BrokenRNheart

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1. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   About lateral violence http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/nr_07_09_08.htm However, I don't see this making any changes. As with anything else, what will happen to the employee that tries to enforce this........unemployment?

2. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have time to go through and read or thank any of the posts right now. I will get back to this. For now, I thought you all might find this interesting. I will look for the link and add it later. Recently, JCAHO has finally decided to address...

3. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes "nurse run" doesn't get it either. Get the wrong nurses to "run" and you are just as screwed. I happen to know of a place with a nurse retention committe that has only two nurses on it. They are limited as to what they can even ask for. ...

4. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   The problem is that there are too many organizations fighting for their own cause. Each of them have the same goal - safe staffing or set ratios. One of the reasons that we can't get any where is because there are too many "little" groups trying to...

5. WHY do we need more nurses

   BrokenRNheart replied to getinfall's topic in General Nursing

   Based on how catty nurses are, I would say that 99% of the nurses in the field are unfit. This is part of our problem. 1) The hospitals are catering to the new young blood regardless of their true dedication to the field and desire to sweat and ...

6. Hourly Rounding / Walking Reports

   BrokenRNheart replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

   I have been thinking about this topic again. Rather than start a new one, I searched and thought I would kick this up. A recent shift that I worked made me think about this again. We started our shift with call lights going off non-stop for about ...

7. Maybe it was a big mistake to be a nurse :(

   BrokenRNheart replied to NewYorkGirl's topic in General Nursing

   No advice but I feel for ya. I am sickened by the job every time I go to it. It doesn't matter what area. I am tired of being rushed beyond the extreme of being able to think safely and act safely and praying all along that you have done just that....

8. HIPPAA Dilemma: Pt Privacy vs. Suffering Animal

   BrokenRNheart replied to HapkidoMedicine's topic in General Nursing

   I experienced a similar situation. We didn't know what to do. We did know that in order to call animal control you have to be willing to tell them who you are on the complaint (in that city). That creates a dilemma as far as any anonymous call ma...

9. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

   BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, nurses that speak up or write up get harassed, bad evals, fired - you name it. It does seem like a waste of energy, but I am not giving up. I am giving up on nursing though. Every time I work, I see patients that have suffered in s...

10. Wanna quit because of patients attitude?

    BrokenRNheart replied to verper's topic in General Nursing

    Seems the whole medical atmostphere has gotten sour. From management to co-workers to other departments and patients. It is just not a pleasant place to be at all. How did we end up here?

11. unfair treatment

    BrokenRNheart replied to jean333's topic in General Nursing

    The labor department takes care of not being paid. Contact your labor department and tell her to get another job. Best advice you could give her is to get out of the medical field. This is the first taste of what really goes on. Good luck.

12. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    It is not well known and unfortunately, nurses seem to be the least interested in acting to make a change. As you have seen in this profession, some of the nurses are the reason for the shortage and dissatisfaction with vindictive and dishonest beh...

13. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously, the administrators have some secret to the magic of handling 15 minute checks along with other tasks that keep you away from the room for 15 minutes. Problem is that they are not sharing it with us. Repeating this post: Petition set up so...

14. How to break into the field of Legal Nurse Consulting

    BrokenRNheart replied to ann1978's topic in Legal

    "It is, especially up front, expensive to get your marketing package up and running as professional as you can do it. That takes time, effort, and money. Do not cut corners." The reality and biggest drawback for me. I have had my own business but it ...

15. Ban together & change nursing?

    BrokenRNheart replied to inspire's topic in General Nursing

    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...