rebelwaclause ASN, RN

*GASP* Ahhh-HAAAAAA! Its true! A plight against the LVN! Hahahaha....Thanks for vindication, Space!

....Ahhh Ha!...you DO understand! Thanks for listening. You're alright with me!

We do...However it only holds two. I guess the design engineers didn't think more people could die at any given time...

hey spacenurse...thanks for the post. yes, i do keep myself abreast on issues by a number of articles i receive via email and by listenning/learning right here at "home" :) that is so sad about the situation between you and the traveler. but i say, k...

I agree with most of your statements above. But even so, The ratios are for RN's AND LVN's...Licecensed nursing staff. http://www.dhs.ca.gov/lnc/pubnotice/NTPR/R-37-01_Regulation_Text.pdf The argument I've faced is getting management to understand ...

Just an FYI...It is my understanding that LVN's are INCLUDED in the nurse-staff ratio's. Seems there has been a HUGE misunderstanding that LVN's are NOT licensed nurses, therefore LVN's ratio's can be, well, anything. DHS R-37-01 clearly states who l...

^5 Good_Queen_Bess. People who have posted saying sleepers are negligent and irresponsible are just trying to be martyrs of some sort. If my eyeball's are to be on each one of my patients the entire shift, then every nurse out there has failed. Why n...

^5. Why is this a issue? Because those who aren't doing something bad..."sleeping" for the topic of this discussion, want to feel as though they are better than those who sleep and/or just want to have something to gripe about. If I asked you to watc...

I'd rather have a nurse that knows what the heck she's doing in a leotard and psychedelic hip hugger scrubs than a conservatively/traditionally dressed idiot. Why split hairs over personal taste?....I could careless what he/she has on - Just know you...

Private hospitals tend to have more $loot$, more "new" stuff and more snobbery. Public hospitals are overlooked and under-funded, but have spunk and intellect because of the deficit AND dedicated people who are there. That's about it in a nutshell.

Every bully gets their day in hell, if they aren't already there daily anyway. Continue to stay to yourself, smile, and be cordial - unless you want to be their best friends. Then you'll have to suck up to them and be like them and leave yourself be...

I'm feeling faint reading this..... I'd have to go on pysch meds to visit roach infested homes. Or be heavily sedated. Either way - I'd be fired because my charting would look like childs play. Hang in there Hoolie....!

When I worked there as an orderly back in 97, the major share holder and might-as-well-be owner was none other than Ross Perot. Go figure...

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(Psssst....I think this thread was started to shake-up our feathers. This Grand Puba of DUI's CANNOT be serious!)

You've got it, Colleen10! :kiss

Is this fair? Nope. I know they are out there...No doubt. I am saying stand up for yourselves, and the drama will soon end. They'll get tired of getting socked back and prey on an easier target. That's all. As far as being "harsh"...I tell it the wa...

:chuckle ... Now don't you feel empowered?

Congrats! Welcome to low pay and ongoing RN vs LPN nonsense! ....Just kidding (kind of). Congratulations!

I have a better question for you (and posters)...What do you get out of playing the victim of such ONGOING attacks? This kinda stuff idoesn't happen to people who stand up and take care of themselves. Not ongoing, anyways. I establish my foot up the ...

My opinion? Get off the booze....duh? I don't think I'd prefer you as my nurse on any given "drinking" holiday. Get sober now and think about nursing as a career after a few years sobriety.www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

I still ask...If an RN is "covering" (Yeah...right) an LVN, and the LVN has 8 patients...What will the RN's ratio be then?

ZZZzzzzzz.......

Congrat's....Now my advise? Run fast...To another career. Seriously.

Funny....If LVN's aren't included in the 1:4 ration, and let's say they are given higher ratio's, how many patients will the RN who's "covering" that LVN really have? 1:4 for RN's and LVN's...Is my new motto. Anything else defeats the purpose.