Anxiety

[RNOTODAY]

How would you go about explaning abscences to your employer, when the reason for the missed days is anxiety? Are you required at most places to say why you were out? I was wondering if MY HIPAA rights have any validity here....lol I just want to make it clear I wasnt simply blowing off work on the weekend, I had a legitimate reeason (with a md note). But it seems like I cant have the best of both worlds.... can anyone advise? been a similar situation???

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

so what does your anxiety stem from

I'm going to say this in as loving and gentle a way as I possibly can, Tom:

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[leslie :-D]

I'm going to say this in as loving and gentle a way as I possibly can, Tom:

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emily post would be proud!

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

I have intermittent FMLA on which I filed the needed documentation for only after I was nearly on suspension for absences.

This may be only my facility but I was informed that if I had my physician list any dates of my previous absences on my paperwork, those would be taken off. I didn't bother because I didn't have those dates handy when I went to my physician and I knew my absences would only be decreasing from now on as the absences "fell off". We use a rolling calendar for absences so a year later an absence no longer counts.

Thankfully my immediate supervisors are very supportive and understanding regarding FMLA.

[RNOTODAY, BSN, RN]

Thanks Angie, Tiffy, Jen, tweety and chadash!!!. I have a better idea of FMLA now.... I of course know how to get this info on my own, but it is very comforting to hear it from fellow nurses who might have been through it.

Oh, and teeituptom, a very big THANKS ,or whatever, to you too......