Syringesandspurs

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1. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

   Syringesandspurs replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Headlines

   Very few of the companies carry workman’s comp. They carry their “own insurance”. The insurance company isn’t paid to look out for the welfare of injured workers. The company pays them to look out for the company.

2. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

   Syringesandspurs replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Headlines

   I was physically assaulted by a pt in a LTC facility in Texas. I was not as severely injured as this nurse but was injured. It was night shift, one nurse, one CNA. 35 patients. I did call the police. The pt, in fact, tried to attack while they we...

3. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   Syringesandspurs replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   It's sad but true. I work in a grocery store now because it has become impossible to do the job needed in LTC due to cuts in supplies and man hours. I am an LVN and we aren't welcome in the hospital setting any longer in spite of the fact that I've...