off sick

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 5, 2013

If you are off sick then the manager has no right to ring you at home and tell you what to do.

Moved to the UK forum as suspect you are from there talking about Barley water and A&E

barbara mussard · Jun 5, 2013

how do you get on uk forum

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 5, 2013

You are in it now :)

When you click on the world tab above there is options for various International forums and UK is one of them

allnurses Guide · Jun 5, 2013

Couple of things springs to mind, and i would never condone being told to come to work if they are poorly, i do wonder if your area has a problem with high sick rates, and what your sick record is like.

Your manager does have the right to contact you, generally, if I had a member of staff I was concerned about their level of sickness I would give suggestions on how to stay well, and maybe suggest means of returning to work as quickly as possible.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 5, 2013

But XB9S would you tell someone to go to work? I understand people have poor sick records and understand it can cause staffing issues and ringing re when coming back etc but I am not sure if right to tell someone to get back to work that they are not sick

barbara mussard · Jun 5, 2013

that's just it ive not had a lot of time off only 2 locations in a year

allnurses Guide · Jun 5, 2013

But XB9S would you tell someone to go to work? I understand people have poor sick records and understand it can cause staffing issues and ringing re when coming back etc but I am not sure if right to tell someone to get back to work that they are not sick

It would depend on the circumstances, if the member of staff was coming up to final stages of a sickness policy I would discuss options with them. Clearly if they really sick and they can't work then, no I wouldn't tell them to get to work, but some staff can have quite a low threshold for not coming in, and if it means they may lose their job as a result of repeated absence I would try to help avoid that.

barbara mussard · Jun 6, 2013

It would depend on the circumstances, if the member of staff was coming up to final stages of a sickness policy I would discuss options with them. Clearly if they really sick and they can't work then, no I wouldn't tell them to get to work, but some staff can have quite a low threshold for not coming in, and if it means they may lose their job as a result of repeated absence I would try to help avoid that.

do you really think 2 occasions in 12 months is coming to the end of final stages of a sickness policy and do I have a low threshold for having a uring infection?

allnurses Guide · Jun 6, 2013

do you really think 2 occasions in 12 months is coming to the end of final stages of a sickness policy and do I have a low threshold for having a uring infection?

I was replying directly to silverdragon, not commenting on your particular circumstances, it is difficult to comment without knowing the full story, but on the face of what you say 2 episodes in 12 months isnt a huge cause for concern.

If you are having recurrent problems with UTI then maybe a referral to a t specialist is needed.

babyNP., APRN · Jun 8, 2013

That sounds terrible. Sounds like you need to think about moving to another unit. This problem also happens in the US as documented many times on allnurses.com. I'm blessed that my unit doesn't do this.

K+MgSO4, BSN · Jun 9, 2013

BabyRN moving wards at the moment in the UK is not easy as there are no jobs to move into. Most people are just having to suck it up.