I'm new to nursing, just a nurse tech for now ... start the ADN program in the Fall. I started on Post Partum last month and love it, love it, love it ...
But I got sick last week and let it go til it got really, really bad. See, I have another job and since it's at a desk, I thought I was "resting". So I went to the doctor yesterday and they diagnosed severe bronchitis ... and sent me for an x-ray to rule out pneumonia. Pulse ox was 93 and when I blew into that little tube (yes, I'm new, and don't know what this is called), I couldn't get the little thing above 200 (160, 200 and 190). So I'm sick, I guess.
I just feel darn guilty about calling in sick. I know I shouldn't be on the floor coughing like this but the guilt is still there. I just know how bad it is when you're short on staff and how hard it is on everyone else. So I feel guilty. Just venting here ... thanks for listening!
I only call in when I am sick.. but yet I have had employer(s) do a write up even w/ a dr's excuse...so TO avoid all the hassle..I go in sick..if I don't then I get reamed!!!
CraftyLPN
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I only call in when I am sick.. but yet I have had employer(s) do a write up even w/ a dr's excuse...so TO avoid all the hassle..I go in sick..if I don't then I get reamed!!!