Blackheartednurse

This comment is not just worth replying, sorry.

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that is not true, I dont drink or smoke yet I'm very against antidepressants, seen people who claimed the meds didnt helped them at all, seen people dying because they took anti-anxiety pills, seen people who suffered brain damage because they mixed alcohol and anti-anxiety pills. I suffer from severe panic attacks couple times a year- now I learned (without meds) to talk to myself and calm myself down. People please dont mix alcohol with psychotropic meds' People dont get addicted to pain killers or anti anxiety pills, trust me cognitive therapy works best..

I understand that but I'm upset about how she said it, she didnt say " oh I'm mad because you didnt give me a notice but nurses dont have the right to get sick, in business world no one cares if you are sick, even when I apologized she still said that apology is not enough How many times you hear nurses are threatened or force to come in to work with fevers of 101 (!)? This is totally unacceptable, totally and I refuse to accept it.

I never call off.

anyway I hope for your sake you wont get sick to the point when you too afraid to drive long distance and someone will laugh at you.

like I said my sickness comes and go...at that time I could barely talk now I had to get up take my meds and eat.

no I should go in and develop complications better yet I should spread my cold to my patient or even better I should have a car crash due to being dizzy, just because I'm a nurse and have no right to get sick.

you dont know my situation so please dont judge me.I was actually choking on mucus and lying in the bed helped me to deal with it (I know strange). I didnt let her know yesterday because I felt that I might get better today, I guess it just prove thay some nurses really dont have compassion.

I have been with home health for two years and never called off, not even once, last year I also had cold but refused to call in and then I had complication and had an ear infection, so I promised myself that I will never work sick again.

I didnt give her notice because I couldnt get up from bed until 2 pm

how about if I develop a fever? Did you know that overheating can cause birth defects?\

So I became sick (cold or god knows what-np fever but a lot of mucus, runny nose, weakness etc) yesterday. I was assigned a new patient for today (home health) at my part time job (I have two home health jobs). So I called my patient family told them that I'm too weak and dizzy to drive long distance (it is far away), the family was very understanding, then called my boss who totally ate my alive, she said that being sick is not an excuse and nurses dont get sick and that the doctor will be extremely upset, she also knows I'm three moths pregnant and I refuse to jeopardize my as well as my baby health/life. Of course I didnt tell her that, I just apologized, then she said that now she will have to go to see the patient, I wanted to tell her so badly "Excuse me s... happens and I drive long distances every day so your crown wont fall of out your head if you do this once, for you really sick and pregnant employee, who has been a loyal worker. I wanted to tell her that that my health is more important than job and the patient is not even critical, he is at home..I just dont understand lack of compassion for sick nurses.

I would get my nursing degree now and have the third baby later, I'm pregnant with my first child (I'm 32) and I never wanted to be a mom in my 20s I always wanted to wait until I'm done with school.Since you already have two kids I dont think it is a bad or unsafe idea to wait for your third until you are in your 30s.

1. I'm two months pregnant- I need to pay for my own health insurance and my place of employment wont pay me for my time off when I have the baby, plus I need to save money 2. Rent, food, other bills, student loan.