You are home from work today and you and your SO are having a lovely, relaxing time together when suddenly, the doorbell rings. You go to the door. A policeman is there. You open the door and he informs you that your co-workers called him to check on you because you were a no-call, no-show for your shift today!
It is exactly 1 ½ hours into your shift. You check and sure enough, there are messages on your phone from work. You apparently did not get the latest version of schedule changes.
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Wow Angie!
Many many years ago when I was a very young nurse, I was on call 3-11 for med/surg and was home alone and it started to snow unexpectedly and it continued to snow and then snow some more. I purposely took my phone off of the hook. I figured I could say my phone was out of order.
I was scared to death to drive in the snow in my little Datsun B-210 which was rear wheel drive and we had probably 6" of snow.
Around 8pm there was a knock on the door and it was a co-worker who came to get me with her big 4-wheel drive truck. What could I say? I got dressed and went. I didn't mind since I was safely transported to and from work.
They had called the operator from work who told them my line was out of order...whew! I never did anything like that again.
ha ha
I do remember the hosp admin going out one nite w his 4WD to get staff for the night shift who couldn't get in otherwise. That was pretty cool.
Years ago , I worked at the community hospital in our town, mostly nights. Once I clocked in , went to report , and heard the fascinating story of a co-worker having called in , yet again. The DON was unable to find a replacement at home , so, learning that one nurse was out on a date , found out the date' s name from the nurse's mother , and actually got the police in our small town to find the guy's car at the restaurant , go in and tell the nurse that she was needed at work. STILL takes the cake.
It is scary to be at work and have a reliable coworker not show and not call. A few months ago our receptionist wasn't there and no one had heard from her. She is normally there 10 minutes early and is a very dependable employee. We were getting nervous that she had been in a car accident or something. Finally; Manager thought to check her cell, which is the number we are to call when we can't make it to work. She had it turned off and there were two messages from the receptionist. :trout:
Where I usd to work, we had a nurse who sometimes did not show up for work on time. One Monday morning, at the end of a 12-hour shift, this nurse did not show. Another RN and I took her "group" until they could find another nurse to pick it up. The cops were sent by the Nurse Mgr. to look for her, and knocked on her door, The problem was this nurse's husband.... he is an ex-con and just having a marked unit pull up in front of the house freaked him out (maybe freaked her out, too). Anyway, no answer at the door, but she did call the ICU to "call in".:icon_roll
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Where I usd to work, we had a nurse who sometimes did not show up for work on time. One Monday morning, at the end of a 12-hour shift, this nurse did not show. Another RN and I took her "group" until they could find another nurse to pick it up. The cops were sent by the Nurse Mgr. to look for her, and knocked on her door, The problem was this nurse's husband.... he is an ex-con and just having a marked unit pull up in front of the house freaked him out (maybe freaked her out, too). Anyway, no answer at the door, but she did call the ICU to "call in".:icon_roll
Is it my imagination or do a lot of nurses go for the "ex-cons" and the like? I know I always went for the "bad boys". (As I get better, my choices get better, btw... )
A nursing supervisor at my old job was famous for this. Actually, I think it's good because like poster above mentioned, her co-worker was found unresponsive in her home. I live alone, and though I talk to certain friend almost daily, they would not be too concerned if I didn't answer the phone for a couple days because I work alot then come home and go to sleep. However, a no-call no-show at work is not something I would do, so there is definately something wrong if I don't call or show up for work. A nurse in my area several months ago was found dead in her apartment after her co-workers called police when she did not show up for work or call. Of course these are extreme cases, but not impossible.
yep- this sems to be something they teach in management school. I had a set schedule for a year and a half- not that it couldn't change, it just didn't so I never realy looked at the schedule. Guess what-it changed. I didn't even get a call to let me know I was a no show no call. Just the cops at the door.
AHAHA! I don't have time right now to read through all the pages of replies, so I'm not sure where this discussion is going. I just have to share that this happened to me .. on CHRISTMAS no less!
The first call on my cell phone was at 7:01 am. They know I'm never late, so they got worried right away. My house phone was broken, so they couldn't wake me that way. Finally, they looked up my address, called the cops in my town and told them that if my green car was in the driveway, not to stop knocking.
Thankfully my cousin was staying with me, or else I think my door would have gotten broken in, because i was fast asleep in the basement. The first thing I was aware of was my cousin throwing open my door, flinging on the lights and shouting "ALI! The cops need to see you and I can't just tell them you're okay!" She gestured for the officer to come into my room when I realized I was sitting up in bed wearing ... *ahem* nothing but what the good Lord gave me. I yelled, he turned red and disappeared.
When I got upstairs a couple minutes later, the icing on the cake of the whole situation was the fact that I had, indeed, gone to high school with the cop. He said merry christmas and practically ran out the door.
It became the new standard of how much you're loved around our unit. "Yeah, we like you. We'd call the cops if you didn't show up." To the day I quit I wasn't able to live that one down.
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Liddle Noodnik
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ha ha
I do remember the hosp admin going out one nite w his 4WD to get staff for the night shift who couldn't get in otherwise. That was pretty cool.