Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

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I'm interested to see if nurses from the midwest are planning to go to work tommorow-big snow storm is in effect.I'm a home health nurse and I have a couple of patients tommorow and will do a lot of driving,I'm seriously thinking about cancelling my visits:////

Specializes in PP, Pediatrics, Home Health.

I live in Canada, and my work is over an hour away.I have told them that if the roads look bad in the morning I wont be going in for my night shift tomorrow.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Quality & Risk.
I am not living up North anymore, but the last blizzard I was in, the hospital said if I couldn't come in, they would sent a helicopter and pick people up. They did manage to send out 4 wheel drive trucks to pick us up. But, I wouldn't have put it past them to send out the chopper.

I have heard this offered before. But in our case it was for someone who kept saying she couldn't get off her driveway whenever there was a dusting of snow, and other employees knew that her driveway wasn't anything that you couldn't get off of. She never tried to call in after that, lol.

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No job should include packing extra undies just in case you can't go home.

Interesting comment from a nursing supervisor, given that every supervisor I've had in >25 years of nursing has said exactly the opposite. Or do you mean just yourself, and not the staff nurses? Are you willing to work the floor however many hours are necessary when your staff nurses feel the same as you do, and call in? Or what? What happens to the clients?

(BTW, I have, over the years, occasionally packed an overnight bag and taken it to work in anticipation of having to stay over -- and have needed it in some circumstances. And I've never (yet! :)) called in because of weather/road conditions.)

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
I am not living up North anymore, but the last blizzard I was in, the hospital said if I couldn't come in, they would sent a helicopter and pick people up. They did manage to send out 4 wheel drive trucks to pick us up. But, I wouldn't have put it past them to send out the chopper.

I'm afraid to fly in a regular plane. There is no way I would get in a helicopter to get to work...period.

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

I also work home health, so I will reschedule as well.

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Specializes in med surg, psych, corrections, rehab.

I don't call out for weather. I plan ahead. The same ones call out, and the same ones show up. There is always people who come from farther away then the ones who call out. And if it happens to be my day off, don't even bother calling me - unless you're willing to swap a shift...

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Specializes in MDS/Office.

If we get the Snow predicted, then No, my Boss & I will not be in, reguardless of what Management says.....

We work in the MDS Dept. anyway. :D

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Choppers won't be flying in what's outside my windows. Fortunately, I'm not scheduled until Thursday night. The worst should be over by then.

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Specializes in ICU.

I have a job interview at 9am. Even if my interviewer won't ... I'll be there! :yeah:

(I drive a Subaru with Blizzak snow tires and LOVE driving in the snow. I'd probably go out even if I didn't have a darn good reason to. :D )

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Specializes in Psychiatrics.

I have nooooo problem driving in the snow....seeing as have been doing it since I started driving. I drove home in the stuff today....and it wasn't horrible.

HOWEVER: It is unlikely that I will be going into my scheduled shift tomorrow because: I work for an agency/home health situation. And the home that I am scheduled to work out tomorrow is NOTORIOUS for once I get there....sending me home because of bad weather. I have already called in to CHECK to see if they even want me to attempt to make it....

If on the unlikely chance that I am still needed for tomorrow....I WILL attempt to go to work....but....I would like to either work my full shift, or not at all....

I have been the one to drive the furthest, and still made it to work when others who have lived 1 mile away called off because of bad weather....and I am still one of those people who will do my best to get into work because I hate to call off....but tomorrow is an entirely different situation.

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Interesting comment from a nursing supervisor, given that every supervisor I've had in >25 years of nursing has said exactly the opposite. Or do you mean just yourself, and not the staff nurses? Are you willing to work the floor however many hours are necessary when your staff nurses feel the same as you do, and call in? Or what? What happens to the clients?

(BTW, I have, over the years, occasionally packed an overnight bag and taken it to work in anticipation of having to stay over -- and have needed it in some circumstances. And I've never (yet! :)) called in because of weather/road conditions.)

I'm sorry I wont risk my life for my job.

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The packing of the bag is so you don't have to risk your life for your job.

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