Yesterday, towards the end of an extremely busy shift, my direct supervisor chose to approach me directly in the doorway of my patient's room and tell me, "Oh by the way, according to our policy, I have to give you a verbal warning regarding attendance. It's no big deal." At the time, I just said, "Oh, okay, I thought some of my points would have fallen off by now," (we operate on a 1 point per call in policy, you get a verbal warning after 3 points, and it takes 1 calender year for the points to fall off.) and then I went back about my business, as I really was extremely busy.
The more I think about it, however, the more I'm irritated that she a) approached me in the middle of my unit, in front of my patient, my patient's family, the aide assigned to me, and several other nurses and talked me about this and b) that she chose to interrupt me in the middle of me working on a critically ill child. The whole thing seems very inappropriate and unprofessional.
I very much would have appreciated the opportunity to *see* the points I have accumulated as I suspect that some are from the death of my mother in law, in which case, they should be considered bereavement and not absence. But, since she approached me the way she did, I didn't exactly have the chance to discuss it.
I'm having my yearly evaluation with both her and my manager in 2 weeks. I'm not entirely comfortable with my direct supervisor. I'm halfway tempted to just forget it, but then I think, well, if I do, perhaps she'll advance to discussing even more personal issues in public. I'd like to discuss it with my manager first and get her take on it, and then discuss it during my evaluation with both of them.
