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  1. Why are all the job listings for Dialysis Nurses???

    lindarn replied to Noor545's topic in General Nursing

    Noor, I sent you a PM. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  2. RN out of practice for over 2 years, looking for Refresher Courses.

    lindarn replied to turncoughdeepbreathe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    If it is any help, the Intercollegiate Center of Nursing Education (ICNE), in Spokane, has a partially online refresher course. Contact them for the details. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,...

  3. NY RNs fighting unfair management tactics and unsafe patient conditions

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

    At least NY and California State Nurses Associations have actually taken a stand against the replacement of RNs with lesser educated personnel, and the de skilling of the professional practice of RNs....

  4. Who has read Echo Heron?

    lindarn replied to LiveLoveLearn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't count on your nursing school library to have these books. The last thing a nursing school, who is beholden to the hospitals, will want to carry, is a book that points out to student nurses that...

  5. ANA... Should I continue being a member?

    lindarn replied to NYCRN6's topic in General Nursing

    As we say in Brooklyn, the ANA is about as useful as tits on a bull! JMHO and my NY $0.02! Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  6. "You're not responsible"!!!!!

    lindarn replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about calling the police on her daughter? You might also want to contact the law office that defends and represents the nursing home.Start with the senior partner! This is elder abuse! Lindarn,...

  7. They have spoken..

    lindarn replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

    I feel that the issue is more of control by the hospitals. As long as they can recruit foreign nurses, they can say to American nurses, "if you don't want to take 10 patients, or more, for $20 an...

  8. A really good example of children in the USA still dying from childhood diseases.

    lindarn replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I had a classmate in elementary school, who had a younger brother who was blind because his mother contracted German Measles while she was pregnant with him. It is true that the younger generation...

  9. refresher course after 15 years

    lindarn replied to robalina's topic in General Nursing

    I will again ask the same question- why, if hospitals are in such dire need of nurses, or so they say, why are they not stepping up to the plate to assist older nurses who have been out of the...

  10. A really good example of children in the USA still dying from childhood diseases.

    lindarn replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is the oldest of 7 children. When he was 10, he came down with the Chicken Pox. By the time my in-laws realized that it was not just the garden variety saw throat, fever, and runny nose, he...

  11. refresher course after 15 years

    lindarn replied to robalina's topic in General Nursing

    I will once again repeat myself- if hospitals are so desparte for nurses, why are they not stepping up to the plate and offering,"nurse refreaher courses" for older, experienced nurses to come back to...

  12. Law school instead of a MSN

    lindarn replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    In Washington State, you don't even need to go to law school to become a lawyer. We have a policy here in Washington, where you can "read for the law". You have to find a practicing attorney who is...

  13. Degree vs Diploma?

    lindarn replied to nickos's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I also, was originally a Diploma nursing graduate from 1975. It did not take me long to figure out that nurses were on the bottom of the food chain. Other health care professionals, who had a...

  14. Law school instead of a MSN

    lindarn replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    I would go to law school over earning an MSN. How much do Masters prepared nurse earn? Not very much, compared to what an attorney makes, and will make over the course of a career. The earning...

  15. LNC STAT vs VMI

    lindarn replied to vascularnurse124's topic in Legal

    You do not need any class to become an LNC, in spite of the high pressure tactics of the "Amway of LNC Porgrams". It is criminal that nurses who are trying to find a reasonable career alternative that...

  16. When the mother is type O and the infant is type A blood.

    lindarn replied to oramar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am O+ and my daughter is A +. When she was born 18 years ago, she jaundiced within hours after being born. She had ABO in compatibility. She had + Coombs test that was run off of her cord blood....

  17. Teachers can "Pinch Hit" for Nurses?

    lindarn replied to dianabay's topic in School

    Seeing that teachers in most locales these days, (that was pushed by the teachers unions), for teacher-student ratios, why aren't teachers pushing for more NURSES to student ratios in the schools!!....

  18. 4,000 Nurses strike for patient care.

    lindarn replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I could not agree more. "Just go ahead and quit". All that has caused, is nurses who have no incentive to stick around and fight for better working conditions, pay, etc. That, is of course what...

  19. 4,000 Nurses strike for patient care.

    lindarn replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This listserve is full of threads from Texas and Oklahoma nurses who are scared for their licenses due to the deplorable working conditions in hospitals. A group of Texas nurses just organized under...

  20. Comment Deadline 11/30/08: Patient Safety: Rights of RN's Considering Pt Assignment

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have also said many times, that when things are really bad and unsafe, and the hospital is ignoring your concerns, go to the top, and contact the hospital's law firm and senior partner with the...

  21. Comment Deadline 11/30/08: Patient Safety: Rights of RN's Considering Pt Assignment

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Without a legally binding contract, what will become of this inrformation?" Nothing, which is exactly what the hospitals want. Distract the nursing staff with paperwork that have no teeth to inforce...

  22. Teachers can "Pinch Hit" for Nurses?

    lindarn replied to dianabay's topic in School

    I have said it before, and I will say it again- no one ever died because they could not do long division, or diagram a sentence. But how many people (kids included( have died because there were not...

  23. Comment Deadline 11/30/08: Patient Safety: Rights of RN's Considering Pt Assignment

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    after reading the above statement from the ana, my reaction, is, that is nice but what, exactly is the ana going to do to assist nurses who are faced with the impossible staffing situations that are...

  24. Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

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

    One CANNOT be a good nurse if one cannot safely advocate for their patient. One cannot advocate for their patient if you are afraid of losing your job in one of these, "wprkers paradise" "right to...

  25. FIVE family members in a crowded ICU rm all night long!

    lindarn replied to APRN.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am still in favor of sending visitors to the nurse managers office or administration, and let them sit in THIER offices all day while they try to get their work done. What is good for the goose in...