I have a court case coming up in a month and when I told the staffing coordinator about it she said she needed documentation. Originally I told her that I needed a personal day, then the ADON who was also in the office said half way joking " We may can not give you that day off" I responded " I have a court date that day"
Then the staffing coordinator stated that she needed a copy of the paper work from court.
I know that my job will find out sooner or later that I'm going through a divorce but I just don't feel like Its necessary to give them this personal information at this time. The court case is at 9am , so I'm worried that she will expect me to work my scheduled 3-11 shift.
Even though I could make it to work, I honestly don't feel up to it emotionally and rather take the whole day off. I never brought my personal problems to work. Most of my coworkers know me as a young, bubbly single person and have no idea what I'm going through and I rather keep it that way.
What are your thoughts ? Am I required to provide this documentation ?
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I think I'm just going to give them the summons letter. They will find out sooner or later because I will be having a name change. I guess I'm just a little emotional and possibly overreacting.
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I believe this is just another stupid control issue from ADmin.... this is why I will never work under nurisng admin... they could care less about the people working under them. I would tell them to kiss my patootie and call out if they don't give it.. I am so over the stupid attitudes of nursing admin...
By the way, you seldom see this type of thing working in the OR or the ER as most of those areas don't fall under nursing admin....
Ok, new nurse grad here : So what do OR and ER fall under if not nursing admin??
Very few OR/ER's fall under nursing admin.... that is the most important thing about it.
Nursing admin wouldn't know how to staff or manage an OR much less do they know much about the ER... they are world's of their own.
No way can they understand that you can't send a nurse to the OR to work from any floor or unit .. nor as an OR nurse would I go to "anywhere" in the hospital. Just won't happen. I haven't given drugs in years but can put a foley in a flash.. just too different..
you are making a mountain out of a molehill. I would not give them any paperwork and if they do not give you the requested day off, then just call in sick that day. It really is that simple.
She did give them enough notice to get the day off and it's shameful they didn't just comply. I wouldn't submit a thing and I wouldn't have shared you had a court date either but consider that a lesson learned for next time.
What are your thoughts ? Am I required to provide this documentation ?
I think you sort of hurt yourself by telling them you had a court date. If it was me, at that point I'd much rather just tell them I'm getting a divorce than have them wonder why I have a court date and won't tell them why.
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
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