McPeg

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1. manatory overtime

   McPeg replied to shelbie's topic in General Nursing

   Something concrete every nurse, their friends, and families can do right now today is to write to their congressmen to urge them to support Rep. Tom Lantos bill HR 5179 which would BAN MANDATORY OVERTIME for health care workers. I know I have persona...

2. hospital staffing shortages and the effects on nurses and your license

   McPeg replied to sammy26's topic in General Nursing

   To John_G We were using "Incident Reports" in our facility to report unsafe staffing levels, but the administration told us that we couldn't unless someone was injured! That is why I recommend the "Assignment Despite Objection" form on the "Flor...

3. UNSAFE healthcare

   McPeg replied to Anonymous Registered Nurs's topic in Safety

   I agree that nurses are a very curious group. One post I read likened their behavior to "oppressed" group. Which I think includes behavior such as they have lost all their ability/will to resist, object, fight back. Five or more years ago another nur...

4. FLOATING POLICIES

   McPeg replied to BROWN_KK's topic in Safety

   Personally I don't like floating period. And I've been floated the other way, to ICU! That's pretty scarey, with about 5 min. orientation, they tell you, you'll only get the kind of patient your used to or they'll cover you on the stuff you don't kno...

5. hospital staffing shortages and the effects on nurses and your license

   McPeg replied to sammy26's topic in General Nursing

   Sammy, Five years ago (or maybe more now!), some very foresighted nurses organized a march on Washington to raise public awareness to what was happening in our hospitals. Remember that? There is an organization called the "Florence Project" that ...