Going to start looking for another job!

I'm just disgusted with a few things, but the other nite was just the topper.

I work nites, and if we are sick or something, we are to find our own replacement. The other day when I woke up, I felt rotten - I had a sore throat, one of those that makes your ears hurt, a fever and a headache. I called the two other nurses who work nites - one refused, and the other never returned my call. I called the DON, and she kind of shrugged her shoulders and said "Oh, well." And that was it - I ended up going in.

This DON has never worked the floors, and I realise that that isn't her job, but I've decided that I'm not going to ever do that again!! I feel like it should be her job to have a plan in place for when things like that happen. Such as having a stand-by agency nurse or something.

I've never called in sick before, but I've gone in for ones who have - I pick up quite a bit for one nurse, but she's the one who never called back. I'm just totally fed-up.