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...

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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.

I think I have a crush on you for citing Occam's razor.

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FMLA!

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I think I have a crush on you for citing Occam's razor.

I've heard it explained as: "When you hear the beat of hoofs behind you, think horse, not zebra."

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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.

She wouldnt be getting fired b/c she was pregnant. She'd be fired for missing work. Not really discrimination, if the OP/facility dont know shes pregnant.

I hope you figure out whats going on once you get back in there, OP.

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I've heard it explained as: "When you hear the beat of hoofs behind you, think horse, not zebra."

I say that phrase often to preceptees and eager young med students.

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FMLA!

I agree.

OP you should do a web search for FMLA since you are pregnant and have a Dr's note.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/

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I agree.

OP you should do a web search for FMLA since you are pregnant and have a Dr's note.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/

I believe the OP is in the Philippines. I wonder if American labor laws apply there?

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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.

The OP already posted elsewhere that her spot in the ACLS class was paid for by her employer.

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I believe the OP is in the Philippines. I wonder if American labor laws apply there?

I didn't notice that, thank you for pointing it out.

OP:

:( You will have to look it up via any search engine you prefer.

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No I wasn't fired. I still have my job. To the people who questioned my attendance at work, I wouldn't go :eek: if I know myself as a frequent absentee... But I wonder, how would you react if you called in and that was said to you? It's sad knowing that when other staff are sick, or if they requested off, you are there to cover for them, but when you're the one who needs to stay at home you get b****ed at like that... She's a fairly new supervisor and I am still getting to know her, and now I feel as if...I cannot work with a person like that...But then again I've been on this floor for quite a while now, the longer you work with people the more you get to know them and sometimes, just sometimes, people forget that they are professionals...

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I'm glad you weren't fired. I have worked with many immature managers that weren't fit to walk dogs. You have to learn to not let them bother you. I was once working at a place where one of the nurses was incredibly abusive to me and her best friend was the charge nurse. One night the charge nurse told me she knew that her friend was really mean to me but her friendship with the mean nurse was too important to her for her to say anything. I thanked her for her honesty and let it go. But my life was a living hell till the ***** got fired.

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