[BrokenRNheart]

I don't have much faith in union after dealing with it. Things really weren't much different. I guess they can control how many patients you have....that is probably the most important thing to me any way.

I will try again. Here is a newer petition.....let someone try. If we do nothing, nothing will happen. People are out there trying to make things change. As long as we sit back and ignore it, they can't do it.

The petition is confidential and your name cannot be seen by the public.

I, personally believe that the more noise that is made, the more likely something will change. At least educating the public MIGHT force hospitals to use it as a competitive marketing tool......that they changed their ratios so come to them.

http://www.petitiononline.com/nurse/petition.html

[llg]

Originally Posted by MAISY, RN-ER

All you have to do is read any thread with an emotionally charged issue. I have come to the conclusion that nurses can't work together. I think for all of our similarities there are too many differences. In addition, the qualities that make us great nurses-specifically independent thinking and strength, predisposes us to be opinionated.

Physicians believe they are professionals and share a common bond-the time they have spent becoming educated and putting in time. Nurses are individuals, with different levels of schooling, different certifications and different belief systems on patient care. We don't define ourselves through out similarities, but by our differences.

As always,

JMHO
Maisy

I agree. We need more consistency in our credentials, role expectations, etc. Without that, we don't FEEL as if we are all in the same profession to begin with.

[JustaGypsy]

I do not doubt that by banding together, nursing could change. What I do seriously doubt is that it will ever happen. Trouble is, every one of us has felt we could be the change we wish to see, and gone to bat for it, only to get it stuffed down our throats, leaving us wishing we had never bothered in the first place. After that, we become much more jaded and selective about where and when we vocalize our opinions and dig in our heels, having been effectively silenced, swept under the rug, or otherwise threatened with the security of our job.