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  1. nurses attached by patients

    lindarn replied to ATXRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look for another job, call the police and PRESS CHARGES! Take cover and prepare for the assault from your employer, who is more concerned with,"customer service and satisfaction", than the safety of...

  2. Low Census...and LOVING IT!

    lindarn replied to qestout's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This happens because nursing has never organized under an organization who looks out for their best interest, and as never unionized, en masse, due to pressure and bullying by hospitals and nursing...

  3. "Short Staffed......."

    lindarn replied to Queen2u's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If only these Moms to be, were aware of how their safety and the safety of their unborn baby were put at risk for the hospitals's bottom line, how things would change. Teachers immediately go out and...

  4. Desk job or Prison job? Help!

    lindarn replied to christinacub's topic in General Nursing

    The HEDIS reviews are not a permanent job. They are temporary positions. I would take the job in the jail. It is probably a state job. With all the state benefits. JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN,...

  5. $$$ How are you paid? PICC RNs & IV RNs

    lindarn replied to IVTeam's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    That is SO typical of nurses and the nursing profession. One attains additional skills, the PTB decide they can use your advance skills free of charge, in the meantime, when you put your foot down and...

  6. Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

    lindarn replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    They do it because they get away with it! Next question? JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Somewhere in the

  7. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    lindarn replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone involve the Risk Management department, or the hospital's Legal Counsel? If parents are refusing reasonable/nessary care, for their child, I believe that the hospital/treating physician,...

  8. Why aren't more nurses and nursing facilities unionized?

    lindarn replied to Ev1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I beg to differ with you. The National Nurse United has unionized in parts of the country where working conditions were deporable and unsafe. They had NO say in anything, and working conditions, pay,...

  9. Moving to Los Angeles, thoughts on best hospital to work for as an RN?

    lindarn replied to RNcairo's topic in California Nursing

    I worked at UCLA for two years in the early 80's, and I loved it. The campus is like its own city. There is everything on the campus, from wooded areas to its own Baskin-Robbins ice cream store. They...

  10. Minimum nursing staff levels?????

    lindarn replied to CoeKohawk11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Perhaps informing the parents that their child is safer in a day care center with mandatory staffing ratios, (with the punishment closing down the day care if staffing falls below the required...

  11. What to you think of UAP's representing themselves as RN's?

    lindarn replied to sofla98's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that people are getting worked up over nothing. Try being a paralegal, legal assistant, and working in a law office. Try to give a client ANYTHING THAT EVEN SMELLS OF LEGAL ADVICE! You...

  12. Does/Can an RN give anesthetics before procedures such as skin biopsy, laser surgery,

    lindarn replied to 50kn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    And MDs and MAs get away with this because the public is unaware that they have amateurs working on them. The public also does not respect the education that RNs have, and do not understand what a...

  13. best hospital to work for in Washington state

    lindarn replied to badtz143's topic in Washington Nursing

    i disagree. it is more an indication of the lack of jobs in spokane, that there are far more jobs in seattle. sacred heart nurses are a passive, a beaten down lot, from an abusive administration....

  14. Is there a nursing representative/lobbyist in washngton??

    lindarn replied to californiadreaming's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Teamwork needs to be taught in nursing school. Learning to work together, enhance each others' work, joining together in practice groups, like doctors' do. And lawyers. Nursing needs to come together...

  15. New grad moving to Spokane looking for guidance

    lindarn replied to ajb96278's topic in Washington Nursing

    Stay away from Spokane. We also have three schools of nursing in our small community, one right over the border in Idaho, several scattered all over the state. You might try Kootenai Medical Center in...

  16. Is there any nurse residencies programs in Spokane or Newport?

    lindarn replied to Harrychandler's topic in Washington Nursing

    Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, just 4o mile east of Spokane, offers new grad interships. I am not sure if they would take a nurse, who is essentially a new grad, but has worked as an...

  17. Why aren't more nurses and nursing facilities unionized?

    lindarn replied to Ev1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Mainly because hospitals and nursing homes are scared to death of losing control over their slaves, oops- employees. The only weapon that they have is fear, and threats. Unfortunaley, too many nurses...

  18. Why is SEIU 1199 doing so little for Harborview?

    lindarn replied to JennieO's topic in Washington Nursing

    If Washington State Nurses are smart, they will dump worthless unions like SEIU and WSNA, and bring in the NAtional National Nurse United, an get the ball rolling in Washington. If it makes you feel...

  19. Nurses at Disney

    lindarn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    ALL Disney workers are unionized! There is strength in numbers. Disney used to have draconian workplace rules for their employees. They are also VERY actlive against law suits against them in their...

  20. Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    lindarn replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I believe that the Franciscan System in Tacoma, Washington, is hiring new grads, and is offering a New Grad Residency/Internship. Tacoma is located about 25 miles south of Seattle, and about 30 miles...

  21. New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    lindarn replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I believe that the Franciscan System in Tacoma, and some hospitals in Seattle, and the surrounding areas, are hiring new grads, and I think that some are offering New Grad Internships. Look up the...

  22. New Grads, Bitterness, and Maybe A Real "Nursing Shortage."

    lindarn replied to Trinitas2010RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Craigslist is now posting adds for Navy Nurses, and so is the Army. You have to have a BSN to join the military, so those of you who already have a BSN, are already half the way there. Good luck. I...

  23. RN still unemployed in Southern CA, I am really getting depressed

    lindarn replied to cuddly's topic in General Nursing

    If you are able to relocate, there are hospital in the Pacific NW in Washington State and Idaho who are hiring new grads, and are offering new grad residencies. Pullman Hospital in Pullman, Washington...

  24. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    lindarn replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    Consider yourselves lucky, that there are on line programs for those who are going back from RN to BSN. When I went back to school to earn my BSN, I was a diploma graduate. No one had computers in...

  25. Another Five Star Management Decision!

    lindarn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen a patient who weighs 25 pounds unless it was in Peds. Most patients are large to extra large, with the average weight of Americans going up by the year. JMHO and my NY $0.02....