Nurses showing up late for work.

[justmanda]

This morning, after a twelve hour shift, I found out that my relief was just getting out of bed and wouldn't be at work until 9am. I was expected to stay, without complaint, until my relief arrived. When I dared to mention that my young children were going to be two hours late for school if I stayed, the manager of the floor called me a "whiner".

I don't mind staying a little late every now and then, but this frequently happens and the powers that be actually seem surprised and irritated when nurses have other responsibilities they have to tend to. The manager finally took report from me at 8am, seething the entire time. I don't blame her for the person not showing up. It wasn't her fault, and I thanked her for taking report. Her attitude though, made me furious! Just a rant....ahhh. I feel much better now.

[bethin]

I'm not a nurse, but I travel over 50 miles one way to work. I live in a city, work in a small town and have to battle rush hour traffic to get to work. Often I'm in traffic for 30 mins or so before I get out of the city.

Guess what? I've never been late. Yet the aide that lives a block away from the hospital is consistently 15-30 mins late.

I'm glad I'm in a position where I can say to the nurses "hey, I'm leaving. So and so isn't here and it's now 7a". Our shift ends at 0630.

I would have said to the DON who called the OP a whiner: why don't you go get my kids? They need breakfast, and not McDonald's, they need lunches packed. My oldest doesn't like crust. The youngest wants sandwiches sliced in half. Oh, and the oldest is allergic to peanuts. The oldest doesn't like wheat bread, but he's also allergic to white. Can you handle that?