I just got back from a 5-day camping trip last week, worked two days, and then came down with one of the worst colds of my life! I had to call in sick yesterday and today, and each day my supervisors sent out desperate sounding emails asking if any RNs would come in to help out.
I don't call in sick often at all, but our census is high and my supervisor has done a really great job balancing the schedule so that we all got the days off we requested. so now I feel bad, and even though there really is no way I could work in the ICU in my current condition, I feel guilty for calling in. Especially because on Thurs I leave for another trip, and this sickness will probably just have gotten better for it.
I I was thinking of calling a bakery to deliver fresh baked cookies for my coworkers this afternoon with a note about how grateful I am to have coworkers who help cover each other like they did for me today and yesterday. I want them to know I appreciate them. I feel bad about having to call in despite being legit sick.
Hence "might consider." I have no idea how things work at their place of employment. I just know after only 8 months on the job calling in sick for every day between two trips looks really bad.
I agree and would at least offer to postpone the second vacation.
I have had to call in sick on holidays and leave after just an hour on a holiday due to being quite sick with bad timing. It's one of the those things.
Since you are sick inbetween two vacations the way I read your message I am thinking you feel they may not believe you. They might not. That is just the way it goes sometimes.
Ya'll are on some crazy ****. Do you hear yourselves? People would not believe she was actually sick if she was well enough to order snacks?
OP. The unit I work on would have been like "OMG WE LOVE HER". Maybe we're just a select and rare species of food driven nurses.
Also, doesn't matter if anyone believes you or not. They're your PTO days and you can use em how you feel like.
No... but in all honestly. I would be both thrilled and blessed if half the nurses I worked with would just NOT come to work and order the rest of us a pizza instead. At least I could spend my 12 hours with something useful.
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Ya'll are on some crazy ****. Do you hear yourselves? People would not believe she was actually sick if she was well enough to order snacks?
OP. The unit I work on would have been like "OMG WE LOVE HER". Maybe we're just a select and rare species of food driven nurses.
Also, doesn't matter if anyone believes you or not. They're your PTO days and you can use em how you feel like.
No... but in all honestly. I would be both thrilled and blessed if half the nurses I worked with would just NOT come to work and order the rest of us a pizza instead. At least I could spend my 12 hours with something useful.
If she can order pizza/bagels/cookies/etc I would think she can be working. I would also much rather my coworker helping us out than be short staffed to any "goodies" called in because a sick coworker feels bad. It just doesn't look right. I have never even thought twice about ordering any food because I was sick. I got sick & life went on. We are nurses & we know this happens.
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN
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Stay home and feel better-no treats-ever.
This is a new novel idea, I might add...not the bests one, but never heard about doing this, even as a new grad-ever.