My employee never respected me in the first place. Where did I go wrong?

Question

I finally sat down today with an employee who is my daughter's CNA sitter. I went through a nursing agency and hired her. The only thing the agency is responsible for is billing the insurance company and depositing paychecks into their accounts. I am responsible for signing their time cards and making schedules. I'm the client.

She's been working for me 3 months, and probably my fault for not having a clear guideline at the beginning of her employment, but I thought the New Year would be a great way to start off fresh.
She's taken 11 days off total for funeral and sick days so far.
Anyway, since I've seen an increase in asking for alot of days off, I sat down with her and went over basic things like Sick Days Off, Funeral Days Off, etc. Before I could even read through the entire guidelines, she got an attitude and started raising her voice to me. She wouldn't let me finish my sentences without interupting me. I was so upset I asked her to leave and fired her.

Answer 1

Doesn't matter where you went wrong,
you finally made the right choice.

Answer 2

~~~I think you did the right thing. You are the employer,,,it was good that you sat down to get things in order,,,she should have accepted what you had to say, and if she didnt agree she should have spoken to you in a respectful manner, and possibly there could have been a compramise. But unfourtunatly that didnt happen, but that is her fault not yours. And now when you do hire someone else, you will know how to start employee / employer relationship the way you want it to go. You are paying someone to work for YOU. It is there choice to either take it or leave it. Just remember,,,YOU are the employer paying someone to work for YOU,,,,,

Answer 3

with the next one try to get an older woman who is more responsilble and in your interview outline your acceptable days off and being a caregiver can be a trying job, make sure to allow for illness and funerals but make sure have them outline, u might want to look into 2 part instead of one full time