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  1. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    lindarn replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    But can't that be said about physicians, we well? I don't know too many physicians who are able to do brain surgery the day after they walk out of medical school. The same can be said for PTs, OTs,...

  2. CRNA in Air Force vs Army vs Navy

    lindarn replied to Vich's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Unless things have changed, the AF, and Navy, will not guarantee you a slot in anesthesia school when you commission, but the Army will guarantee you a slot, so you won't go in and have to "jump...

  3. Picket Providence in Olympia

    lindarn replied to RN130's topic in Washington Nursing

    I will ask again. Is it time to perhaps bring in the NNOC into Washington State? The unions here, as we say in Brooklyn, are about as useful as tits on a bull. I don't work in a hospital here, but I...

  4. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

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

    I couldn't have said it better myself. Until we have a unified for year college degree as entry into practice, and be on the same page as other health care professionals, we will always be the blue...

  5. Regarding the Future of Legal Nursing as viewed in Spokane, Washington

    lindarn replied to lindarn's topic in Legal

    You can't imagine it, because you never worked in Spokane, Washington. There are three schools of nursing here, and nurses are treated as such. I just applied for a job with the Health Department, and...

  6. new corporation investigating health care workers

    lindarn replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    This company sounds alot like "Group One" in Texas. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  7. Nnoc

    lindarn replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    And Sherwood, what exactlly are your credentials? And what exactly have you done to improve the nursing profession, and patient care? As far as I can see, you spend so much time denigrating unions and...

  8. Documentation and legal concerns

    lindarn replied to timpanzee's topic in General Nursing

    What ever you write concerning a patient incident, also make a copy for yourself. Also, I would make a copy of my nurses notes, include any notes from other departments (ie Respiratory therapy) that...

  9. Peds situation-very long! Please help!

    lindarn replied to annaRNC's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that you made copies for yourself, of all the notes that you made. Documents that supports the care and actions you took, that makes someone else look bad, have a habit of "disappearing from...

  10. Another gripe about an ego-driven doctor

    lindarn replied to New2ER's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone written to the State Board of Medicine? It would be a good idea to start a paper trail on this guy. Be sure to send a copy to the hospital administration, and make sure that you keep copies...

  11. Nursing or Physical Therapy

    lindarn replied to Guynursestudent's topic in Nursing Career

    Iwould say forget about nursing. From what I have heard in this listserve from Canadian nurses, it is not much better in Canada than in the US. PT has more men, and, at least here in the US, PTs, OTs,...

  12. unionization of hospitals

    lindarn replied to edisongirl25's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Vote for the union. One only has to read on this listserve to see how bad the pay, working condition, and job security, are in Florida. This is indicative of an anti union, "right to work" (for less)...

  13. hard time getting help

    lindarn replied to nitewarrior's topic in General Nursing

    Get a lawyer. Nothing brings terror to the hearts of adminitration like the thought of a nurse who is represented by an employment attorney, who the can't bully. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,...

  14. Nursing science vs. healthcare/caring science

    lindarn replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    If nurses have a hard time deciding if what we do is actually a science based profession, how, exactly do PTs and OTs define what they do as a science? They have alot less to work with than nurses do,...

  15. Picket Providence in Olympia

    lindarn replied to RN130's topic in Washington Nursing

    Who are you unionized with? Just curious. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  16. ??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well folks, I have figured out what professions have a shortage. PT and OT. Why do I say that? In this weeks paper, hospitals here in Eastern Washington are offering $10,000 bonuses to each of these...

  17. Picket Providence in Olympia

    lindarn replied to RN130's topic in Washington Nursing

    What union are you folks organized with? Have you cosidered changing unions, like to the NNOC? They have had good luck in Illinois, and I think that the time is right for a change in the union...

  18. What's really going on at St Peter Hospital in Olympia? Check out the Web site

    lindarn replied to blaaveispiken's topic in Washington Nursing

    Are they organized with WSNA? If they are, I am not surprised. Perhaps they should look into organize with the NNOC. Washington State could use a militant union. We get pushed around in the worst way...

  19. What's really going on at St Peter Hospital in Olympia? Check out the Web site

    lindarn replied to blaaveispiken's topic in Washington Nursing

    Who are the nurses at St. Peters organized with? Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  20. As nurses are we just Trained well behavedMonkeys

    lindarn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Why am I not surprised? Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  21. Kootenai Medical Center?

    lindarn replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Why is there such a staffing shortage there? There are schools of nursing in Idaho, and right over the border in Spokane. I haven't heard back from them, and it had been two weeks. I don't know that...

  22. Question about striking nurses?

    lindarn replied to mommy2boys's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    AB employees were able to negotiate the pay they are now receiving, because, as most male dominated fields, they are heavly unionized. Nurses bought the big lie many years ago, that it was...

  23. Question about striking nurses?

    lindarn replied to mommy2boys's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It never ceases to amaze me how naive the American public is about unions. They have forgotten the sweatshops of 100 years ago, that brought rise to the union movement in this country. I hear people...

  24. Kootenai Medical Center?

    lindarn replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haved just interviewed at Kootenai Medical Center about a week ago. I know nurses who have worked there, and they have liked it. However, Northern Idaho is strongly Republican, and VERY ANTI UNION....

  25. RN wages: California vs Washington State

    lindarn replied to nurse1717's topic in Washington Nursing

    You don't have alot of experience, so you choices may be limited. That being said, there are nurses here in Spokane, who worked as Independant Contractors in Seatle Hospitals, I think U of W. But...