Simplepleasures

Simplepleasures

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  1. John Edwards Health care proposal.....

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thankyou, thankyou , thankyou for this . i too am so sick of lawyers being demonized . i have excellent attornies that have helped me immensly for absolutely no money in my own employment lawsuit.plus...

  2. sexual harrassment

    Simplepleasures replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Together you stand , united you fall. If you go alone in this it will be near imposible to prove.Strength in numbers.Also I reiterate, they will look out for their own best interests before yours,...

  3. sexual harrassment

    Simplepleasures replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Oh come on now, HR IS an employee of the facility and NOT an agency of the government. IF HR does not follow governmental employment laws they will be held responsible by the appropriate agency. I...

  4. sexual harrassment

    Simplepleasures replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Do not trust HR, they are employees of the facility and are paid to protect the facilties interests. But in order to prove to EEOC you filed a grievance with your facility, you must tell DON and HR...

  5. sexual harrassment

    Simplepleasures replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief! Who cares who he is friends with? Sexual harrasement and assault is ILLEGAL.First tell DON and HR simutaneously, then wait for a couple of days for their intervention. If their...

  6. What di I do, getting frustrated

    Simplepleasures replied to LegginMF's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There are oversight agencies in every state that do just that, it oversees nursing homes to see if they meet up to standards set by state or federal law. These agencies are usually a part of your...

  7. So Very Sad

    Simplepleasures replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    SUE THEM!!!:chuckle Well seriously my boss was as you describe, plus she was DUMB enough to do something very illegal/unethical, so I am in a lawsuit.Makes all the hurt and frustration ease a bit...

  8. Put off by LTC

    Simplepleasures replied to ejsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I agree, LPNs are a dying breed, I know Im going to get nay sayers here, but it is harder to find jobs , even in

  9. Bernie Sanders on reform....

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For all you history buffs, if one takes a look at societies that have gone this route, one in which the gap betweeen the rich and the poor continued to widen, those societies have fallen, and fallen...

  10. Do we expect little of people these days?

    Simplepleasures replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh man, this IS scary, I can see wards and wards of lobotomized nurses roaming the halls

  11. Ethical dilemma r/t documentation

    Simplepleasures replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    TriageRn, It was very fortunate that you had an associate in the BON, alot of nurses dont have that option. It was also very fortunate they did not ask you to falsify the new "rewritten" document as...

  12. Ethical dilemma r/t documentation

    Simplepleasures replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    Triage RN, if it was LTC and you did as you stated above , I guarantee you would have found yourself in my shoes, FIRED and in a lawsuit. I dont know if hospitals have a different ethical code, but...

  13. Ethical dilemma r/t documentation

    Simplepleasures replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    This practice of forcing staff to "rewrite" add info or outright falsify legal documents is highly illegal, unethical and RAMPANT in LTC. Nurses who refuse to engage in this practice are fired and if...

  14. Ethical dilemma r/t documentation

    Simplepleasures replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    PRECISLEY! This is what happened to me , I refused to rewrite without the "rewritten" and I refused to falsify the original wording, guess what, I was FIRED. Am now in the appeals process in a...

  15. Nightmares!!!!

    Simplepleasures replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    After 29 years as an LPN, and 27 in LTC, I still have occasional nightmares. Alot of my dreams have to do with med pass and not knowing the patients names.PTSD for being a LTC

  16. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Simplepleasures replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am one of the many nurses TNNurse is refering to. Thank God my state does have a Healthcare Worker Retaliation Protection Law. These state laws have one big flaw though, they usually are held in...

  17. Do we expect little of people these days?

    Simplepleasures replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am sorry no one replied to the post you refer to. The things that you have suggested have been suggested before by several of us that post on this LTC forum pretty often. Every thing you did bring...

  18. WI Healthcare Worker Retaliation Protection Act

    Simplepleasures posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all Wisconsin nurses out there. I want to discuss a very important law here in Wisconsin called the Wisconsin Health Care Worker Protection Act.This law gives a health care worker protection...

  19. Methods for Faster Med Passes

    Simplepleasures replied to d.page's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Agree with earlier poster, the med pass is overwhelming and would be even less safe if rushed any more than it already is. State or Federaly MANDATED nurse patient ratios is the only way things will...

  20. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Simplepleasures replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    TNNurse, you know I am in your corner, keep up your strength and I pray you will prevail in the mediation talks.I cannot fathom that some nurses just have no idea how quickly and unexpectedly they can...

  21. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Simplepleasures replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How in Gods name do you know that what happened to this nurse is not true?! Until you walk in her shoes or the shoes of any other nurse who has been wrongly fired for doing the RIGHT thing,refrain...

  22. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Really, for such an intelligent, sophisticated country as ours, we are reliving McCarthyism. Every change for the better for ALL is looked at with a suspicious eye, yet we have gone along with wars in...

  23. the last straw

    Simplepleasures replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: This line of work can be so darn

  24. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Milton Friedman the father of the free market. His phylosophy has contributed to the downfall of the middle classes, and has made countries like China rich. Corporate CEOs have also benefited from...

  25. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Simplepleasures replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

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