"I Don't Care if You are Sick...Come to Work Anyway!"

at my facility you get disciplined for your first call in and you are only allowed to call in 6 shifts per year. i had requested time off for my daughters surgery (the removal of the rods in her femur) and was denied i had to find my own coverage thank god for my supervisor and the awesome people (nurses) i work with. i wonder what type of people come up with the attendance policies universal precautions can only do so much

I do believe the health care field has a high rate of burn-out. Another aide and I were talking one day and wished when we were feeling burned otu and didn't have vacation anymore, we could tell our boss that we'd be taking a leave of absence and using sick time. I think that would help, rather than the problem at our facility of people leaving and coming back. Other than using sick time as maternity leave I don't recall ever using it. But I know this like every other policy would be abused by SOMEONE!

We don't have to cover our own sick leave, and the leave we get accrues from year to year (I've got 32 weeks available if I need it) but if we give less than two hours notice we don't get paid.

I can understand the OP's ire that not only did the staff member ring in too late for her to find a replacement but that she was also quite clearly not actually sick. That's just not on.