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lindarn

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  1. National Labor Relations Board rules some nurses are supervisors

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses are "professionals"? No extra pay, respect, and no union protection? Just the "protection of the hospital administration? Well, Sherwood, as we say in Brooklyn, that and $0.50 will get you on...

  2. National Labor Relations Board rules some nurses are supervisors

    lindarn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sherwood, How do you account for the fact that TEACHERS are also professionals, and have been unionized since the year of the flood. Teachers also make more money that nurses do, have far better...

  3. Ever do a flu shot clinic?

    lindarn replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    That is it. What you see is what you get. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  4. new RN salary in washington state?

    lindarn replied to nurse1717's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know exactly what the starting salaries are here in Spokane, but I will tell you that salaries, and benefits here are far lower that on the coast. The cost of living is lower, but it is...

  5. Nurse/patient ratios, nurses and the ANA

    lindarn replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    It is a Catch 22. The ANA does not do anything to improve the "Quality of Life", for nurses, in terms of staffing ratios, pay, etc. So no one joins ANA. But if more nurses joined ANA, they would have...

  6. Ever do a flu shot clinic?

    lindarn replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    My educated guess, is that in a couple of years, they will have Medical Assistants administer the shots, (don't they give shots in physician's offices?), and one physician will oversee the clinic. Of...

  7. Ever do a flu shot clinic?

    lindarn replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Who paid you $20 an hour? I did a flu shot clinic for Maxim a couple of years ago, and all they paid me was $14 an hour. No mileage, and I drove 140 miles EACH WAY to the Costco where they had it....

  8. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

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

    I think that many of you are missing the point that the hospital is making. Their concern is more of control over health care, and the nurses as employees, rather than the strike. They don't care how...

  9. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

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

    I never said that Leo Durocher made that quote. I said it to remind nurses that we, as a group are too nice, and we pay a heavy price for it in respect (or lack thererof), pay, and compenstion. Nurses...

  10. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

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

    If hospitals did not have strikebreakers to help them stay in business, than nurses would have more bargaining power than they do now. Especially when they have to give a 10 day notice which gives the...

  11. Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    lindarn replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    How about the concept of having our degrees and certifications on our namebadges, and that allows the public to ask, and be educated, concerning the educational and professional qualifications of the...

  12. higher pay for BSN grads?

    lindarn replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Is there any reason why nursing needs to remain behind all of the other health care professionals who have gone beyond even a Bachelors Degree as entry into practice? Why nursing needs to remain the...

  13. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    lindarn replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Stupid is as stupid does. The Martyr Marys are still alive and well. Continue to fight for the right to be overworked and underpaid. I hope that they are refusing the raises that CNA has won for them....

  14. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    lindarn replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    AMEN!! It never ceases to amaze me how nurses just don't get it. The demise of unions in this country over the last ten or so years, has led to stagnant pay, outsourcing, pension plundering, and...

  15. How to stay positive in nursing.

    lindarn replied to littlecheese's topic in General Nursing

    I have always felt that nurses needed to organize BIG TIME. But too many nurses are of the "martyr mary" persuasion, and refuse to consider the benefits that a union brings. I keep hearing on this...

  16. How to stay positive in nursing.

    lindarn replied to littlecheese's topic in General Nursing

    The two hospitals that I have worked in here, had ALOT OF MALE NURSES AS STAFF NURSES. The trouble was, they were bigger weinies than the female nurses. The ones that weren't, either went into...

  17. do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    lindarn replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    Health South is like all of the HMOs. They have no interest in providing quality patient care/service, only making has much money as they can. I do believe that the CEOs of Health South were in...

  18. do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    lindarn replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    Just for the record, my best friend in HS initially wanted to go to medical school. She enrolled in NYU after graduating from HS on the honor roll. While she was at NYU, she again had all A's in her...

  19. do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    lindarn replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    Then why do nurses who earn BSNs not deserve more money than nurses who only have Associates Degrees and Diplomas? Why does nursing still have Associates Degree and Diplomas as an entry into...

  20. Best Washington City

    lindarn replied to Gem_jewelry's topic in Washington Nursing

    The ex mayor just passed away last week of colon cancer. They had a memorial service for him on Friday. It was really kind of sad the way he spent his last few months with that scandal over his head....

  21. Best Washington City

    lindarn replied to Gem_jewelry's topic in Washington Nursing

    And VERY LOW PAYING, AND ANTI-NURSE. There are three schools of nursing here, and no nursing shortage. Nurses are paid, and treated as such. I would recommend the Tri Cities area of Washington over...

  22. Any Legal Nurse Consultants who did not take any courses?

    lindarn replied to Wgbem's topic in Legal

    There are also numerous threads on this listserve about lawyers who could care less if you have taken a class. The classes are not about LNC but marketing, contrary to what people promote, while...

  23. Any Legal Nurse Consultants who did not take any courses?

    lindarn replied to Wgbem's topic in Legal

    I have never taken any LNC course, only a two day seminar by the Nurse Attorneys here in Washington State. I took this 11 years ago and struck out on my own. I have never been interested in taking the...

  24. Scrubs...Pointless Unless We Leave Them At Work

    lindarn replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I often wonder if the increase in MRSA, and VRE, and just plain staph and strep in the community has a connection to the work clothes that we bring home with all the hospital bugs on them, and our own...

  25. My Hands Are A Mess! Which Lotion?

    lindarn replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    When I was still working in a hospital, I had the same problem. I would use A&D ointment on my hands at night, put cotton gloves on, or just keeping your hands under the covers, also worked. The...