tjmrn

tjmrn specializes in Med / Surg.

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1. RN ~ BSN @ 55 ?

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in General Nursing

   emmawdhous ~ First of all, kudos to you for your achievements !!! lol ... And thank you for your encouragement. You're right, I bet my kids and their friends,(in their 20's) don't know what "xerox" means. I've been looking into online programs and...

2. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism

   herring_RN ~ Thank you for sharing those articles. They highlight my point. That being, patient outcomes are directly determined by Nurse / patient ratios. Likewise, patient outcomes, ultimately, determine a hospital's profit margin. Re~admissio...

3. Call in sick, or risk getting patients sick?

   tjmrn replied to stelarRN's topic in Safety

   I agree with others who have said if you're not able to perform at your best, you should call in. As a patient, especially a post~op patient, I would not want my Nurse attending to me if she/he were sick. As an RN receiving assignment on your sch...

4. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism

   That there are studies quantifying the cost effectiveness of better patient / RN ratios in measurably "better outcomes" should drive the arguments. And I think they do on the RNs side of it. But maybe what needs to happen is to cut to the purely ec...

5. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism

   I remember being advised to fill out ADO's. I also remember thinking, at that time, how that was going to add to the, already too long it takes to get the charting done for my patients. (In the days before computer charting.) I did fill out ADOs, ...

6. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism

   I probably should have sued my hospital for what they did to me. (I told that story in response on another thread. ) Laws for safe staffing have been passed since that, which I am glad for. Though I'm not seeing that they are having their intended...

7. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism

   Rose_Queen ~ That is exactly what I think too. What is surprising to me, is that nothing has changed, regarding that, since I first went into Nursing ~ 28 years ago. I find that both difficult to believe and discouraging. How can the people of a p...

8. "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

   tjmrn posted a topic in Activism

   This is a current CNA press release regarding safety standards at an LA hospital. RNs Warn Safety Standards Eroding at Kaiser LA Medical Center | National Nurses United This piece could have been written 20 years ago. Even in light of legislation, ...

9. The "shadow" RN workforce

   tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in General Nursing

   caliotter3 ~ Thank you for your reply. Yes, unemployment in general is not statistically depicted accurately / authentically. But I am curious, specifically, about experienced RNs as it applies to the Nursing profession. I guess it is just a "sub...

10. The "shadow" RN workforce

    tjmrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading post after post, article after article about experienced RNs unable to find Nursing jobs as "re~entry" Nurses. Along with that are the many stories of RNs working in other fields. From retail sales, through housekeeping ... to tho...

11. RN ~ BSN @ 55 ?

    tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in General Nursing

    Jules A ~ I know what you mean. I go out to do those things I've always done and find, to my surprise, they are more challenging for some unknown reason ... lol I agree that much of our society buys into the marketed image of who we "should" be rat...

12. RN ~ BSN @ 55 ?

    tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in General Nursing

    NurseGizmo~ I'm curious how you decided on the program you've chosen. There are so many advertised and I'm not sure what criteria, other than accreditation, to look for. Good luck with your program.

13. RN ~ BSN @ 55 ?

    tjmrn replied to tjmrn's topic in General Nursing

    hppygr8ful ~ Thank you for your reply. I participated in an RN run open clinic providing a variety of holistic care Nursing therapies. We offered Jin Shin Jyutsu, Therapeutic Touch and guided Meditation. I saw some amazing results for our clients...

14. No, We Can't Offer You A Job, But.....

    tjmrn replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    As a New Grad, Interim Permittee, my first employer asked me to cross a CNA picket line to come to work. They told me they would bring me in the "back door" and that I could sleep there so as not to be seen by the picketing RNs. I politely declined...

15. No, We Can't Offer You A Job, But.....

    tjmrn replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with RNNPICU. What ever happened to Interim Permittee programs ?