How does it feel to be an infallible human machine? What happens if your "machine" breaks down? I've been in health care for over almost three decades and you sound like the usual crap oozing paid robot that has no idea how messy life can really be. I'll bet at least half a dozen nurses are now contemplating joining unions after reading your post.
Thanks..thanks a lot.
I’m not an infallible human machine.
I take my damned job seriously, and have done so since I started working in healthcare.
If I had patients, I went. PERIOD. No questions asked.
I do it because it is the PATIENT that counts, and the other people working who are going to have to pick up the slack because I let THEM down.
If I don’t go in, patients still need care, and if someone ELSE has to work 48 hours straight because I have some lame reason for not making it.
YOU obviously couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the patients YOU should be caring for, or the co-workers who are going to have to work till they drop because YOU looked out your window and whimpered “Ehhh...too much snow. I think I’ll call in...”
Yeah, I can see who you care about.
Exactly! Thanks for posting it. My fiancee is a nurse, and as you said, **** happens. Yes, you try to get out there, but a little respect goes a long way.