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  1. How long is maternity leave in the US?

    tlcprn2u replied to Marra Jade's topic in General Nursing

    If higher taxes allow mothers or fathers to take reasonable time off with their newborn babies, provide workers with total healthcare coverage, and enable them to have a 36 hour work week as well as 4...

  2. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So money does make a difference; at least somewhat, right? And if everyone went into business for themselves, where would that leave our patients? We can at least agree that for the majority of nurses...

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

    tlcprn2u replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "...And if we don't kill ourselves, a patient or a visitor with the contraptions we lug around with us called COWS (computer on wheels). And if the batteries don't die. And if... And if..." Dear...

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

    tlcprn2u replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Your statement just mirrors what I have heard throughout my state: the computer becomes another patient! And everybody, including management, is still trying to iron the kinks out of the new...

  5. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "I'm sure you have seen the trends of hospital closure recently. Would your union keep a hospital open." Actually, yes!! We have done it and very successfully may I add! SEIU has a good record in...

  6. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    With patients' vomit and incontinence, that is where the so called "calling" comes in, right? We all have different interests and if you do not like working nights nor Sundays, there are nurses out...

  7. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Respect from management and administration is not necessarily ever earned. Employees are seen as bodies that can be shuffled from one place to another and utilized to fulfill functions. Lip service...

  8. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Speaking for yourself with one voice is only going to go so far. Joining with many other nurses will take everybody much farther. After all, there is strength in numbers! With more than 84,000...

  9. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    BamaBound2bRN: So, you only want to remember the negative history about unions!! And dismiss the hard earned social advantages, which all of us, including you and your family, working anywhere in the...

  10. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your statement sounds so much like stereotyping that it is scary! Are you an Administrator that feels threatened by comments about sharing power? Unions, like all organizations, are made up of...

  11. Value Care Value Nurses campaign

    tlcprn2u replied to NYTramaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in patient and nurse advocacy. The better vehicle to accomplish what is best for our patients and for our profession is a large, nationwide organization of RNs: Nurse Alliance of SEIU. The...

  12. Future Florida Nurse looking for a few mentors...

    tlcprn2u replied to amandam1974's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Amanda, Florida's starting rates for new grads vary by geographical region and whether the hospital is unionized or not. At my facility, where the nurses are represented by SEIU, new grads start...

  13. Holy Cross Hospital

    tlcprn2u replied to ItalianRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    The RNs I know left Holy Cross because of working environment. Does that

  14. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not necessarily is lack of "union security" associated with a weak union. I work in a "Right to work" state where union security is unconstitutional, but I also work in a facility represented by the...

  15. Value Care Value Nurses campaign

    tlcprn2u replied to NYTramaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused about your statement re: SEIU not being a good union b/c they represent too many other fields, etc. I am a Registered Nurse represented by SEIU and have experience as a bargaining team...

  16. How long is maternity leave in the US?

    tlcprn2u replied to Marra Jade's topic in General Nursing

    In Argentina(one of the so-called developing countries), over 20 years ago when I left, we had 3 months fully paid maternity leave!!(not out of PTO). Sad to see that in the country that leads the...

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

    tlcprn2u replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in a hospital where only some units have gone to computerized charting, and it just so happened that the staff there was mostly senior nurses that had graduated before 1990, which according to...

  18. Value Care Value Nurses campaign

    tlcprn2u replied to NYTramaRN's topic in General Nursing

    It all makes sense, right? Overworked, underpaid, stretched too thin between too many patients than what is safe to care for results in nurses leaving the bedside, aka: voting with their feet. Yet,...

  19. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    tlcprn2u replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi there Land Shark: I totally agree with your comments. Together we can do so much more for our patients and our profession. But, divide and conquer is still a powerful tactic when it is camouflaged...

  20. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    tlcprn2u replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't doubt the patients would like longer stays to actually be able to recover, yet I know that in this day and age of Managed Care and Drive-By-Surgeries, none are allowed that perceived "luxury"...

  21. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    tlcprn2u replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :confused: Has anybody noticed how our hospitals' entrances, the VIP floor and some other areas are becoming more like hotels with commodities that frankly, I doubt sick patients will be able to...