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  1. I'm not sure how I should feel about this???

    lindarn replied to Lisky90's topic in General Nursing

    I also agree. Fill out an incident report, make copies of it, and make copies of you nurses notes. Things have a way of "dissapearing", when the "you know what" hits the fan. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN...

  2. Frustration by lack of respect from hospital admin

    lindarn replied to Kaetlyn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Did your friend talk to a lawyer? It is a legal right to form/join a union if you want to. I believe that someone recently won a lawsuit against a hospital for the same reason. Encourge your friend to...

  3. Frustration by lack of respect from hospital admin

    lindarn replied to Kaetlyn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    High nursing/staff turnover, prevents the staff from organizing. Not enought staff available to put forth the effort to effectively gain enough power/cohesiveness to mount an effective union...

  4. any advice on working a strike?

    lindarn replied to Jennifer Couty's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is nice to know that Providence treats ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES LIKE DIRT, AND NOT JUST THE ONES AT SACRED HEART IN SPOKANE!! I wish that I lived closer, I would love to join you in the picket line!!...

  5. Nursing has made me dislike dealing with people in general....

    lindarn replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about ICU. A comatose patient is a happy patient! Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

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

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I went to the doctor last week and did not recognize the nurse who took my vital signs. She said that she was new. I asked her where she had worked before, and she told me that she just graduated from...

  7. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    lindarn replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would be happy to join you. Count me in!! PM me. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  8. independent contractor forms for nurse

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

    I would like this information, as well. Thanks. PM me. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  9. Transition from student to staff nurse

    lindarn replied to samxh's topic in General Nursing

    ALL NURSES, regardless of the program one graduated from, would benefit from a one year paid internship. Nurses have to brain dump, the attitude, that we all need to "hit the ground runnning", the...

  10. Hello Idaho

    lindarn replied to Kim2's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Spokane, and I am interviewing for a job at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d Alene next week. How is it working at Kootenai? What is the pay like compared to Spokane? How are the ICUs?...

  11. ICU training program near Los Angeles

    lindarn replied to pinayhomegirl's topic in California Nursing

    If you want to travel a little farther south, Long Beach Memorial has an ICU training program. At least they used to. Try there. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  12. Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

    lindarn replied to kenny b's topic in General Nursing

    I think that a more realistic solution is for nurses to become Independant Contractors and/or form Professional Practice Groups, like physicians do. Develop a contract that spells out pay, benefits,...

  13. Question about FFP transfusion

    lindarn replied to astnm's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that the rationale for using blood tubing, is that blood tubing has a filter, and regular IV tubing does not. I am open to suggestion on this issue. I believe that we always use blood tubing...

  14. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    lindarn replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I should have added that nurses allow understaffing and abuse by EVERYONE, because nursing school brainwash nurses into being "martyr marys". We graduate from nursing school believing that we have no...

  15. Nurses' Unions

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

    Workplace abuse IS skyrocketing because of the demise of unions in this country over the last 40 years. Union membership is at an all time low in this country, especially since Ronald Reagan led the...

  16. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    lindarn replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I will once again bring up the fact, the classes that nurses need to learn about, and survive being a nurse are not being taught in nursing school. Nurses need to take classes like Employment Law,...

  17. Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

    lindarn replied to kenny b's topic in General Nursing

    At the very least, nurses should look into working as Independant Contractors, and/or forming Professional Practice Groups, like doctors, and staffing the hospitals, like doctors do. We would have...

  18. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    lindarn replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Add Tricare to the list of who will no longer accept that form of insurance. I called the Orthopedist who did my knee surgery, and my husband's knee surgery, and I was told that the group voted to no...

  19. Score- MD=1 Beary=0

    lindarn replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    A long time ago, one of my co-workers called the Medical Board in Olympia, and vented about the abusive doctors. She was told, that they wished that nurses would write them up more often. This then...

  20. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    lindarn replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Maybe if nurses started to call the paramedics, "doctor", and followed that with, "well who knows or cares what the difference is"?, they would get the message. They would understand that it is not OK...

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

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    AMEN!!! Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  22. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    lindarn replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    But most American Nurses only have either a Diploma in Nursing, or a two year Associates Degree, while LPN/LVNs, have one year of post high school education. PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS HAVE AN...

  23. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    lindarn replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All ADN and Diploma nurses need to be grandfathered in. LPN/LVN programs should be increased to an Associates Degree as entry into practice. PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS have an Associates Degree as...

  24. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    lindarn replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    it is called, "practicing nursing without a license". unfortunately, the state boards of nursing, don't have the courage to file a criminal complaint, and have these individuals prosecuted. if someone...

  25. best hospital to work for in Washington state

    lindarn replied to badtz143's topic in Washington Nursing

    What union are you organized with? Is it time to vote out who you have, and vote in a new one, like, maybe, NNOC? Who are, by far, much more powerful and militant than WSNA, 1199, and I now that there...