Preventing call-ins

[Brandi,RN]

How do you (attempt) to prevent call ins at work? It's becoming a real problem where I work (CNAs more than nurses), what is everyone out there doing to prevent that? Attendance bonuses, having to work another shift, etc

[roser13, ASN, RN]

I've heard it all now. Drunk is better than flu or noro.

Ridiculous statement. Obviously the poster was simply comparing various definitions of the word "impaired" as used in a report to the BON.

[Ele_123]

Short staffing in a way encourages people to call in. Sometimes I've dreaded going to work because I know that we're going to be short staffed. Also knowing we're short staffed encourages me to go to work because I know that there aren't any extra nurses and I don't want to make the assignments tougher on my co-workers. At a larger hospital I worked at call-ins for nurses & aides/techs were pretty common on the weekends/holidays. Out of the 7-8 scheduled employees there was usually at least 1 who would call in each weekend/holiday. A policy was implemented in the department that if you called-in on a weekend or holiday you would be scheduled the next weekend or holiday. No distinction was made between sickness vs. spending time with boyfriend/family. Everyone was okay with this because it seemed pretty fair and call-ins cut down significantly.

[klone, MSN, RN]

A policy was implemented in the department that if you called-in on a weekend or holiday you would be scheduled the next weekend or holiday. .

They only did the schedule one week in advance? Or, if the schedule for the following weekend was already in place, did they just bump someone else to put the caller offer onto the schedule?

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I've heard it all now. Drunk is better than flu or noro.

I never said drunk is better than sick. I said both are dangerous, and one is contagious. No question I would report a drunk nurse as well.

A drunk nurse is cognitively and physically incapable of providing safe care. A nurse infected with influenza or noro is also physically and cognitively incapable of providing safe care.

I have had both, and have observed those illnesses in others. That degree of illness does affect one's cognitive ability. I know for a fact that I would be cognitively incapable of providing ICU care.

My statement that an infected nurse can transfer said infection to a patient is accurate. I said I would personally be livid and possibly BON-report worthy because not only is the nurse incapable of providing safe care, s/he is also putting my child (in my example, I said "my child") at risk of contracting an infectious disease.

[Ele_123]

They only did the schedule one week in advance? Or, if the schedule for the following weekend was already in place, did they just bump someone else to put the caller offer onto the schedule?

The schedule was done monthly. It was a busy, big, and typically short staffed hospital that there was usually an open spot for a nurse on that floor the next weekend or they would be added to the full list of scheduled staff and the previously scheduled float pool or agency nurse would be bumped to another floor. I don't think we ever had too many core staff scheduled for a particular weekend because the caller off was rescheduled for that weekend.

[NotYourMamasRN]

Prevent staff burnout through measures like appropriate nurse to patient ratios and recognizing people's lives don't revolve around nursing, in other words supporting a healthy work/life balance.

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

I actually called in sick yesterday, but I was sick.....

im not one to call in normally.....but, op has some things to learn

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

I actually called in sick yesterday, but I was sick.....

im not one to call in normally.....but, op has some things to learn

By the way, where idi OP go?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

By the way, where idi OP go?

Hasn't logged in since starting the thread. Guess she didn't like the responses.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Another flounce I guess.