Just a tiny rant. I had a sub yesterday and when I came back, my room was moved around, and she left stuff on my desk. One student told me she cleaned my whole room and commented how filthy it was. Lady, I clean my room every day, so I have no clue why you needed to clean it.
I came back and I had to move things around, and put things the way they were.
I put a note in my sub folder asking for them not to move things around and to clean up after themselves.
I have had a few do this - even though it bothers me I have learned to just let it go. Subs are so few in our district that I have to take whoever picks up the job and hope that it is one of the good subs. At the end of the day a RN I don't care for working in my clinic is better than nobody or having the office staff cover me.
I do love my office staff and they do their best they can in my office but I can't enjoy my day off - they call me for everything ?
I have ONE sub for my school. She has come in and rearranged some things... my desk being ONE of them. I don't mind if she wants to reorganize the clothing bins in the bathroom or straighten up my first aid drawer..... Just DON'T mess with my desk.
I've deep cleaned on request because the nurse I was subbing for was coming in over the weekend to do computer/compliance thing and she was immunosuppressed. (Poor thing had cancer.)
I did a little rearranging in a school where I was interim for 3 weeks and it wasn't really going to matter for the new hire.
Rearrange a desk? Move it? I cannot even imagine!
I look at it this way, I'm a guest, guests shouldn't reorganize stuff.
I had a sub do this last year...completely rearranged my room, took my heavy standing desk off of my desk and placed it on my cot because she "didn't like it." Also put a new chair in my office because she "didn't like the one that I had" which, I agreed, but the one she chose was even worse!
It's experiences like this that I'd rather just not get a sub and have the secretaries take care of the kids. They may not be medically trained, but at least I know nothing will be be a disaster when I get back!
I had a sub do this last year...completely rearranged my room, took my heavy standing desk off of my desk and placed it on my cot because she "didn't like it." Also put a new chair in my office because she "didn't like the one that I had" which, I agreed, but the one she chose was even worse!
Wow entitled much? That's ridiculous! At least put it all back the way you left it! And yes, don't mess with my desk! I had stuff rearranged as well. Plus lots of little sticky notes like "you know you can do this on the computer" or whatever. Yep I know what I can do but believe it or not my way is faster for ME so please don't tell me how to do my job.
One of the other nurses in my district always says that a school nurse's office is like someone's kitchen, it has all the same tools but it's exactly how the owner wants it.
I've had issues with subs both moving and stealing things from my office.
AdobeRN
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I have had a few do this - even though it bothers me I have learned to just let it go. Subs are so few in our district that I have to take whoever picks up the job and hope that it is one of the good subs. At the end of the day a RN I don't care for working in my clinic is better than nobody or having the office staff cover me.
I do love my office staff and they do their best they can in my office but I can't enjoy my day off - they call me for everything ?