Quit or be fired?

BSN Student · Feb 13, 2005

Bring the kids with you anyway. Put the ball in their court. They will either 1.) send you home. or 2.) bend the rules and let you stay. If you get fired then they are stupid they just lost a great employee.

javanurse2000, BSN, RN · Feb 13, 2005

Just an update for everybody. I spoke with my weekend supervisor and she is going to fill out my reference form (the agency gave me 2) and asked if I wanted her help to get my old job back. She has always been a great supervisor and a good friend, please remember that she is the one who ended up working in my place with the doctor's note. I told her how sorry I was for that. It's good that I still have my friend. With the way things were going there, I decided not to take her up on her offer.

BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN · Feb 13, 2005

With the way things were going there, I decided not to take her up on her offer.

Sounds like a good idea. GLad to hear you got a reference. Keep saying to yourself "things happen for a reason". :yeah:

alexandria1221 · Feb 25, 2005

I have been with the same company for 4 years and have NEVER called out b/c of snow/ice storms. This weekend my two kids ages 16 and 12 will have to be alone while I'm at work and its a pretty sure thing I'll be snowed in for the whole weekend. My work is a 45 minute drive and I just feel like it's dangerous to leave them alone. I'm a single mom and usually I have a back-up plan and a second back-up plan but these have fallen through. I called and talked to my DON (the staffing nurse was fired - no warning :uhoh21: ) and she insists I have to come in no matter what. Again, I have NEVER called out on account of the weather...this is more of a child-care issue. We used to be able to bring our kids to work but that is now against the rules. In fact, besides people coming in to work not knowing they'd been fired there have been a lot of other things going on with this new administration I don't like. My question is, do I quit without giving a notice or do I let them fire me? I've been with them for 4 years and that is a large chunk of my work history.

There is this thing called Corporate. Call Human Resources. Also your Employee Handbook will have a few things that your can use. Your family always comes before your job. If for any reason that you feel that safety in a weather issue is involved that can be a point to push. Your life is worth more than someone that can't get off their butt.

hoolahan, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2005

Sorry I only read the first page of replies.

My feeling is this. You are a mother first, and a nurse second. Only you know the capabilities of your own children. If your gut is telling you they should not be left alone, you should listen to that. I agree about the potential power outages, tree branches fall under weight of snow through homes, you just never know!

I would call out sick, and if they fire you, consider it a blessing. I know I am in the minority here, but I am no superhero, my kids will always come first!

The only alternative is to take the kids with you. If the weather will be that bad, they may even be able to be little volunteers, feeding folks, reading to them, stuffing charts, heck, there's a lot of good work kids that age can do for you.

It really depends on the kids. My co-worker has 2 of the most neurotic kids I have ever seen. One is 17 he other is 12. They will call her constantly at work during a situation like this, and honestly, I wish she'd just stay home most of the time because it makes her so anxious. And we aren't even doing direct pt care!