Norbert Holz

Norbert Holz

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  1. Florida is now critical

    Although I don't remember who you are by your nicknames here; I surely remember going to Tallahassee! Our elected representatives need to be educated on the crisis in Nursing! I will be working on this issue till the safe conditions we all need becom...
  2. Hi All, It has only been a couple of years I've been wating for a reply - still nothing! But thne what could a reasonable person say to the facts I presented verses the fiction presented by the "news"paper?
  3. Survey: Would there be a nursing shortage if...

    THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE! MUST I KEEP REPEATING THIS FACT!
  4. Nurses rat on nurses

    You certainly picked a bad place to post an issue of brotherhood. Health care in general and nursing in particular will never attain the camaraderie & brotherhood you elude too. There is no one with benevolent intentions watching your back but...
  5. Is Health Care a Right?

    Your retorical question, "is health care a right"? can only be properly addressed by asking the question - Who is granting or denying this right. Yes, health care is a "right" if you are a member of the group granted that right by virtue of inclusio...
  6. I am greatly interested in the "nursing shortage." I read everything I can to keep myself better informed. The Federal Government is: Giving money to schools to train nurses. Making loans available for students of nursing. Allowing any nurse to ent...
  7. The Federal government is paying enough attention to the alleged "nursing shortage"; one does not exist! What they are doing is not helping nursing! State and federal efforts are designed to help employers get additional nurses to staff their f...
  8. Can you guys help me with my "punishment" pleaseeeeee!!??

    In a clinical setting, begin by establishing a therapeutic relationship with the client to be guided. On the tape you'll need to do this by explaining who you are and why you are creating the tape. Speak in a normal tone and cadence with your voice....
  9. Here is my estimate of income projected at the $10.00 per hour rate cited as compensation for the LPN's being sought by the school district. Please correct these estimates if you feel they are inaccurate. 7 hrs a day X 5 days a week = 35 hours a week...
  10. Here is a letter I sent email. Greetings Melanie, I just finished reading your article in the Friday October 4, 2002 Tampa & State section of the St. Petersburg Times. As a Registered Nurse working in the Tampa Bay area in health care for ove...
  11. Who "Owns" the "nursing shortage?"

    Look at this another attempt to solve the "nursing shortage." It will not work! Excellent article on nurse shortage in this month's "American Demographics" magazine. Note the reference to AFT Healthcare's nurse shortage survey of two years ago. Wa...
  12. The economy will continue to keep nursing salaries low and staffing inadequate. Employers will claim that there are not enough funds avaliable to convey adequate compensation to employ sufficient staff, pay agency rates or contract with individuals....
  13. Who "Owns" the "nursing shortage?"

    I remember talking with a DON at my first "job." She instructed me to solve a problem; first identify who owns the problem. They will be charged with it's ultimate solution/ resolution. Here we are in 2002. The chicken little "The sky is falling,...
  14. why do we settle for such low pay

    We, (most) nurses, are employees! We are not compensated for what we do; we are paid an hourly wage for doing all assigned tasks. We are assigned patients of a facility. When nurses are compensated for every individual thing they do compensation wil...
  15. Why aren't you working for me?

    What would you do if a nurse working for you was placed on a do not use list?