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  1. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    tlcprn2u replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Pens and more pens!! Oh please, do not even get me started on that. When I find one that writes well, where the ink flows just right, and the grip is adequate, I try to lay claim on it. Trouble is,...

  2. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    tlcprn2u replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    I find it ironic that the healthcare system is set up so that after the surgery is done and the patient leaves the OR, he or she starts competing with other patients for the attention and focus of the...

  3. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    tlcprn2u replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Charting on COWs should be easier, user-friendly, and not take the nurse away from his or her patients even more!! In Florida, last hurricane season, with all the power outages, and generator...

  4. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    tlcprn2u replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    Can you expand on why the worst place to work is the med.ward? I have some idea but would love to read the reasons for your

  5. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    a great letter to the editor addressing the issues we have been mentioning at this site, and written by a bedside registered nurse was published on saturday, may 13th in knoxville, tn! read it at...

  6. What happened to Nurses Week?

    tlcprn2u replied to happyfeet's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Nurses across the nation! Happy Nurses' Week! Send an e-card to your fellow nurses from www.valuecarevaluenurses.org. I say if managers, administrators and the rest of the of the crowd out there...

  7. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    We have the solutions: safe staffing ratios no mandatory over-time no collusion among employers to set wages...

  8. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    The coherent message will be that current working conditions at the bedside prevent nurses from providing the quality care the patients deserve. When we "triple" in ICU, the patients are at risk; when...

  9. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the research and the information. Very helpful! I sent a letter to each of the contacts stating that our patients deserve a show that tells the story of the real nursing crisis and allows...

  10. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    I hope I am not reading you say that no nurse will step forward and tell it like it is! I know of several nurses that have not shied away from taking on the so called "big-guns". Nurses that testified...

  11. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Well said! To quote some of my favorite nurses: Marietta and Juanita from Miami: "My voice alone is just a whisper but with all of our voices together it will become a

  12. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    So, did you write to her about another Nurses Week coming up and why we need to address the serious crisis in healthcare that is gripping this

  13. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to disagree with some of your statements, my very dear savanah, though I feel your pain when you describe your turmoil! 1. I do not think that Oprah is not Prime time enough! She would not have...

  14. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Done!! I sent the producer of Oprah's show an e-mail stating I thought they should do a show where bedside nurses can share their story with the public. Who is the next nurse that is going to send...

  15. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Can you give us all Oprah's website? That way by bombarding it with requests and stories we could see her response, and call the question on

  16. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    That is what we, the nurses of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU are stating. Nurses throughout the country are joining in the conversation about solutions to the healthcare crisis that is gripping this...

  17. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    tlcprn2u replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Asking a lot of questions and details about the patient's condition during report (according to my

  18. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: I am totally on board. I just attended the Nurse Alliance of Colorado Conference in Denver, where Diana Mason, RN and the Chief Editor of the American Journal of Nursing was the principal...

  19. Let's call Oprah

    tlcprn2u replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    Oprah and Michael Moore both sound like good options. But they still are only a vehicle to get the story out there. We, the bedside nurses, the ones who deliver the care to the patient, are the ones...

  20. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    tlcprn2u replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NICU and love it! Cannot do geriatric, becomes too sad. Would avoid working in a non-unionized facility if at all possible. If I went to work at one, would organize my co-workers to join...

  21. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Raiding", "decertifying", are terms that define dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs in terms of representation in a unionized environment. Participation in the everyday activities of...

  22. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course employees talk with or to management without "the union"!! WE are the union!! So we can talk and meet with our managers as much as (or as little as) before forming a union. Up to now, your...

  23. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "It was never mentioned to him.." Now that is a novel and naive idea! People talk and word of any unionizing attempt spreads faster than the speed of light. The first ones to hear about it are...

  24. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Guess what? The word "union" was mentioned and your CEO came running!Doesn't that tell you something? Anything but share the power on a binding contractual legal document. What you have now can...

  25. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I totally agree. Packing up and leaving is what too many nurses have been doing for too long. Going somewhere else in the hopes that, at the next hospital, conditions will be better. Only to find...