So okay, we got a bunch of snow overnight. About 0600 one of the other staff RNs mentions to me that there were NINE sick/weather calls already. That's almost a full third of our staff. So I figure, hey, I'm only here one night before I'm off ten days, so why don't I offer to help out? So I call my charge nurse and let her know that if they need people I'll be happy to stay late. I see her at about 0630 and ask if she thinks she'll need me. She proceeds to go OFF at me about how she's going to find out who told everyone about the sick calls and "rip her a new one". Apparently this nurse told everyone on the floor about the sick calls and a bunch of people called her asking if they were going to be mandated to stay. She continues on in this vein for some time, ranting about how if she needs that kind of help she'll ask for it, and she was in the bathroom when I called, etc, etc, etc.
Um, I'm sorry. I believe I offered to help so there would be one fewer grievance filed if they mandated people. Our union contract says they can mandate when necessary but that we have the right/responsibility to file a grievance if we are made to stay. And you're going to yell at me?
