so i called in sick today...

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i called in sick today as my nausea and vomiting persists, and you know what the supervisor said?

"Goodbye and good riddance!"

I felt my stomach churn...

Places where I have worked, day to day floor supervisors did not have the hire and fire capacity. You got fired by someone in upper management, usually the DON. I would definitely see a doctor to get your ducks in a row, then go to the front office to get the real deal. She was probably just spouting off at you, like maybe, she was glad she would not be seeing your bright and shiny face that particular day. At any rate, it seems this supervisor is not your fan. You probably already know that.

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Not to be mean or anything, but I don't like threads where the writer comes in with this:confused: or this :eek: on their faces.

Surely, you had an inkling of what was going on.Kind of reminds me of movies, when the actors/resses sights a danger in front and opposed to running away from it, go towards it.

OP, with you witnessing "nurses crying on a daily basis", should we believe that you had no idea of the patchy ground with your supervisor?

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So, it sounds to me like you missed your ACLS class yesterday and called in sick to work today, because of morning sickness. Is that right? I think if I were your supervisor, I'd be disappointed too. Certainly I would not handle it the way your supervisor did (that was pretty cold), but you already knew what your supervisor was about. Are you really surprised?

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So, it sounds to me like you missed your ACLS class yesterday and called in sick to work today, because of morning sickness. Is that right? I think if I were your supervisor, I'd be disappointed too. Certainly I would not handle it the way your supervisor did (that was pretty cold), but you already knew what your supervisor was about. Are you really surprised?

Do you two know each other?

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Specializes in Ambulatory Care, Case Manager.

Speaking of unbelievable responses from supervisors...

When a former co-worker was diagnosed with ovarian cancer (and who has since recovered) she told her supervisor about the diagnosis. Instead of the supervisor being compassionate she told her "Well, I guess it's time for you to find yourself another job".

In my opinion, your supervisor doesn't have a right to fire you just because you called in sick. Do you have have policies and procedures? Can you show her where in the manual it states she can fire you because of it? By the way, did you mentioned to your supervisor about missing the acls class?

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How was your attendance overall? Have you ever gotten in trouble for this at work before? Have you called in sick few times recently?

I see if the problem is only calling in sick today, your supervisor isn't taking the best and most professional action. BUT, if your work history is weak about attendance,plus you call in sick again, that is a different story...

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'persists' meaning i had nausea and vomiting yesterday too, but I didn't call in sick...it was my day off and i was supposed to go to an acls class but i didn't attend 'cuz I was just so nauseated...

So what you are saying is you were a "so show, no call" yesterday, then you called in today with out a doctor's excuse. Where I have worked that would probably get you fired as well, especially if you had a history of this kind of behaviour. I am sorry to sound harsh, but this sounds like you brought it upon yourself.

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So what you are saying is you were a "so show, no call" yesterday, then you called in today with out a doctor's excuse. Where I have worked that would probably get you fired as well, especially if you had a history of this kind of behaviour. I am sorry to sound harsh, but this sounds like you brought it upon yourself.

Depends. Was the acls training something that was done through work or on your own. If it was not something that was being done through work, it should not matter to them if she went to it or not.

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Depends. Was the acls training something that was done through work or on your own. If it was not something that was being done through work, it should not matter to them if she went to it or not.

Well, that is true. Of course if she is in a unit that requires ACLS, and she doesn't attend the training, then she can't work. Once again causing a hardship on the others working in the unit. So it would matter to them. We just don't know the whole story.

This is one of those situations where Occam's razor comes in handy. She may be this incredibly hard worker that has never been late or missed a shift, and her boss just completely flew off the handle and fired her for no reason. Of course that sounds a little crazy. What is more likely is that this a not an isolated incident, but a pattern, and her boss got sick of it. I know the usually way this happens on here is everyone piles on and talks about how unfair it is and how the boss is being unfair, but I have worked with these people. It is unfair when they are constantly late/no show and everyone else has to pick up the slack. So she needs to learn from the experience and move on.

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Specializes in Respiratory Care/Step-down.

You should discuss the matter with a lawyer if you are in fact pregnant. Unless you have some kind of history or you work in a very small setting you have recourse if you have in fact been fired.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

To the OP-

I'm sorry you lost your job, that truly sucks.

However, my instinct is telling me there are two sides to your story.

I do wish you all the best.

-Diane

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Places where I have worked, day to day floor supervisors did not have the hire and fire capacity. You got fired by someone in upper management, usually the DON. I would definitely see a doctor to get your ducks in a row, then go to the front office to get the real deal. She was probably just spouting off at you, like maybe, she was glad she would not be seeing your bright and shiny face that particular day. At any rate, it seems this supervisor is not your fan. You probably already know that.

Thats what I was thinking.

We have one supervisor, the evening shift one of course (most stressful IMO, at least at my facility cause midnight is a headache to staff) who is known for giving some attitude when people call off. I called of one time when he was there and got none so, IDK if its just people talking or something more.

Funny part is, same supervisor will be your best buddy the next day asking if you can stay overtime. lol

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