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  1. New Book by Suzanne Gordon "Nursing Against All Odds"

    lee1 replied to OjoRn's topic in General Nursing

    Code Green is another very interesint book. Tried to have a discussion about this last year but no takers. Anyone read this

  2. Nursing salaries/nursing shortages

    lee1 replied to grantRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The salaries where I work are NOT the issue at least this year. We did receive competitive salaries our last contract that took into consideration years of experience. WHAT we do not have is better...

  3. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    lee1 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Did I skip this part? What about managers??? What prompted them to become managers?? More money, better benefits, Mon-Fri, no holidays, etc. Many of them have forgotten what it was like as a staff...

  4. California Nurses Association and SEIU Neutrality Agreement ruled Illegal by the NLRB

    lee1 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Of course you can give up the ratios. You can move to Louisianna or Mississippi. There you will be free of unions for the most part, and enjoy the benefits and wages of nurses who band together...

  5. U.S. pays for care of illegal aliens

    lee1 replied to BeachNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In my area, the real problem of helping the economy is that many well to do people have come from other countries, take hi paying jobs, (mostly in the computer industry) and NOW bring over their...

  6. California Nurses Association and SEIU Neutrality Agreement ruled Illegal by the NLRB

    lee1 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "The often unreasonable wage and benefit packages the unions have demanded are one of the reasons our economy is having problems. Pension plans going bankrupt, companies unable to compete in the U.S....

  7. Lovenox IV

    lee1 replied to Celia M's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Have you looked it up yourself??? How about your pharmacy??? Never heard of this route of administration. Only

  8. Certified Medication Technician

    lee1 replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know however, when not to give a medication??? When it might just be detrimental to the patient??? When to ask that medication doses be changed?? Or a different medication altogether should...

  9. Has anyone worked in PODS in their CCU

    lee1 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Do you have a POD setup where you work? A POD is 2 single rooms with a desk between them and windows that if you are sitting at that desk you can see into the 2 rooms unless closed for privacy....

  10. what kind of safety issues do you all have in your hopsital?

    lee1 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi all, Besides staffing, ratios, medication errors, what other kind of safety issues are you having that are not being addressed

  11. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    lee1 replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    How does the RN in CCU pull your sheaths we she/he has their own patients??? Or, are they only sheath pullers without other duties. In our hospital a few trained telemetry nurses do this, NOT, ICU...

  12. Patient acuity measurement

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Soo, does anyone know what kind of acuity system your hospital

  13. Patient acuity measurement

    lee1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, do you have a system in place in your hospital, etc for the measurement of patient acuity?? How often, what does it look

  14. Patient acuity measurement

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    My state regs state that the hospitals MUST have a system in place and the hospitals must use it. BUT, do they really? Not from what we can tell, it is mostly about census and those state regs that...

  15. How can you say you're not paid well?

    lee1 replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    Besides all of the above, tell me what/where nurses get pensions, are able to retire at 55, get medical benefits of anykind when they retire other than medicare, etc. etc. Don't we for the most part...

  16. Landmark JAMA study finds nurses to be autonomous, skilled; nation reels

    lee1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    unfortunately it was an april's fool. this is the time we need real attention to our issues and a bigger "voice" at first i took this as reality and had hope------too good to be

  17. LPN's in CCU, a vent

    lee1 replied to NYERNURSE's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In the ICUs at my hospital we regularly take new RNs just out of school. The last few have been from various programs. Their training takes about 3 months intense 1:1 preceptorship with classes...

  18. LPN's in CCU, a vent

    lee1 replied to NYERNURSE's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Maybe you work in a fairly nonacute intensive care unit. There is no way an LPN can survive in mine. Frequent Swan/ IABP/ CVVHD, etc. We do heart transplants, etc. I could possibly understand a...

  19. Nnoc

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thanks for your info. Yes I think it is a waste of money and manpower to have 2 large competing Nursing unions as it certainly fragments further our ability to get needed reform, universal standards....

  20. Ethical or not??

    lee1 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Please tell me your opinion. Do you think it is ethical for nonprofit hospital administrators/managers to receive monetary bonuses for reducing expenses when those bonuses have been gained by...

  21. Med/Surg and the Bad, Horrible, Terrible, No-Good Day

    lee1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Agree totally with the comment about the supervisor-----who obviously did NOT do her job properly, nor intervene with the MD as she should have. Good thing you made up an incident report. Hopefully...

  22. Problems with Rn's in clinicals

    lee1 replied to bonnieL123's topic in General Nursing

    Just a question??? Did you know that in some hospitals, including mine, that the techs are not taught how to take a manual B/P and rely exclusively on a Dinemap machine or whatever your unit calls...

  23. About productive hours per patient day?

    lee1 replied to rrroyer's topic in Nurse Management

    thanks for your incredible explanation. How does this work if your state mandates that you must staff by

  24. LPN's in CCU, a vent

    lee1 replied to NYERNURSE's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes, I think you need to look up your state's scope of practice for LPNs. It is NOT appropriate for them to work in ICUS as that requires frequent assessment which they are NOT allowed to do. So,...

  25. Do you think new grads should start on a med/surg floor or jump into specialty areas?

    lee1 replied to Stacy W's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen many good ICU nurses who went directly into ICU after school. HOWEVER, this requires that the hospital is committed to this type of program as precptors must be available for a lengthy...