charge nurse calls work drunk

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

we have a charge nurse who drinks on her days off.. she often calls the floor on her days off drunk. the dept manager knows aout her calling drunk and nothing has been done. i was charging yesterday and she called , she was so drunk i coldn't understand what she was saying, she then slammped the phone down in my ear because i couldn't understand her..... i am talking to the manager next friday about this...

has anyone else ever had this problem? what did you do? thank you in advance:banghead:

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She needs to be referred to EAP. I wouldn't want her taking care of my family.

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Why is she always calling work on her days off anyways?

I would think that her behavior would be crossing boundaries since she isn't separating her "home life" from her "work life". She is letting her drinking spill into her "work life", and its my opinion that your employer must address this issue. If her drunkenness is such a significant problem that it is affecting the workplace on her days off, then it is a significant problem for all who work with her.

How unprofessional! Anytime she calls work, she should be in her right mind. When she calls I'm assuming its not to chit chat; if it is anything work related (scheduling, daily staffing, unit census, etc), then she is representing herself as an employee of the company - a drunk employee of the company. And I'm sure that no employer wants to be represented as having a drunk charge nurse wreaking phone havoc on staff, even if it is her day off.

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

She sounds lonely and disturbed. I feel sorry for her, but she shouldn't be disrupting the work of others with this distracting behavior, whether she is drunk or not. Calling work just to socialize is inappropriate, and the fact that she's drunk only makes it worse.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
Why is she always calling work on her days off anyways?

I would think that her behavior would be crossing boundaries since she isn't separating her "home life" from her "work life". She is letting her drinking spill into her "work life", and its my opinion that your employer must address this issue. If her drunkenness is such a significant problem that it is affecting the workplace on her days off, then it is a significant problem for all who work with her.

How unprofessional! Anytime she calls work, she should be in her right mind. When she calls I'm assuming its not to chit chat; if it is anything work related (scheduling, daily staffing, unit census, etc), then she is representing herself as an employee of the company - a drunk employee of the company. And I'm sure that no employer wants to be represented as having a drunk charge nurse wreaking phone havoc on staff, even if it is her day off.

Not only that, if she can't seperate from work when she is at home sucking at the still, then, one day, she may be at work, unable to seperate her other issues from safe patient care. Sounds like she has impaired judgement at this point, and she does need to be referred to EAP. Good luck on this one.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.
Why is she always calling work on her days off anyways?

I would think that her behavior would be crossing boundaries since she isn't separating her "home life" from her "work life". She is letting her drinking spill into her "work life", and its my opinion that your employer must address this issue. If her drunkenness is such a significant problem that it is affecting the workplace on her days off, then it is a significant problem for all who work with her.

How unprofessional! Anytime she calls work, she should be in her right mind. When she calls I'm assuming its not to chit chat; if it is anything work related (scheduling, daily staffing, unit census, etc), then she is representing herself as an employee of the company - a drunk employee of the company. And I'm sure that no employer wants to be represented as having a drunk charge nurse wreaking phone havoc on staff, even if it is her day off.

she didn't call me for any work related reason that i could hear .... she had very slurred words and it was impossible to understand her... i guess she called the staffing office drunk one day last week and the staffing coodinator told the manager,,,,

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Sounds like she is drunk dialing. I thought that was something ex's or former lovers had to deal with, not coworkers.

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