chellemaree88

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1. Too much sick leave?

   chellemaree88 posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hey everyone... So I had a big skiing accident at the beginning of this year. I had to have time off after the injury some time off for pain and then two weeks off for the surgery. This used most of my sick leave. I had not taken any sick leave in 3 ...

2. Any one else done an ACL injury?

   chellemaree88 replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

   Yeh. Its got to that point I can barely properly walk anymore.i had to say to my boss I had to move the surgery forward. Im hoping yo be back at work within 3 weeks. The dislocating is just yuk...

3. Any one else done an ACL injury?

   chellemaree88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone! So I blew my ACL about 3 month ago skiing, I hit the physio hard and the pain went away and all the movement came back. I saw an ortho surgeon who said I NEEDED a repair. I thought cause my knee was so good it could wait until after the...

4. calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

   chellemaree88 replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks guys for making me feel better. I am totally dedicated to the job and feel really lucky to have one. I just felt like I was letting the already understaffed team down. Feeling only slightly better today I have a night shift tonight and im gonn...

5. calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

   chellemaree88 replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I feel guilty because they wouldve had to pull one of the other full time girls in on their day off because at least one of us has to be there. the last time I called off I was in hospital so its a rare thing for me to do.

6. calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

   chellemaree88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone I was hoping to get your opinion on calling into work sick. Im an RN in Australia and today had to call out to work sick as I had a massive uti with haematuria pain and frequency that kept me up all night last night and what not. I was m...