44 years of nursing, seven and a half years of organizing nurses and health care workes, Mainly Med/Surg, psychiatric Rehab and Geriatrics, LegalNurse C"onsultant, 17 years Public Health
Have you heard of the dead woman they found in the lake? T"he autoopsy showed she was a nurse. "How did the autopsy showed she was a nurse" He stomach was empty,her bladder was full, and her ass was half chewed off.
I believe St. Rose is unionized, which I consider good. Unionized nurses make on average about 33% more in wages, better staffing, & more benfits. I hear from nurses who have worked in Vegas, that St. Rose is a good hospital for patients and n...
Joan1199 replied to TallGirlAni's topic in Med-Surg
Keep being patients' advocate. We need nurses with a voice! It's a shame the other nurses don't support you. It has been proven that nurses who work together can resolve situations. Nurses who work together have power! So, keep on doing what you ...
When nurses just complain and do nothing ask them what are they going to do about it? If they answer nothing ask if they have head about passive aggressive. One nurse alone has no power. Nurses standing together have power. To the nurse who was te...
We need to inform the public! We should have someone with power contact the producers and have nurses on the show. Why stop with OPRAH? contact Lou Dobbs, Tim Russett, Anderson Cooper. Let's really get the word out, after all this effects every ...
I didn.t mean all nurses should have an 8 hour day. Some nurses do want the 8 hour day. That is why they leave the bedside of the patient. The way hospitals schedule now many nurses not only work 12hour shifts but then are mandated to work another 4 ...
Value Care Value Nurse is the best thing that can happen fo nurses. Nurses united all over can make so many improvements in standards of care for patients, as well as improving working conditions. Working together does work! We have seen it. I h...
You are right that improvrd patient care is due to the people who take care of the patients. That's why we have nurses from all dept. on the negotiating team, and the members decide what they want in their contract . They decide on the priorities.
You are right that improvrd patient care is due to the people who take care of the patients. That's why we have nurses from all dept. on the negotiating team, and the members decide what they want in their contract . They decide on the priorities.
I have a question for Timothy. Can you negotiate with various health insurance companies and have it paid for by the hospital? The same fo your retirement plan. I know that SEIU nurses sit on the neotiating team. They determine what they want in...
Nurses working together does work! If you have a union that does not give the nurses the autonomy to resolve their problems it won,t work. I have seen nurses work together under a different union than CNA , and it does work to maintain good standar...