back to Work with a Warning

WOW! Seriously? it seems as if you are really not getting what is being said to you. Either by your employer, or by the rosponses to your post. So, here is the "real deal".
1) You are fortunate to still have your job. It is not the responsibility of the employer to allow time for you to work out personal family issues. If it were a FMLA issue, that would be different. But, it is clearly not, so consider yourself lucky they allowed you the time they did.
2) It does not matter how the employer came to find out about you attendance issues. Fact of the matter is, it is on the table now. They have clearly stated their expectations in this matter. It is now up to you to either fulfill this obligation or move on from this job.
3) NO! calling a nurse to ask their advice about your illness is not the same as providing documentation for absence. that would be equivelent to a note from your parent.
4) Resolve you personal issues! It is simply nieve to think that you can go to work and not even "think" about whatever it is that is going on at home. This issue is obviously causing a problem for you at work, as you have attendance issues resulting.
So, here's the skinny! Start your next shift as if it were your first day on the job. Do your job, do it well. Don't make med errors. if you are not sure of the orders, ASK! Get documentation of any changes to orders so there will be no question as to what was passed. Get yourself to work. Regardless of the situation, show up for your shift. If you don't have a ride, take a bus, call a cab, whatever you have to do. If you are truly ill, go to work, and report directly to the supervisor. Let them see that your are ill. But, do this with plenty of time for them to cover your shift. In other words, if you are scheduled at 8:00, go in at 4:00. This would allow time for shift coverage. Bottom line, everything else is in the past now. Leave it there! stop dwelling on what the employer should or should not have done or said. GOOD LUCK!

As a young employee, you are developing a reputation. We all have some kind of reputation. Make sure that you develop a good reputation. Drop the excuses. Spend more time on real stuff and not finding excuses. That stuff is from yesterday, and it is over.

it sounds like you're kicking yourself for bringing it up?
you shouldn't be.
whether it was you or anyone else that brought it up/complained, your absences would have definitely caught up with you.
so to answer your question, a resounding NO...do not regret mentioning anything.

i strongly encourage you to focus on the issues at hand, versus trying to rationalize why/what/how this happened.
their concerns are real and valid.
it's time to move forward and not look back.

ftr, when i read the title of your thread today, i swear i read, "back to Work with a Whining".

leslie

Good luck on your return. If you do not have a set schedule, like it sounds from your last post, make certain to get a copy of the schedule so that you have no question about which days you are expected to be there. Sometimes it is hard to keep up with this, even for those who have a set schedule. Again, good luck.

No offense, but If I was a manager I wouldnt hire you. Seems our society is breeding entitled people that think that because they are having a bad day or because they live far away from a job, they can come and go without fear of losing that job.

Sounds like you are getting it though. When you were hired you have a responsability to work as scheduled, on time, and with minimal absenses. You owe it to your coworkers to be on time and as scheduled because when you dont, your coworkers now are overloaded with your patients, and the previous shift may now be mandated to cover your patients because you were out "worried to death".

Gluck and I hope that your work ethic continues to grow.