Bringing kids to work?

[mind_body_soul RN]

I work NOCs at an LTC and it is fairly common for several of my coworkers to bring their kids to work with them, all night. It seems very unprofessional to me. While they are preoccupied with taking care of their kids for half the night, I am picking up their slack. Maybe I am overreacting, but I am tired of little boys running up and down the halls and the one year old baby screaming at the top of his lungs, waking up all of my residents. This is work people, not playgroup for your kids!

[amoLucia]

I know! You can find DAYcare all over the place, but is there even a such thing as NIGHTcare? No. I've heard of a couple of private, in-home child care centers offering 24 hour care, but it's kind of like a mythical beast. Everybody's heard of it, nobody can actually find it.

I did know of a 24 hr pedi urgent care center in my old neck of the woods. It was a real office (at least from the highway!) Don't know if it still exists anymore.

[mlbluvr]

Why isn't there a daycare center in every elementary school in America- is that too logical? Property taxes already pay for schools, why not also pay daycare?

[amoLucia]

Why isn't there a daycare center in every elementary school in America- is that too logical? Property taxes already pay for schools, why not also pay daycare?

Nice idea for the day-time folk. But what about all the others?

[linzjane88]

As a child of paramedic parents in a small town, I frequently was brought to work. Do I think it was appropriate? Maybe not so much. I remember going out for a call and waiting in the front seat of the ambulance while we picked up a little old lady and brought her to the hospital. Actually I remember riding along quite a few calls. Fun memories but I can't believe no one ever said anything!