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1. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

   insightful replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that there are good union stories and bad union stories. I also am not sure I want be in a union. What I do want is improvements in nursing work conditions, benefits, respect, and wages. The real problem that I see is nurses are not willi...

2. How has nursing changed since you started working as a nurse?

   insightful replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

   Remember the reusable needles? We had to check the needle for burrs (splinters from the needle) before using. The medication room had a basin of some type of disinfectant that you dropped the needle in after using.... Patients were Up Ad Lib Taping...

3. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

   insightful replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

   Anyone who thinks they can represent themselves is naive. I have been in the business too long and have seen many nurses attempt to stand up to management --- these nurses were soon looking for a new job. There is strength in numbers. Unfortunatel...

4. On call for free?

   insightful replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

   I am the ICU nurse who wrote about being mandetory off and required to be at the beck and call to the hospital during the entire 12 hour shift. Plus the hospital was making me take PTO time for the mandetory time off. I have read the responses. I a...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   insightful replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I was working evenings on a med-surg floor. A youngish woman with small children was transferred to our unit from ICU to die. She had a major anyuerism so this was a sudden and tragic death. She died and her body was sent to the morgue at shift ch...

6. How has nursing changed since you started working as a nurse?

   insightful posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been in nursing for over 35 years. Nursing has certainly had some changes since I first started. I think is would be fun for us to compare stories of what nursing "use to be like". I graduated in 1973. Then a nurse: -had to stand up and o...

7. On call for free?

   insightful replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

   I work in ICU. Management can "mandatory" nurses off for low census. They only do this in 4 hour increments and can call you in at anytime. In other words, you really cannot do anything but hang on to your cell phone or sit at home waiting to see ...

8. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

   insightful replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone seriously consider the ANA as the union representative for nurses? I know that the ANA touts that they represent nurses. However, over the years I have not seen anything the ANA has done to improve nurses work conditions, benefits or pa...

9. Nurses' Unions

   insightful replied to nursemike's topic in Union

   Check out the California Nurses Union. This union, not only helped nurses unite on a solid front (safety in numbers) but it managed to successfully take on the California State Government about staffing ratios. Now California has state-mandated sta...

10. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    insightful replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that nursing does have a lot of different types of careers. I am a nurse with 35 years of experience and have had several different careers in nursing from a school nurse to a hospital director. My problem with the nursing profession is sti...

11. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    insightful replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Never!!! When I studied to be a nurse (back in the dark ages) women had very limited choices for careers. Yes, I "settled" for nursing because back then it was an acceptable career choice for a woman. The work is hard and nurses do not command th...

12. where do old nurses go?

    insightful replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    We could string the Ativan into necklaces. Gum them when we need to. Does Ativan go with the Margaritas I plan to have served to me every afternoon? I hope the server is 21 years old, on steroids, and named Sven....and the uniform is a Speedo.......

13. where do old nurses go?

    insightful replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, why don't we just put some ativan in the air vents and keep us all calm.

14. where do old nurses go?

    insightful replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    I was a school nurse for 3 years. Loved it. Unfortunately, my school system decided that they no longer needed full-time nurses and cut the hours to 4 hours a day. Nurses are now covering several schools. The secretaries and teachers are handling...

15. where do old nurses go?

    insightful replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for you responses. Its good to know that I'm not alone. Great ideas. I especially like the nursing home for old nurses. However, I want Margaritas instead of tea.