I've read the book. Love it. I think she is dead on. For a non nurse she really gets it! Maybe that is good- she also sees things that us nurses may be too close to the issues to see and understand clearly. Suzanne Gordon is my hero! Right now I'm or...
Trublunurse replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism
Well, I had surgery this past week and although I do have several things I'd like to add I think I'd better wait till I'm not so doped up on painkillers before I try to articulate. I do think there have been some very sincere posts on this thread fro...
Trublunurse replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism
Sounds like you are antiunion? The NLRB does not favor employees, especially not now. For me, being pronurse means being prounion. I really see this as an attack on our ability to be proactive collectively. The CNA and the SEIU are both fine organiza...
Trublunurse replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Relations
It seems to me that there may be a bigger problem than attitude on this unit. Mere limping alone shouldn't slow a nurse down all that much where she couldn't do her job. Perhaps the workload was too great. Maybe too much is expected from not enough s...