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  1. Is my supervisor trying to get me to quit?

    DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT- TIMES, DATES, WITNESES. Keep track of goings on, scheduling, etc. JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Somewhere in the
  2. AMEN!!! Lindarn, RN , BSN, CCRN Somewhere in the
  3. Nurses that, "cast off the yoke of unionization", are no longer nurses. They were long ago let go from the hospitals where they work. So what is wrong with nurses complaining about ever increasing...
  4. Getting a union

    OK folks, this is why TEACHERS GET WHAT THEY WANT! FROM KREM 2 NEWS IN SPOKANE WASHINGTON ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO: krem.com Posted on October 13, 2010 at 9:10 PM See all 2 photos » SPOKANE -- Hundreds...
  5. New to WA---RN New Grad Programs?

    Hi Guys! I am starting my RN ICU refresher course next week at Kootenai Medical Center, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. I am doing computer classes, on their charting system, tomorrow, and Friday. I will...
  6. unionize now

    It never ceases to amaze me, that states that were formerly slave states, are ALL ANTI UNION!! I guess that if they can't own slaves anymore, they might as well hire them. They don't seem to treat...
  7. Should I stay or should I go?

    And in my NY mentality, don't trust anyone, and make a copy of your nurses notes and incident report. The have a tendency to disappear when the hospital has a choice to take responsibility for their...
  8. Professional Liability Insurance

    I just purchased insurance from NSO for $99. I recommmend that ALL nurses have insurance, not so much to protect you from patient lawsuits (that too, of course), but I would be more worried in this...
  9. Cannot find a job here in Washington!

    I am starting an ICU refresher course at Kootenai Medical Center, in Coeur d'Alene, ID, next month. Contact the Human Resources Department: Jim Hansan, RN, MSN, is the Supervisor, New Grads and...
  10. need advice on which city to relocate to in WA

    AMEN!! PM me and we can discuss Spokane- smaller town, good for kids, lower cost of living, no traffic. But the job situation for nurses has never been very good. There are three schools of nursing...
  11. Agency pay dropped ?

    The solution to that is for nurses to become inpendant contractors (NSO insurance $99- business license, ?$25- 30), get your own clients- charge a little less than the agency charges, and you will...
  12. New to WA---RN New Grad Programs?

    I know that it seems that all of you have your hearts set on Seattle/Tacoma,a large metropolitan area. However, if you move your sights to the east, Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho...
  13. AMEN!! SEE MY PREVIOUS POSTS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY! Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Somewhere in the
  14. Kalispell Regional Medical Center

    I applied to KRMC about a year ago. They offered my $30 and hour, which I thought was pretty respectable for Montana. There are places in Big City Spokane, who don't pay that much! Lindarn, RN, BSN,...
  15. wound care certification ?

    For those of you who are wound care certified, do any on you do it as a business, or are you employed at a hospital or nursing home, etc? I am considering taking a wound care certified program, but...
  16. I have always found it beyond believable, that a downtroddden group, like nurses, would time after time refuse the one thing that would greatly improve the profession, and by improving the profession,...
  17. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    Other health care professionals receive more respect, appreciation, consideration, than nurses ever will. That is not a fair or even close comparison. When other health care professionals are treated...
  18. I would go further than that. I would report him to administration, the Board of Medicine, and if you really want to be a b@!! buster, make and appointment with the senior partner of the law firm who...
  19. In Spokane Washington, nurses from Sacred Heart Medical Center picketed in front of the hospital to for patient safety and and demanded that the hospital continue to allow nurses to have...
  20. Defiant and Insubordinate

    This is the difference between an RN with critical thinking skills, and an LPN who just "does' or doesn't," without any thought as to what the ramifications are. I cringe when I hear about hospitals...
  21. Stop the nursing shortage insanity

    Put my name on your list. Lindarn, RN, BSN,
  22. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    No one ever died because they could not do long division, or diagram a sentence. But people ARE dying because they have no access to healthcare. Or cannot afford the exhorbitant premiums. JMHO and my...
  23. no policy or protocols

    I would take it up with the Risk Management Department. They can set the hospital straight. JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN ,BSN, CCRN Spokane,
  24. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    Personal responsibility for what? Having a heart attack, developing cancer, getting hit by a drunk driver? There are alot of things that are not a persons fault. I have a condition that makes me...
  25. Why doesn't anyone ask Physical Therapists if THEY would work for $8.50 an hour? JMHO and my NY $0.02. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,