day for day shift and work two over time days to help out when short staffed earlier on the week. So when I was off I told my son I had two days off and back on the third day. It was true except sinceI had worked 6days in a row. I slept right through my first day off from wednesday to thursday woke up friday and when my son asked me if we could go out I said sure I have two days off. Totally did not count that I slept through one of the days.
I work night shift so this can happen. I so much enjoyed that night out with my son I go back to work and they say oh my God we where so worried about you. I was still clueless talking about how much I enjoyed by two days off until my friend showed by that I was scheduled to be on that friday. I my gosh was so embarased. What can you do.
PS I did see that nursing office called me and I told my son. I am not picking up nursing office calling me to work overtime agian. Except they where calling me to come in to my own shift. I was so clueless. Truely believed this only happened to me.

[confused101]

This sorta happened to me. They switched my schedule without telling me. I got a call at 1930 saying you were supposed to be at work. I was up since 0530 that day and was half asleep when I called back. I threw work clothes on and away I went. I was an hour late techniquely. The evening manager accepted my explanation and went with it. Things happen. The night manager gave me a 0.5 of a point. I was going to have perfect attendance. Makes one mad to say the least!

[caroladybelle]

Originally Posted by nyapa

this comment makes one realise that, funny as it seemed, it shows that your colleagues care about you. Not only that, this is not a normal behaviour of yours not to turn up. It may be a little embarrassing, but I think it is lovely...

Ditto.

As a single woman that lives by herself and is never less than 15 minutes early.......I would expect it.

(I watch "Sex & the City - and always empathized with Miranda's fear of being found a week later, dead, and having been nibbled on by the cat....)

I came in 10 minutes late one day....the previous shift was already dialing my home and panicking.

[futurenursethatcares]

A similar situation happened to one of my co-workers. Only they did not call the cops it was 2 staff members went to her house. She was late for her shift (Not Normal at all) and we knew she had not been feeling well. After many phone calls that went unanswered, her upstairs neighbor getting no response, and her car was in the driveway we really began to worry. They went to her apt could see enough through the curtains that she was on the floor. Broke the window and went in. Found her grey, and unconcious on the floor. O2 sats had severely dropped, she had a bad URI. Thank god they found her. Or she wouldn't be with us now.

[heathIam]

I'd be greateful they cared enough to check out my absence. I don't know how old of a nurse you are, but to those of us who are aging, certainly things come closer to being a possiblity - a fall down the stairs and a broken hip, a stroke and unable to reach the phone, heart attack and collapse. I'd feel comforted knowing someone was aware of my existence enough to send the police if I didn't show up to work.
We had a nurse not show up one day and after trying to contact her we reached her husband who worked in the facility. He got home to find she has OD and died.

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[AR_RN]

Angie, don't be upset with them. It's not as wierd or uncommon as you might think. In addition to all the stories that have been posted here, when I was a 911 operator we received calls similar to this daily. We would usually take it on ourselves to try to call the residence first, but then we'd send officers out on a welfare check. My officers normally found that all was fine with the phone off the hook, or broken, or Bubba ripped it out of the wall during his drunken tantrum last night, or whatever, but we've also had much worse found. One of the worst was a house where the door was found open and the house empty, but blood was everywhere. Scary.

As others have said, take it as a sign of your reliability, trustworthyness, and personal value to your co-workers. But be ticked off about the schedule change! I would be.

[antiguanspice]

i think its really nice that your co workers care about you enough to go to that length to make sure you are ok .

'the best thing god ever made was another human being'

[one student nurse]

This was not a nursing job - but once a co-worker did not show, we tried calling family members and they could not give us any information, but since she lived with her dad, and he had already called the police, there was nothingmore we could do - next night headlines in paper had her picture and she had been kidnapped by her old boyfriend and taken to Texas (we are in the bay area of California). I guess everything worked out ok in the end, but scary! Embarassing as all get out to have cope on the door, but there are real reasons for concern - especially for nurses! we are some of the most responsible people on the world!!

[graysonret]

Well, for some reason, I didn't show up for work, I would be glad if someone, even a police officer, showed up to check on me. It shows they care about me.