Have you ever missed a day because you didn't know you were scheduled?

softstorms · Oct 18, 2008

I don't think you will miss much on that job! You have enough stress in you current situation and enough experience to know that this place was not a good place to be. Keep looking and don't feel bad.

Xbox Live Addict · Oct 18, 2008

I have been working at this horrible unit for a few months. I just now went on my own. I had an absolutely horrible day Sunday and Monday. They have alot of trouble keeping staff and they are not the nicest to you. Well, their scheduling is weird. This was my first experience with it. I looked at it and from what I saw I was scheduled Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Well apparently they slipped this Thursday in there on me. I got a nasty call from the Director about how I was scheduled and didn't show up. I tried to tell her that I did not know but she continued on like I was 5. I have never not shown up for a job. This unit is awful anyway, alot of nit picking. They can't keep any help. But I still would have gone in.
I have been really stressed because my husband has not worked in 5 months. I hated this job and I had to put up with it. Monday I worked a 12 hour shift with no break whatsoever. Anyway, after her attitute and nastiness to me I just told her to forget it. I quit. Now I have to find another job in a hurry.

I have, a couple of times, forgotten that I was supposed to work on a given day, or forgotten that I was supposed to come in an hour or two earlier than usual, and in most cases, the phone calls or the attitude I got when I did show was one of relief and humor. If I got a nasty, abusive call at home like that, not only would I quit, but if your director insisted on continuing to harangue me, I'd tell her my next phone call would be to the police, to file a telephone harassment complaint (yes, I did at one time work at a place with an ugly-tempered, abusive on-call nurse).

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Oct 18, 2008

I had a job once with bizarre scheduling, and for some reason I couldn't make it stick in my brain. About 5 times I came in earlier than scheduled, or they'd call me and say I was supposed to be there, and I'd go in on the double. I still don't have an excuse or reason for it, but there was no abuse involved. I had to put up with a lot of teasing and reminders about setting my alarm- that's it.

texas2007, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2008

My work is generally understanding about it because it's pretty much happened to everybody at some point.

morte, LPN, LVN · Oct 18, 2008

when the new schedule comes out, GET A COPY of it, asap....i had the opp happen to me....went inwhen i wasnt supposed to be there....54 mile round trip, at noc....so couldnt even go shopping or whatever.....checked the schedule at the next opportunity, it had been altered with white out and photocopied.....argh

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · Oct 18, 2008

I slept through my alarm once and showed up 2 hrs late one day. Everyone was really nice and humorous about it. I would be ticked off at the abusive attitude. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2008

I had it happen while working as a CNA. I wrote down my schedule and even had a fellow co-worker read off my schedule as I made sure I put the correct dates down on my calander. I worked two different schedules (7-3 and 3-11) so it could be a bit confusing on what days I was working which shift since i had to look at two different schedules to get my complete weekly schedule. It was a monthly schedule so I wrote my days/nights down and didn't look at it again that month.

Lets say i was supposed to work Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur 7-3 and Friday 3-11. Well on Moday-Wednesday I worked 7-3 no problem. But on Thurs when I worked from 7-3 and went to leave the floor to punch out, the DNS who was on the floor at the time asked where i was going I had a shift to work. I laughed and said "no way, no how am I picking up time by doing a double today"..she was serious. I was scheduled for 3-11 for that day. I insisted that I was scheduled to work m-th 7-3 and Fri 3-11. She said no, you were scheulded for m-wed 7-3 and thursday 3-11 and friday 7-3!

I marched down to the schedule and lo and behold, someone changed the whole weeks schedule (you could see the white out) and never told me. She made me stay 3-11! Even with the co-worker who had double checked with me the schedule with me at the time, she (DNS who did the schedule) insisted that the schedule wasn't changed on me and that I screwed up! Even though you could clearly see the white out on my weeks schedule.

That pill was hard to swallow..being yelled at for something that was done and I wasn't told about!

It happens to the best of us. I find the nurses on my floor tend to come in on scheduled days off by mistake rather than not coming in on days they are scheduled :)

rn undisclosed name · Oct 18, 2008

That hasn't happened to me yet. We get a copy of our schedule in email so if they change it I keep the email to prove it in case that did happen. Anyways, that has always been a huge fear of mine and I double and triple check my schedule all the time.

GeminiTwinRN, BSN · Oct 18, 2008

Sort of. I had been pulled the day before to a unit that is a paper-chart unit (I work on a computerized charting unit normally) and had the 5th patient. I had never been pulled EVER, wasn't even at my job long enough to have been pulled (but didn't know enough to say so at the time) and I was so overwhelmed. I didn't punch out until 1030 at night.

I was supposed to work the next day, on my regular unit. I guess I was so tired when I got home that I either forgot to set my 2 (!) alarms, (I always set an electric alarm and a battery operated one, just in case) or else I turned them off. I was just over 2 hours late to work. Thank God the night shift RN was kind enough to stay over for me.

I hate to see you quit a job without notice, but my gosh. It sounds like you did what you had to do!

I agree with getting a copy of the schedule ASAP when it comes out.

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2008

I work a set sched, same days same shift week in and week out. So I have no excuse.

But it did happen to one of my BF, she picked up in Peds at noc and was also sched in ER for following day, it was 0400 before an ER nurse happend to look at the next day sched to see who would be reliving her and it was the the current peds nurse.

I love my set sched, I never have to think about "do I have to work that day" I know my sched for the next 6months.

Straydandelion · Oct 18, 2008

I got a nasty call from the Director about how I was scheduled and didn't show up

...and no one bothered to try getting in touch with you at the start of the shift when they noticed you weren't there? If a schedule is changed and you aren't told it's not your fault you weren't there, but we all make mistakes on a schedule. I have never had that happen to me however, the abusive call, sounds like very poor management.