Home Invites Blogs Careers Chat Events Forums Groups Members News Photos Polls Singles Videos
Home > > Post Content

Nurses Talk About Why They Go to Work Sick (1425 hits)

Nurses often believe that they have no recourse to going to work sick. What can be done?
Today, at 4:00 pm, you wake up with a sore throat, fever, and malaise. You call your supervisor and say that you are sick and cannot work tonight. The response? "You will need a doctor's note, or you won't be paid." Seriously?


Posted By: Jeni Fa
Wednesday, October 7th 2015 at 5:05PM
You can also click here to view all posts by this author...

Report obscenity | post comment
Share |
Please Login To Post Comments...
Email:
Password:

 
Every shift, every day of the year, nurses and physicians are compelled, through fear, guilt, or intimidation, to go to work when they are sick (known as "presenteeism"). And although healthcare employers profess to decry presenteeism, their policies and responses when employees call in sick suggest otherwise.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/851202...


Wednesday, October 7th 2015 at 5:06PM
Jeni Fa
More From This Author
Drake shows off his new Bridle Path mansion
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell: We Will Quickly Repeal Obamacare
Planned Parenthood CEO Issues Desperate Email After Clinton Defeat, “ We’re Devastated and Angry”
Hope for 2017
Commentary: Tear Down the Democratic Party
CNN Breaking News: Donald Trump promised to work to " bind the wounds of division"
Mentally ill Woman Kills Commuter With Shove Onto Subway Tracks, May Have Struck Before: Cops
Russia ' Ready to do its part' to rebuild US ties with Trump: Putin
Forward This Blog Entry!
Home

(Advertise Here)
Who's Online
>> more | invite 
Black America Resources
100 Black Men of America
www.100blackmen.org

Black America's Political Action Committee (BAMPAC)
www.bampac.org

Black America Study
www.blackamericastudy.com

Black America Web
www.blackamericaweb.com

CNN Black In America Special
www.cnn.com/blackinamerica

NUL State of Black America Report
www.nul.org

Most Popular Bloggers
reginald culpepper has logged 14586 blog subscribers!
rickey johnson has logged 11516 blog subscribers!
agnes levine has logged 11310 blog subscribers!
tanisha grant has logged 8409 blog subscribers!
miisrael bride has logged 3863 blog subscribers!
>> more | add 
Latest Jobs
Transportation Engineer 2 with State of Connecticut, Executive Branch in Newington, CT, CT.
Buildings And Grounds Patrol Officer APPLY BY 3/18/2026 11:59:00 PM with The State of Connecticut, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) in Rocky Hill, CT.
Executive Director with Harlem Grown in Harlem, NY.
College Publishing Sales Representative, Bay Area/Fresno with W.W. Norton & Company in Bay Area/Fresno, CA.
Faculty, Anatomy & Physiology with Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, CO.
>> more | add