How is that being played by administration? Nurses should be rewarded for earning a higher degree. The pay should be more than $0.50 or $1.00 per hour. We are letting administration play US, by encouraging the debate. As I stated in my letter, teache...
As teachers earn higher college degrees, they earn more money. There is no quibbling about a difference in outcomes of students, They are receiving higher pay because they have earned a higher college degree, which is rewarded with higher pay. It ne...
I believe that Eastern State, (a psych hospital), Lakeland Village, and Airway Heights Correction Center, have recently been advertising for nurses. These are ALL STATE JOBS, WITH VERY GOOD PAY AND BENEFITS!! They are also unionized! You even can pi...
Did any of the above nurses retain an attorney to find their termination? If they did not, then they deserve to get fired for no reason, and let the hospital get away with it. If physicians are terminated without just cause, they show up with their ...
lindarn replied to dna_nurse's topic in Entrepreneurs
If nurses are looking for a business to open, how about opening a Medical Supply Company/Store? It would take some capitol, but you can get a Small Business Loan. Not sure how to start/open, a business, call the Small Business Association. They are h...
Washington State has jobs openings, for those who are looking for a job. Coulee Medical Center, in Washington State, has multiple openings for RNs in Acute Care, LTS, OB, and in the Rural Health Clinic for ARNPs. They have a new facility that was bu...
lindarn replied to Theloneyoni1's topic in Activism
The issue is not the value of nursing. The issue is, that hospitals want to continue their control over the nursing profession. What better way to control us, than to continue to deny our worth. As long as our professional practice is rolled into th...
lindarn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth
And as we say in Brooklyn, that and $0.50, will get you a get you on the subway. In other words, is is meaningless. There is no reason that when nurses earn specialty certifications,that there should not be any monetary reward for doing so. It really...
I donr know what to tell you. You have the job at Deaconess. Go work there. keep a low profile, stay under the radar. There are nurses there that have worked there for years. Do not compare Deaconess to where you used to work, even if the conditions...
Nurses need to unionize en masse with the National Nurses United, and seize control over our profession. The PTB will not relinquish control voluntarily. We have to take it ourselves. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret) Somewhere in the PACNW
I am retired AF Reserve. I commissioned in 1988 to be a Flight Nurse in California, went to Flight School n Texas, met my now ex husband, got married, moved to Spokane. Transferred to the 40th AES at McChord AFB in Tacoma. Had a baby, in 1990. Deser...
