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:

Heh. I knew we were getting a sowstorm here last night so I drove up and got a motel room rather than white-knuckle it through 30 miles of bad roads this morning. What we do is important, and we need to be there for our coworkers and patients.

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Specializes in Occupational Medicine, Orthopedics.

Suesquatch: That is dedication with a capitol "D".

I hope you got to take advantage of a jacuzzi! Impressed...

Blue

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Sue - a 'sowstorm'?!!! Good grief that sounds awful!!:D

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and sometimes being late is a form of passive aggressive behavior, the one who is late is controlling the situation

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Specializes in Occupational Medicine, Orthopedics.
Sue - a 'sowstorm'?!!! Good grief that sounds awful!!:D

I was thinking the same thing! How much damage was there from all the falling pigs?

Blue

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I was thinking the same thing! How much damage was there from all the falling pigs?

Blue

*snort*

I thought of editing it as soojn as I saw it but figured it would be more fun to leave it. :D

I live and work in a very rural area where we really don't HAVE back-up. If I call in someone is mandated and screwed, and I'm not willing to do that except in a true emergency. I *knew* the strom was coming and that driving conditions would be wretched so, for me, it was simple. Not an emergency - I knew in advance conditions would be awful - and, therefore, it was not permissible to call in.

Now, I could have slept at the facility but I really wanted a TV and private bath with no sundowners disturbing me and the dizzy night charge nurse deciding she had another nurse on duty because I was sleeping in the PT room.

I also changed careers late in life and I take nursing very seriously. If we want to change our image - although the only ones who seem to have a problem with our image are nurses, everyone else is awed that I'm a nurse - we have to behave as dedicated professionals.

I've had enough white-knuckle commutes for this winter.

(Oh, and I managed to be 5 minutes late. I told my husband to call me and I so rarely use my cell phone that I didn't recognize the ring tone as my phone and kept wondering why the snooze alarm wouldn't go off when I smacked it.)

:)

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Specializes in Occupational Medicine, Orthopedics.
*snort*

I thought of editing it as soojn as I saw it but figured it would be more fun to leave it. :D

:)

And how right you were...

Blue

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ER, L&D, ICU, OR, Educator.

Chronic lateness, as it always has been, is passive aggressiveness. They think "I am more important, or at least more busy, than all of you".

Get over yourselves!

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Specializes in OBSTERTICS-POSTPARTUM,L/D AND HIGH-RISK.

STARTING THIS YEAR OUR HOSPITAL HAS A POLICY THAT YOU ARE LATE AT 1 MINUTE AFTER. THEY ALSO STATED WHAT THE RESULTS WERE IF YOU WERE LATE A NUMBER OF TIMES .THIS IS A HOSPITAL WIDE POLICY AND STATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT. Hurray!!!!:rotfl:

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
STARTING THIS YEAR OUR HOSPITAL HAS A POLICY THAT YOU ARE LATE AT 1 MINUTE AFTER. THEY ALSO STATED WHAT THE RESULTS WERE IF YOU WERE LATE A NUMBER OF TIMES .THIS IS A HOSPITAL WIDE POLICY AND STATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT. Hurray!!!!:rotfl:

That's a bit extreme. They should allow a little leeway more than a minute. But the trick is to enforce late policies.

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Do you put in for OT when your co-workers are late? That would get your supervisor's attention and probably get action on the problem.

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My hospital policy also states that if you are one minute late, you are late. There is a point system and if you get so many points you are terminated. End of story..

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