Why Nurses Book Off Work

2 I joined a fairly new consumer/victim advocate site about a month ago. A couple of days ago someone posted an interesting post under Occupations regarding why nurses book off of work and the whole issue of nurses not being respected. In the post the person included a link to some Canadian research that was done on the subject which I really thought was interesting. I'm curious if anyone knows of any similar research done in other countries? In addition of whether or not anyone here has ever booked off of work for similar reasons. Here's a link to that post.

Nursing Credentials Not Respected
What do you mean by "book off work"?

I am trying to understand but in the USA the term, "book off work" does not compute. Do you mean call off work? Or perhaps you mean to let license expire?

Okay, I am in the US. What does "book off" mean?

I'm not sure I understand what "book off of work" means? Please explain as I'm not familiar with this term. Then, I can appropriately respond to your post. Thank you!

Book off work just means that you call out of work, use a sick day. The original Canadian poster really wants his credentials acknowleged beside his name. I don't understand how not adding RN credentials to someone's name in a letter is showing disrespect to the individual or the nursing profession. Seems thin-skinned to me. Probably just me though, what do you guys think?

The article you are referring to is one person's opinion, basically a rant, about not getting mail addressed to her with her credentials (BSN, MSN, ARNP etc) after her name. Then she/he goes on a rant about nurses not being respected by other professions.The term "booking off" I think is in reference to booking vacation time. What this has to do with not having one's credentials after their name or the profession being disrespected is beyond me. I'm going to take my vacation time no matter what. (If I had PTO)

Don't expect nurses to be respected if one can't even make a coherent, concise point on allnurses. I have no clue what OP is trying to say. This thread makes no sense.

The Canadian poster was talking about how nurses are abused and get no respect, he cites a study that the main reason nurses call out sick is due to a lack of respect from their workplaces. I agree about nurses getting abused but then he starts to rant about how he received a letter from a nursing organization w/o his credentials listed on it. Which is a little over the top and seems to be nitpicky.

I wasn't aware booking off was just a Canadian term.. I dont know of any research on the subject, nor have I ever done it. However, at the hospital I used to work at, one of the nursing sups was not very well liked. she would belittle nurses, yell at them, talk behind their backs etc. When staffing would try to replace sick calls some of the casuals would ask who the sup was and would refuse to come in if she was working. eventually they moved her to nights and finally forced her to resign. then she came to my department (4 of our best nurses quit within a few months).

To paraphrase:Does nursing absenteeism correlate to a lack of respect for nurses. This article Nursing Credentials Not Respected claims that one sign of disrespect for nurses is not including our credentials in official correspondence. This study CIHI - Canadian Institute for Health Information shows a relationship between absenteeism and "a lack of respect in the workplace" is anyone aware of a similar study in another country?Seriously, are we so cultural centric, that we refuse to understand a simple question?

Quote from WoodenpugTo paraphrase:Does nursing absenteeism correlate to a lack of respect for nurses. This article Nursing Credentials Not Respected claims that one sign of disrespect for nurses is not including our credentials in official correspondence. This study CIHI - Canadian Institute for Health Information shows a relationship between absenteeism and "a lack of respect in the workplace" is anyone aware of a similar study in another country?Seriously, are we so cultural centric, that we refuse to understand a simple question?

Ok first off, "book off work" is a Canadian expression meaning to take off work or "call in" (such as for sickness) and does not mean the op is incoherent. The study linked within the personal post linked is probably what the op was most likely referring to since it is from an actual research study. I have been interested in this subject as well. Another interest related to this post is burnout in nursing since it covers more reasons (including lack of respect) of why nurses can be unsatisfied with their jobs and thus contributing to taking time off of work. Here is a link to one such study dated 2005: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149213873.htmlPersonally, I think I have called in sick maybe 3 days due to "burnout" in my 3 years of nursing due to my patient assignment circumstances and feeling very overwhelmed and being emotionally exhausted. I just needed time to recuperate and couldn't face going in to work the following day. Not working overtime, having more experience, and a more consistent work schedule has helped me tremendously and I look forward to going to work now.