Get to Work On Time.

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I'm really getting crabby about this issue. I work part-time now in LTC, and out of the last 7 shifts I've worked (I work nites) my replacement has been on time twice!

Again this morning one of the admin people came to me and told me (I'm supposed to get off at 6:15) that my replacement had told her last nite that she was having babysitter problems and probably wouldn't be able to get there until 7 to 7:20! Was that OK with me? Well, no it's not! I'm tired of it.

It's not just the same person - and its not just a few minutes - it's been anywhere from 1/2 hour to an hour and 15 minutes. Which means I feel like I should start doing the day accu-checks, etc. The other nurse in the building said I should just leave everything, but why punish the patients because the nurse can't get her butt in there on time.

This is a really big irritation of mine - if a person is old enough to have a job, why can't they be responsible enough to manage their time well enough to get there on time.

And to top it off, two of the day CNA's were late also. :trout:

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i know the feeling...it shows a lack of concern for fellow nurses

this is esp bad [at least for me] when working noc i have known don to tell me that the day nurse has to put her children on the school bus before she can leave..she needs to get a job with different hours..if the other nurse has to get home before a spouse leaves for work to be with a child it is holding one child over another

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In any job, people show up late chronically because management refuses to do anything about it. When there are consequences to employees showing up late, then they will stop doing it, but management has to enforce it.

I work at a dinky little call center, but they are very, very serious about having people on time. The computer system automatically logs if you are more than 5 minutes late. You get a "point" against your record...if you get 10 points, you lose your job. You get a "point" back for coming to work, every day on time, for two weeks.

People are rarely late...and it's a center with over 600 employees.

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Are you sure you don't work where I do???? Just today (ok... it was snowing.....) the 3-11 gal called to say she was on her way but would be "a few minutes late" .... her idea of a few??? "Maybe 15, but I can't say for sure....." MY THOUGHTS???? It's SNOWING!!!! LEAVE THE HOUSE EARLIER!!!

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

I brought up this with my manager once. Her response: you can't regulate behaviour. The nurse was my BEST friend (RIP) but it surely made me angry at times. When I am totally exhausted I am not at my best and then to have to guess what needs doing while the late one isn't there just isn't fair to me, to the patient to anyone.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

People are chronically late because there isn't a repercussion for it.

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I brought up this with my manager once. Her response: you can't regulate behaviour. The nurse was my BEST friend (RIP) but it surely made me angry at times. When I am totally exhausted I am not at my best and then to have to guess what needs doing while the late one isn't there just isn't fair to me, to the patient to anyone.

Bull. You can regulate behavior by firing people. Isn't showing up late endangering patients?

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

On the opposite side though, don't show up 45 minutes early and then tisk at me for doing my work instead of giving you report. My shift isn't over until 7, and I work my butt off until the clock clicks over. You don't even know what patients you're going to have yet! The charge nurse isn't even here to give assignments.

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Same problem at my facility. It annoys me when one of the RNs on my shift shows up late for every shift, as it delays my report. I never ask the dayshifters to give me report ahead of the late RN, as it's not fair to them to make them go over the info twice. I understand the occasional lateless for traffic or weather (around 4 am the other night, the rain unexpectedly turned to ice and snow, so the dayshifters woke up to a nasty surprise), but every single day/night gets old fast.

Interestingly enough, there has been a housewide crackdown on anyone not complying to policy stating that we cannot clock in more than 6 minutes before the beginning of shift. Nothing is said or done regarding those who habitually clock in late mind you. Way to punish those of us capable of getting to work promptly :icon_roll

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Oh I hear that on lateness.....that is one of my biggest pet peeves...believe me! I am one of those who is punctual unless something happens to cause lateness.

My issue is with nurses who work in the home..that's why this topic caught my attention.....

I have one who is constantly 5-10 minutes late.......every time. And they call in on the phone like a time clock..and the rule is like many facilities, no earlier or no later than 6minutes before or after or they get docked pay.......and guess what.....they still call in at 10 past, 15 past. It also totally messes up the computer call in system too for time records...like the next oncoming nurse has even been docked from her pay for it for the one before her being late.......that's not right.

I also had one who used to show up 10 minutes late here, 15 m inutes late there.......and on occassion not at all...

and do you think anyone says sorry ???? No......

I have a severly disabled child and I am far more dependable & have better work ethics than alot of nurses I have seen......and most who have no kids, grown kids, or kids that are away at school, or old enough to get themselves off to school. It absolutely astounds me......

Another thing....I notice.......anyone else notice..........be late for them & they are besides themselves, or the coat is on & they are ready to go 10 minutes before the shift is over.

I guess I have good work ethics & values instilled in me from my mother.....that woman never was out sick or late that I can ever recall growing up.......People just don't seem to give a hoot anymore & it's sad.

My time is just as valuable as their time........:madface:

Gosh, in nursing school , if anyone was even 1 minute late, the instructor would tell the student in front of everyone...you are late....and yes at 7:01......and regardless what excuse anyone gave.....she would say but you're still late.

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After about the fourth time in a row that these people were grossly late - I called the ADON - the DON has been off somewhere - and expressed my extreme displeasure - she started to make excuses for them, but I cut her dead off with that.

Things DO happen occasionally - but it's the same few people ALL the time.

The excuses are pretty lame too - one gal told me that the lights were out so she had to wait for it to get light to get dressed. I asked her if she'd heard of using a flashlite or candle!

The other one told me they'd LOST their alarm clock! Did you think of this BEFORE you went to bed? This was on a morning when I had to call and ask if she planned to come to work. Then when her happy rear gets in there, she's pi$$y because I insist on giving report and counting narcs!

Anymore, I don't know if, when I go in to work my nite shift, if I'm going to get stuck working days too. I've never oriented to days there - and there's a reason for that - management doesn't seem to care one way or the other as long as someone is behind the desk.

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Once I had a co-worker with a reputation for being late. Yes, she was always late. It grated on me when she made me late for someplace I needed to go after work. When I went to a different workplace, she was discussed when she applied to work there. Apparently she had worked there in the past, and had a reputation for being late there also. The person telling me about her said this, "She was even late to her own graduation (from nursing school)."

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