Would you completely remove your staff from the duty roster/work assignment if they call in sick for a week?

[hazyblue]

No, it's not even a whole week. As a matter of fact, aforementioned staff made an effort to personally submit a doctor's note around the third/fourth day. The note said T/C peptic ulcer. Said staff asked for two more days off due to scheduled diagnostic tests. While said staff looks kind of pale that day, she sure can walk around. She's no longer in pain. In fact she feels like she can return back to sooner rather than later. Will you erase her, wipe out her shift for the rest of the month? Won't you wait for her final diagnosis after her tests?

[Wuzzie]

If this is you that you are talking about would you mind re-writing it without the third-person effect and just tell us what happened? I'm having a difficult time understanding what you are saying.

[hazyblue]

1 minute ago, Wuzzie said:

If this is you that you are talking about would you mind re-writing it without the third-person effect and just tell us what happened? I'm having a difficult time understanding what you are saying.

Sorry. Yes, this is me. I wrote the first part in that manner because I wanted to know if other people would do such a thing too. Who am I kidding? I did the first part in third person because I wanted to dissociate with that part of my life. I still do. I don't want to rewrite it. As I've said, i get chest pains.

Sorry. It's okay. You don't have to give your opinion on it.

[Wuzzie]

1 minute ago, hazyblue said:

Sorry. It's okay. You don't have to give your opinion on it.

Hey now. I was willing to help but I can't if it's hard to follow and I won't be the only one who feels that way. No need to get snippy.

[hazyblue]

4 minutes ago, Wuzzie said:

Hey now. I was willing to help but I can't if it's hard to follow and I won't be the only one who feels that way. No need to get snippy.

I'm not. I'm sorry if I appear that way.

I just originally wanted to ask if people will erase a staff nurse (who has been absent for three to four days due to stomach pain) from the duty roster for the whole month.

Unfortunately for me I couldn't help but be emotional and sort of rant.

[Wuzzie]

9 minutes ago, hazyblue said:

I'm not. I'm sorry if I appear that way.

I just originally wanted to ask if people will erase a staff nurse (who has been absent for three to four days due to stomach pain) from the duty roster for the whole month.

Unfortunately for me I couldn't help but be emotional and sort of rant.

Apology accepted and no an employee would only be removed from the schedule for the time determined by their physician. What was you manager's explanation for the schedule change?

[caliotter3]

Judging from what you wrote and how you wrote it, you come across as being a handful.

[hazyblue]

8 minutes ago, Wuzzie said:

What was you manager's explanation for the schedule change?

I didn't dare to directly point out the erasure so I just remarked about a "third" nurse being assigned on (my) night shifts. Night shift here is always limited to two nurses irregardless of the census. She told me that I could have less burden from work that way.

The reason why I didn't dare to talk about the erasure is because I have the feeling that she already erased me from the roster before I submitted my doctor's note. When I submitted it, she told me I could take more days off exceeding what was written.

16 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

Judging from what you wrote and how you wrote it, you come across as being a handful.

On contrary, I never even complained about being bullied and not receiving a quarter of a decent orientation when I started here. I never complained about not receiving an equal workload. I didn't even fight for a salary that's worth my education. I made it a point not to be a handful and maybe that is the reason why I'm so upset with being erased. My manager erasing me/my assignments means she's putting me on the same level as those "handful" people. I'm extra upset because I know that they (not just my manager/head nurse) have a tendency to do that out of biased views against my race.

Now before you start thinking that I'm just a super stressed nurse with warped views, let me tell you that they don't even bother to keep their bias a secret.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Okay - the OP has requested some editing. I will do so but just wanted above posters to be aware of this. Thanks for your understanding.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

What does the policy say? If it's like ours - 3 absences need a doctor's note, which you provided - nope. Can you access FMLA during this time? It sort of holds your job. If you think this is bias, have you reported it? I'm sorry this is happening.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

My facility's policy is once you've missed 3 days, you must bring in a note stating that you are allowed to return to work before you're back on the schedule. Did your note state you were allowed to return to work? The rest of the month seems excessive, but if they were making plans to try to get volunteer coverage well ahead of time, that would be easier to say "we won't need that extra coverage anymore" than to try to line up coverage on short notice.

[caliotter3]

It could be a simple matter of her not being clear on whether you would be available or when, so it is easier to do a schedule with you missing and then pencil you back in as appropriate. That is giving her the benefit of the doubt. We always tend to take things personally first. If you feel you have grounds for that, you are probably right. Keep your cool when approaching mgmt about this.