Mindful

Mindful RN

Critical-care RN

Mary L.

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About Mindful

Mindful is a RN and specializes in Critical-care RN.


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  1. Strike nursing

    Ignorance & fear are a big part of nurses not understanding unions. The hospitals in the south have placed the seed that Unions are evil. That way they have all the control with all their ducks following in a row. I don't know if we can rise t...
  2. Strike nursing

    You couldn't have said it with more truth. Thank You.
  3. Strike nursing

    You couldn't have said it with more truth. Thank You.
  4. Strike nursing

  5. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

    I have been Critical Care RN for 20 yrs. My husband has been diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydocephalous (NPH), he is being treated in a large research, teaching University Hospital. He has had Neropsych 4 hr observations, a 4 hr neurologist asses...
  6. Strike nursing

    First of all, I have been a critical-care RN for 19 yrs in CA. We have CNA (CA Nurses Association) it consists of only RN's. In my past the union leaders were a godsent, giving up time, family, and many times food and sleep. They were not narcisti...
  7. Another reason unions suck!

    Thank you, sister!! I appreciate you to take the time to hopefully educate. We need to explain to the young generation "Where would the middle class of America" be today without unions? Would there be an 8-hr day with overtime, minimum wage, Labor D...
  8. Another reason unions suck!

    I think you are in the wrong union, not all unions reflect the same standards. I personally know of three different unions with totally different qualities. I work for California Nurses Association. In my opinion, they are the best, you might thin...
  9. Strike nursing

    You go and keep that sisterhood alive!! Read the comment below I wrote, maybe she just needs education, a lot of it!!
  10. Strike nursing

    ICU2010, I don't know how long you have been an RN or if you are involved with any organizations or are in contact with any "Union" RN's! I have been a union RN for 20 yrs, yes, we have great pay, great medical insurance, pension, and working condit...
  11. UVA Advice Needed!

    Thank you so much for the info on all of my subjects I was not knowledgeable about. You are a "World of info"!! One more question, did you like working there? I have never worked in a non-union hospital. Thanks
  12. UVA Advice Needed!

    I am a critical-care RN of 19 yrs moving to Charlottesville, Va. Does anyone out there know anything about working as a RN @ UVA; what about these "Rotating Shifts"? Any info about the clinics @ UVA? Does UVA only offer CNL, not a BSN?
  13. Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    ... remember one thing, California Nurse Assn. and Patient ratio law!
  14. Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    ... the bean counter thinking is " A NURSE IS A NURSE "
  15. Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    ... what states pay by skill?