trogers27

:) ok first and foremost....WHAT IS YOUR FACILITY DOINGING FOR YOU NOW??? If you think that they are not doing enough than what do you have to lose? I have been a union nurse for 4 years. I also work at a non-union hospital and we are currently organizing with the MNA (michigan nurses association) we have been cut so deeply that they (management) leave us no choice. Think of the union as an insurance policy.....the union is not a take over...it is more like having some say in what happens to you and your co-workers. Management will cont. to cut costs and increase work loads until we the nursing staff break!!!! Wouldn't you like some sort of voice during changes? Here is another important question to ask your self. " Do I feel satisfied that I gave ALL my patients today the best care they could have received?" and do you leave your shift satisfied that you did your best or do you go home wondering if you got all your work done? I say go for the union.....It is a tough road....but believe me it will be worth it in the long run.....one more thought....If your DON and managers had to work the floor today and for just one week, could they do your job? or would they say...."I'm not putting my license on the line?".....Think long and hard about the choices and GO UNION!!!!!!