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  1. Hi all, Just wanted to let you know I didn't fall off the face of the earth!! I just emailed the President and The Center for Patient Advocacy. Maybe I might get a response! Still haven't heard from Sen Durbin via snail mail. Might have to write...
  2. Hi--It's me! I just posted a note on hospitalhub.com regarding our BB here. There is the same discussion going on there. Hopefully we will get more people to become active. It's depressing to read what is going on all over the country and in Cana...
  3. Hi All, Received an email from Senator Dick Durbin's office yesterday. Stated he received my email and would be sending a reply via "snail mail". Hope to get it soon. Haven't received any response from my email to ANA---will probably have to ...
  4. Reply to Barton

    Hi everyone, I'm glad to see this BB expanding. Just read Canrckid's post, made a copy, and taking it to work! Just to let you know--I emailed the ANA today. jmccrn--it almost sounds like we work for the same hospital--but we don't!
  5. Hospitals in Trouble

    Barton, Saw your message. I emailed a message to Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) on Feb 17 and am waiting for a reply. If there is no response I will email him again. I directed him to wwnurse. com webboards. I will email the ANA. The other day at work I ...
  6. staffing info needed-urgent!

    I am interested in the staffing ratios of cardiac recovery units. What is your nurse patient ratio for open hearts? If it's 1:1--how many hours? what is staffing for LVAD patients? Do you limit the number of surgeries performed each day? If so, Ho...
  7. Management wake up!!!

    I work in a cardiac recovery area which is relatively new. We are suffering from a severe understaffing problem. It's a very long story but I'll try to be brief. The hospital allows as many cardiac surgeries a day as are requested. We are staffed...
  8. Why go nursing?

    good question! I am a single parent of a fourteen year old daughter and have strongly discouraged her from going into nursing. I have been a nurse for eighteen years and I guess I have a severe case of burn-out. I love working with people and tak...
  9. Associate vs. Baccalaureate degrees in Nursing

    I have been an ADN RN for 18 years and have no plans on returning for a BSN. I consider myself just as professional as a BSN graduate. In my experience, I feel that we as nurses should push for a core amount of continuing education rather than the ...
  10. Associate vs. Baccalaureate degrees in Nursing

    I have been an ADN RN for 18 years and have no plans on returning for a BSN. I consider myself just as professional as a BSN graduate. In my experience, I feel that we as nurses should push for a core amount of continuing education rather than the ...
  11. Viagra

    Q. Doyou know why they give men in nursing homes Viagra? A. So they won't roll out of bed!