Topics About 'Attendance'.

We don't seem to have a very strict policy. There are people that call in almost weekly. I remember a previous facility where I worked. You could call in sick once every three months. After three days you needed a Dr note to return to work.

Okay, so last night at 2am, it was only myself, an LPN, and one MHT/aide on a floor with 22 male patients. At 3am, we were supposed to get another aide; a guy who normally works 7am-3pm but picked up an extra day and agreed to work 3am-3pm today. So ...

I normally work PRN. For the past month, I've been working full time plus overtime covering a nurse who went out on FMLA. So, I picked up a whole bunch of extra hours at the last minute since there was nobody else who could do it. I felt sick Tu...

The hospital where I work has recently changed our attendance policy. In that policy they re-enforced that you can only miss 6 days of work per year, and after you miss so many days you will be warned, then counseled then terminated. Just weeks prior...

Hi fellow nursing students! I am on a committee at school right now in which we have been asked by the program director to come up with a new attendance policy. The current problem is that the attendance policy merely states that unexcused ...