I have been working on a busy Orth-Med/Surg unit for about 5 months now. Though it doesn't have the most ideal working environment, I've been trying to remain positive and make it work. The other night when I was on call, I got a phone call about 8pm (shift starts at 7) from the night unit supervisor stating that they needed me to come in right then. It was very last minute and I live 45 minutes away, so I told her I would be there as soon as I could, but would definitely be there before 11. I got there around 10:30 and it was a complete mad house. Three nurses had called in that night, leaving us with 3 nurses, no tech, and 15 patients. The night supervisor told me that the dayshift unit supervisor had tried calling me earlier that afternoon for me to come in but couldn't get a hold of me. She also said that the dayshift staffing supervisor stated that he had talked to me earlier and I had told him that I couldn't come in. Neither one of these things were true. I was at home all day that day and my cell phone was on and not one person called me from my job. I know they have the correct contact info, because they called me not to long ago to call me off work due to low census. I later found out that had the night supervisor not called me in that night, I would have been written up and possibly fired for being a no call, no show. When the night supervisor told our manager about it the next morning, she basically shrugged it off and said "oh well, you know they're trying to cut out overtime due to budget cuts and haven't you worked short staffed before?" She said nothing about the fact that these 2 supervisors lied on me and could have cost me my job.
To be honest, though I'm upset, I can't really say I'm suprised. There is so much backstabbing and drama that goes on between my coworkers (I try my best to stay out of it) that you really don't know who to trust. I go to worked completely stressed out now and things aren't getting any better. I know the job market is tight right now, but I really don't know how much more of this environment I can take. I've never had any problems on a job before and I've never been one to job hop, but I'm seriously considering leaving this job..... sooner rather than later.
