txdude35

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1. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   No, I didn't. One of them and I have a profound and mutual dislike of each other, and have had for some time now. I can put my personal feelings aside and work with her though, because business is business. I have _everything_ to learn about collec...

2. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   We'll see what happens. Everyone votes on these positions and unfortunately for them neither has much respect on the unit.

3. Arterial Line Question

   txdude35 replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU

   Cool, thanks for the info.

4. Arterial Line Question

   txdude35 replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU

   I hadn't seen that either, learn something new every day. A couple observations though. 1. the efficacy of reverse trendelenberg has been pretty much dismissed in all the literature I've seen and in my clinical practice so I really don't use it. 2...

5. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   Got blasted last night from a couple people who supported the union from the beginning. Said I was jumping on the bandwagon and in their opinion couldn't hold any position of responsibility since I wasn't in it from the beginning. Tried to tell the...

6. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   vlynnieg- it was a Filipino guy named Erik. Smug and arrogant as hell, didn't get too far with him without getting pretty uptight. Some of my colleagues reported the "home visit" as well. Too bad they didn't come knocking on my door.

7. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   Thanks, I appreciate it. One of the things that cracked me up when I was duking it out with the organizers was, when asked how the unit rep would be chosen the reply was "sounds like you'd be a pretty good one." If chosen I plan to try my best to ...

8. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

   txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

   I voted "no," but as I said, they're here now and have to be dealt with. Many of my fellow staffers aren't going to join but I can't do that. The only way to have a voice, IMHO, is to be involved. I'm not going to let someone else make crucial dec...

9. Arterial Line Question

   txdude35 replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU

   Great info here but not one mention of where the transducer needs to be. Curious. Can't tell you how many times I've been called in to a room by a new nurse in a panic over a pressure reading just to find the transducer hanging off the bed. The ans...

10. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    txdude35 replied to Chico David's topic in Union

    The union got voted into my facility a few weeks ago. Most people I spoke with hadn't done any homework at all- they ate up everything the union was shoveling without hesitation. Of course, the union reps made everything look fantastic and most peo...

11. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    txdude35 replied to PICUPNP's topic in Union

    My hospital is about to vote on unionization. The story they tell is of course pretty rosy so I've been looking around for potential negative consequences to unionization and have naturally been reading your posts. I've got to tell you, your credibi...

12. Unionization up for vote at my facility

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in Union

    Thanks for the replies. At our facility charge nurses are considered management and therefore not part of the bargaining unit. We'll just have to see what happens.

13. Unionization up for vote at my facility

    txdude35 posted a topic in Union

    I work in an HCA facility that has union reps on site now in prep for a vote by staff to unionize or not. The question is for charge nurses in unionized facilities. It seems to me that the hospital wouldn't be able to deny most of the salary, PTO ...

14. CCU Nurses: we need your help!

    txdude35 replied to rach78's topic in CCU

    How much time did I spend sitting in the last week? lol, ummm... not much at work, that's for sure.

15. Is this common at your facility?

    txdude35 replied to missnurse01's topic in CCU

    I wouldn't honor those orders. If you do, you're placing your license and liability right on the line with hers. I also feel as if I would have an ethical obligation to call the state board and put a stop to it. Of course, both she and the surgeon ar...