Late arriving Nurses

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What are some the thought's on Nurse's who always tend to come Late 10 to 15 minutes.How do feel about when you had already worked 12 hour shift...now another 15 min? :banghead:

Specializes in Adult, Trach and Vent.

This might be work and I am tempted to do it little...but I feel like they make it as more of attitude issue.:unsure:

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Specializes in Adult, Trach and Vent.

@icurnmaggie

This might be work and I am tempted to do it little...but I feel like they make it as more of attitude issue.:unsure:

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Question for those of you attending to call lights of the late nurse: who's responsibility is it if that call light continues to go unattended? If it were the nurse that is late, why bother answering it. By answering it, you are playing the role of the enabler.

Those issues ceased when I became a charge nurse. My individual report to the next charge nurse overlaps regardless of whether the next charge nurse shows up on time because of the depth of the material we are discussing. We often have 10-15 minutes of overlap. I was told that before my time, they tried to get an extra 15 minutes of pay added to our shifts, but apparently the overlap is justified by the "in charge" differential.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

Chronically arriving late makes you an a-hole. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You are saying that you don't give a damn about anyone else's time but yours. You are saying that you give no cares to your co-workers who have already been at work for 12+ hours, who are tired, hungry, and frustrated and want to go home. You are saying that you are above policy and don't have to adhere to the same rules as everyone else. You are a jerk with a problem. Tardiness is my number one pet peeve in life. You CAN fix your tardy problem if you tried hard enough, but most people just don't seem to care and/or are SELFISH.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

I remember many years ago I would frequently fill in on nights. Not only did day shift straggle in late (we're talking 15-20 minutes late), they expected me to have a pot of coffee on for them and would have major attitude if I didn't make it.

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If your not 10 minutes early, your late! It's as simple as that.

being late is absolutely unacceptable and I have no idea why or how it is tolerated. It is my #1 pet peeve by far.

And this is a pet peeve of mine. My shift starts at 6:45 and I am NEVER late. I am however, heavily obligated (school, church, toddlers, hubby) outside of work and don't appreciate some 60 year old widowed snot telling me she would prefer it if I came in at 6:30. If I am late I am late, it's as simple as that.

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And this is a pet peeve of mine. My shift starts at 6:45 and I am NEVER late. I am however, heavily obligated (school, church, toddlers, hubby) outside of work and don't appreciate some 60 year old widowed snot telling me she would prefer it if I came in at 6:30. If I am late I am late, it's as simple as that.

Who isn't busy? That is not an excuse. I've got two toddlers in the house. If your late, you didn't prepare or leave early enough. I manage to get my boys to the right places on time, dogs fed, showered and shaved, lunches packed, etc and still get to my destination on time (10 min early).

If you leave home intending to walk in the door the minute you are supposed to, that leaves no time for flat tires, traffic, ect. Traffic delays are not an acceptable excuse for being late.

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It drives me insane! I work in PDN and can't stand when the oncoming nurses show up late (or not at all- that's happened before sadly). 5 minutes late I can understand. 10-20 minutes late? Now you're just wasting my time.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
And this is a pet peeve of mine. My shift starts at 6:45 and I am NEVER late. I am however, heavily obligated (school, church, toddlers, hubby) outside of work and don't appreciate some 60 year old widowed snot telling me she would prefer it if I came in at 6:30. If I am late I am late, it's as simple as that.

Ah...I see. The life of a "60 year old widowed" snot is less important, less valuable than someone with a husband, toddlers, church obligations, and school." I was never married, but I don't have kids, and I had to put up with the attitude of "My life is more valuable than yours because I have a husband and kids." Well, as Suzanne Sugarbaker would say, "Big woo!"

I agree with Wade. If you are showing up right on the dot, yes, technically you are on time, but then the off-going shift has to wait for you to put your stuff in your locker, get your papers, get your drink, then get into report.

If the off-going shift has to wait for you, then yes, you're late.

Someday you may be that 60 year old widowed snot, FWIW.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

Latecomers can be irritating, but even worse are those who arrive early and waste time talking about their personal lives in report. A little small talk is fine, but let's have the report so others can either leave or begin their shift.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

This is not a problem where I work because they got rid of the grace period and 1 minute late counts as half a sick day! But just because people are there on time doesn't mean they all take report right away. Some go get coffee or make other excuses not to do report. That is my pet peeve because at the end of a 12 hour night shift I'm tired and want to go home and get some sleep!

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And this is a pet peeve of mine. My shift starts at 6:45 and I am NEVER late. I am however, heavily obligated (school, church, toddlers, hubby) outside of work and don't appreciate some 60 year old widowed snot telling me she would prefer it if I came in at 6:30. If I am late I am late, it's as simple as that.

What's with the 60 year old widowed snot comment? Uncalled for

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