tlcprn2u

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1. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

   tlcprn2u replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   Pens and more pens!! Oh please, do not even get me started on that. When I find one that writes well, where the ink flows just right, and the grip is adequate, I try to lay claim on it. Trouble is, most of the time, it is not my own. So then the wh...

2. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

   tlcprn2u replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

   I find it ironic that the healthcare system is set up so that after the surgery is done and the patient leaves the OR, he or she starts competing with other patients for the attention and focus of the nurse, no matter what unit the patient is transfe...

3. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

   tlcprn2u replied to lee1's topic in Safety

   Charting on COWs should be easier, user-friendly, and not take the nurse away from his or her patients even more!! In Florida, last hurricane season, with all the power outages, and generator failures, nurses had to resort to their own resources to g...

4. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

   tlcprn2u replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

   Can you expand on why the worst place to work is the med.ward? I have some idea but would love to read the reasons for your statement.

5. Let's call Oprah

   tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

   a great letter to the editor addressing the issues we have been mentioning at this site, and written by a bedside registered nurse was published on saturday, may 13th in knoxville, tn! read it at the following website: http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/p...

6. What happened to Nurses Week?

   tlcprn2u replied to happyfeet's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, Nurses across the nation! Happy Nurses' Week! Send an e-card to your fellow nurses from www.valuecarevaluenurses.org. I say if managers, administrators and the rest of the of the crowd out there is silent towards us, we take matters into our own ...

7. Let's call Oprah

   tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

   We have the solutions: safe staffing ratios no mandatory over-time no collusion among employers to set wages increased funding for nursing education and ...

8. Let's call Oprah

   tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

   The coherent message will be that current working conditions at the bedside prevent nurses from providing the quality care the patients deserve. When we "triple" in ICU, the patients are at risk; when a med-surg nurse cares for 8 to 10 patients, the ...

9. Let's call Oprah

   tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the research and the information. Very helpful! I sent a letter to each of the contacts stating that our patients deserve a show that tells the story of the real nursing crisis and allows bedside nurses to fulfill our professional oath: to...

10. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    I hope I am not reading you say that no nurse will step forward and tell it like it is! I know of several nurses that have not shied away from taking on the so called "big-guns". Nurses that testified at Congressional hearings, on radio, on TV, telli...

11. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Well said! To quote some of my favorite nurses: Marietta and Juanita from Miami: "My voice alone is just a whisper but with all of our voices together it will become a roar".

12. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    So, did you write to her about another Nurses Week coming up and why we need to address the serious crisis in healthcare that is gripping this nation?

13. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to disagree with some of your statements, my very dear savanah, though I feel your pain when you describe your turmoil! 1. I do not think that Oprah is not Prime time enough! She would not have gotten to where she is today were it not that so ...

14. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Done!! I sent the producer of Oprah's show an e-mail stating I thought they should do a show where bedside nurses can share their story with the public. Who is the next nurse that is going to send the same request? You know how this works, right?...

15. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Can you give us all Oprah's website? That way by bombarding it with requests and stories we could see her response, and call the question on her.