They called the cops!

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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.

How would you feel?

I did the no-call /no-show thing once. Another nurse asked me if I could pick up her shift...I told her no because I had plans. She felt that whatever she had to do was far more important than what I had planned, so, without my knowledge, she just changed the schedule. About 30 minutes after "my" shift started and about three hours after I was well on the road to intoxication, my boss called. I was obviously in no condition to work, so they told me to stay home. I got dinged for a no-call / no-show because we were supposed to check the schedule every time we worked in case there were changes. She admitted to changing the schedule and was told not to do it again.

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I did the no-call /no-show thing once. Another nurse asked me if I could pick up her shift...I told her no because I had plans. She felt that whatever she had to do was far more important than what I had planned, so, without my knowledge, she just changed the schedule. About 30 minutes after "my" shift started and about three hours after I was well on the road to intoxication, my boss called. I was obviously in no condition to work, so they told me to stay home. I got dinged for a no-call / no-show because we were supposed to check the schedule every time we worked in case there were changes. She admitted to changing the schedule and was told not to do it again.

That's why we have forms on which both nurses who agree to switch must sign. Then no one can pull a fast one.

As for having to check the schedule every time you work because there might be changes, that is so wrong. Obviously, the employees can't make arbitrary changes anytime they feel like it. The employer shouldn't be able to either. To do so is an utter lack of respect. Employees aren't appliances to be plugged in at the "users" convenience.

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Specializes in Peds, asthma/allergies, cystic fibrosis,.

I had a co-worker, one time, was a no call, no-show. We knew she had a rocky relationship with her live-in boyfriend. Multiple calls throughout the shift went unanswered. Finally, we did have the cops go to her home. There had been a snowfall during that night and there was one set of tire tracks in her driveway when the cops got there but no car. It took 3 days of trying to find her before she returned home, only to find out that she went away with a friend and didn't bother to tell anyone. In this case, we were upset with her because we thought the worst had happened and it turned out that she was acting irresponsible. But, we had no regret calling the police because we were worried.:paw:

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Do you mean to tell me that no one there could figure out that maybe you did not get the latest changes on the schedule....geez...Something wrong about how they are doing that.

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Specializes in Peds, asthma/allergies, cystic fibrosis,.

This nurse never changed the schedule or told anybody about her plans. Apparently, she decided on this impromptu trip at the last minute,after she had left work. She did not even tell the nurse manager, who was her friend. That is the one who decided to call the police.

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Specializes in Psych, Informatics, Biostatistics.

We had a stable worker who did not show up last night either. Supervisor called his house and his cell phone. We never did find out.

His other job is as a counselor for delinquents and he drives through a rough area to come to work. Would we have called 911, I think so, but unfortunately, since he was not home, and did not answer his cell phone, there was nothing we could do.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I leave two minutes from work, and its a small town. We all know where the others live at. I'm always thirty to forty five minutes early (gives me extra time to prepare, look over meds, pt charts, ect), and I oversleep one day. Didn't hear the phone. At 7:05 I got a knock on the door. They sent the CNA to get me out of bed :p

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Specializes in Did the job hop, now in MS. Not Bad!!!!!.
Ditto.

As a single woman that lives by herself and is never less than 15 minutes early.......I would expect it.

(I watch "Sex & the City - and always empathized with Miranda's fear of being found a week later, dead, and having been nibbled on by the cat....)

I came in 10 minutes late one day....the previous shift was already dialing my home and panicking.

Ditto Caroladybelle,

but as a new orient in a huge hospital where I seem to not do anything right, I wonder if anyone would give a hoo-ha if I showed or whether they'd just write me up for it.

I'm always afraid that something will happen to me and no one will know until the smell hits the neighbors.

PS...always know your neighbors!

:cry:

Chloe

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