(Ashley)
The message came through on Monday afternoon.
I was between patients when I saw it on my phone. A notification from the hospital internal system. A meeting request from HR. Tuesday morning at nine. The message said it was regarding a routine staffing matter and asked me to confirm attendance.
I stared at it for a moment.
Routine staffing matter.
That was the language they used when it was not routine at all. I had been a nurse long enough to know that. Real routine matters got handled by your floor manager in a two minute conversation at the start of a shift. They did not generate formal meeting requests from HR with a time and a room number.
I confirmed attendance and put my phone back in my pocket and went to my next patient.
I worked through the rest of the afternoon wit
