So a day off! Yippie! No having to get up early, no need to worry about whos tube is doing what, who is going to code, whos family is going to get upset despite your best....none of it! A sunny day, daffodils blooming outside my window for the first time in ages (Feb? Pretty good!). My heart is happy, I am full of sunshine!
Then the call came in...and changed all this...
You see, I never get attached to anyone at work..that has brought me grief! People come, people go...get use to it...ouch! But I am working at a place where who you work with is prime...good folks, all with one goal..making my residents life better! I couldn't work with a better team..and I have two best friends now after two years there....and today..this sunshine day with daffodils..one got fired!
She is a CNA, and a great one! More nurse than CNA and knows her stuff, and is earthy and realistic. I think I aspire to be like her in fact. She does all the little things and beyond for her residents...and one bad CNA who wants her timeslot won after months of watching her closely...and she screwed up, and got nailed! No warning for her excellent service for over 5 years....just the word of a mealy mouthed non licensed caregiver who wanted her time slot!!!!!!
My friend made a mistake..she took the timecard of another employee on break and signed them in..that is a fireable offence, and she will even admit that. Sadly word got out, and this little nobody with a loud mouth (who is rude, obnoxious, and been written up more times than I can count!) told admin and she was fired!
So yep..this daffodil day I am in shock! A great wonderful CNA fired because of word of mouth (how can you prove she did it anyway..finger prints???).
But what makes me most upset..is I just experienced a loss! A LOSS. Yes, a friend...it is hard enough to keep your outside of work friends in nursing let alone those you find at work. Outside of work I am a hermit...and so is she. I feel like I just lost my best friend...because without work...we won't see eachother.
I am trying to be positive, heck...she is...we came up with all sorts of things that she could be doing that would make her life 10 fold...so I know she will be okay..and this may be a blessing! But I still struggle with the loss...
Why is it that the squeeky wheel gets more attention or respect sometimes than the one doing its job! The co-workers we complain about always seem to win..at our expense? What can we do?
Thanks for listenening...I know I am far from alone...please share..it may help me too!
