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  1. BSN premium on the table.

    lindarn replied to tokmom's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  2. BSN premium on the table.

    lindarn replied to tokmom's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  3. Advice on Washington state job market

    lindarn replied to ejnjj143's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  4. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    lindarn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. How to learn telemetry?

    lindarn replied to northmississippi's topic in Cardiac

    Is, "Dubin's Rapid Interpretation of EKG's", still in print? Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret) Somewhere in the

  6. Business As Wellness,Weight loss or RN Health Coach?

    lindarn replied to dna_nurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    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...

  7. New rn jobs in washington state!

    lindarn posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  8. Value of Nurses

    lindarn replied to Theloneyoni1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  9. PCCN certification - Should I expect a pay differential?

    lindarn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    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...

  10. Exp RN looking for info on Spokane nursing

    lindarn replied to Jmelyn's topic in Washington Nursing

    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...

  11. Nurse to Patient Ratio Mandates

    lindarn replied to DavisaRN9's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Has any one called the Labor Board? Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN, (ret) Somewhere in the

  12. Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC)

    lindarn replied to sirI's topic in Legal

    Stick with the AALNC. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret) Somewhere in the

  13. How to File a Complaint against BON

    lindarn replied to twins2014's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The bon's are out control. Lindarn, rn, bsn, ccrn,(ret) somewhere in the

  14. Relocating to Spokane

    lindarn replied to Scottwcordill's topic in Washington Nursing

    Individuals who are not from Spokane, and come from more sophisticated areas of the county,(NYC), do not find Spokane, "charming". Right from my father's mouth, as he sat on the park bench in the...

  15. Staffing ratios

    lindarn replied to MickiSkibinski's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Staffing ratios with no aides, was ploy that health care industries uses to prevent staffing ratios from being applauded for improving patient outcomes. If the staffing ratios did not improve...

  16. Staffing ratios

    lindarn replied to MickiSkibinski's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would document all incidents, on a separate log for your self, and another to present to the higher ups, and move up the food chain. Document all negative incidents, and don't forget about near...

  17. Relocating to Spokane

    lindarn replied to Scottwcordill's topic in Washington Nursing

    Hi Scott! I am responding to your request for information on Spokane. Why are your moving to Spokane? I moved here from California because I married someone who was Active Duty AF. To be honest, I...

  18. Staffing ratios

    lindarn replied to MickiSkibinski's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My above post stated that, teachers have had student teacher ratios for years, because it was determined that, if a teacher had too many students in his/her, classrooms, that students did not learn....

  19. Staffing ratios

    lindarn replied to MickiSkibinski's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I meant, "diagram a sentence". Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN, (RET) Somewhere in the

  20. Staffing ratios

    lindarn replied to MickiSkibinski's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just remember when talking to politicians about this bill, remind them that TEACHERS HAVE HAD CLASSROOM RATIOS FOR YEARS. AND WHY DID TEACHERS PUSH FOR RATIOS IN THE CLASSROOMS? BECAUSE IT WAS...

  21. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    lindarn replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    And as I have stated more than once on this listserve, the ANA is about as useful as tits on a bull. They know which side of their bread is buttered on, and it is NOT the nursing side. JMHO and my NY...

  22. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    lindarn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    We have the ANA and the State Nursing organizations to blame for this mess. If the ANA had just made the BSN as the entry into practice from the get go, hospitals would have to hire nurses with ADNs,...

  23. LPN - can they force me to do this?

    lindarn replied to bellabean's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thinning the herd- Darwin. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN, (ret) Somewhere in the

  24. #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    lindarn replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    It is really not enough to contact congressman to complain about staffing. We need to go to the people who are affected by unsafe staffing ratios- the patients and their families. They are the ones...

  25. Wrong chemistry for nursing program?!

    lindarn replied to amberdragonfly's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I meant that at CSULB, the nursing program requires Chem 200 (inorganic), and Chem 300 (Organic), for the BSN program. Chem 100 is a general chemistry class. What I took in my Diploma program. Also...