lindarn

lindarn

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  1. "Don't Send Anyone Out!"

    lindarn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If I were you, I would make sure and save any and all written letters, directives, communications, etc, from this supervisor and other supervisors, to use as evidence in case something happens to one...

  2. I'm a hermit, I like paperwork, would this be for me?

    lindarn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Legal

    I have to differ with you on whether the market is saturated. I just had an paralegal that me that the attorney she works for stated that "Legal Nurses are a dime a dozen". This by the the way, is a...

  3. All nurses into supervisors ?

    lindarn replied to mark hamel's topic in California Nursing

    Right now Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is pushing to get legislature passed at the state level to do just that- make RNs supervisors, and exempt from being represented by a union. I will try to...

  4. Group One

    lindarn replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My advice to anyone who works in these areas, if asked to sign this "consumer" report, just refuse. No one has the right to force this indignity on you. Put an ad in the paper to educate the public...

  5. Andrea Yates R.N.

    lindarn replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I'm being totally judgemental but the interviews I watched with him he just seemed cold. His 5 children were killed and he appeared nonchalant about it. Maybe it was some time later...

  6. Getting Along- The Union Debate

    lindarn replied to mobilsurgrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Arizona had the opportunity recently, to organize with the NNOC, an affiliate of the California Nurses Association. A union with a proven track record of representing nurses, and obtaining better than...

  7. Southern Nurses Please Help!

    lindarn replied to AngelicLady's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Spokane, Washinton, in the Pacific NW. I wouldn't recommend Spokane, or North Idaho, because the pay is so low. However, the Tricities area of Washington, Pasco, Richland, & Kennewick...

  8. RN wages: California vs Washington State

    lindarn replied to nurse1717's topic in Washington Nursing

    Nurses in Seattle may make $62,000 a year, but not in Spokane, or anywhere in Eastern Washington. I was just offered a job doing outpatient dialysis for $23 an hour. There excuse was that I did not...

  9. Why don't nurses join the ANA?

    lindarn replied to gauge14iv's topic in General Nursing

    My "special favorite" was to publish a guide for RNs on delegating to what were professional nursing activities to unlicensed assistive personnel. The AACN did the same thing. I went to their...

  10. Why don't nurses join the ANA?

    lindarn replied to gauge14iv's topic in General Nursing

    Will never become a member because they are weak, ineffective, and completely out of touch with the average nurse in this country. I sometimes wonder who exactly they think they are supposed to...

  11. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    lindarn replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    Well, since the "martyr marys" of nursing have spoken, what, exactly, are nurses supposed to so, when they are confronted with unsafe staffing, or, in other cases, when their pay and benefits are...

  12. Abandoning babies at Hospitals LEGAL?!?!

    lindarn replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    We have this law in Washington State as well, and I am also in favor of it. I don't know the particulars of this law, but I hope that it includes a provision, that abandoned babies can never be...

  13. I am an Australian and I do not understand the American levels of Nursing

    lindarn replied to meme39's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel confused about the differant levels of nursing here in the US. Everyone else here is confused as well. Nurses, doctors, patients, visitors, etc. In spite of this, the ANA can't see to get...

  14. Nursing Jobs that allow you to work from home

    lindarn replied to junebug96's topic in General Nursing

    You can also market your self to a transcription service, or physicians office- then you can charge top dollar for your services. Nurses do not need to be an employee to work as RNs, unliker LPN/LVNs....

  15. Apollo College

    lindarn replied to remrimsgems's topic in General Nursing

    if you already have a bachelora degree in biology, why on earth would you waste you time with an lpn program? apply to an accelerted bsn program, and in the time it takes you to finish, you have a...

  16. Which University/College in California

    lindarn replied to Summer24's topic in California Nursing

    So does Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State LA in Southern California. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  17. Undervalued

    lindarn replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for thirty years. I just turned down a position with an out patient dialysis company when they only offered my $23 an hour and a two dollar an hour differential as a per diem rate...

  18. Moving to Spokane

    lindarn replied to Lynn216's topic in Washington Nursing

    spokane may be pretty, but the reality is that working here as a nurse is not. there are three schools of nursing here in a very small community. and the way nurses are treated is reflected in that. i...

  19. Anyone going to NTI next week?

    lindarn replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am goin as well. I am staying at the Disney Paradise Pier with my 13 year old daughter. We should put something on a message board at the convention. I am also leaving on Saturday. I used to leve in...

  20. The patient's family members

    lindarn replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I would be more sympathetic to that explanantion if it weren't for the fact that, regardless who is at the patient's bedside, and who is responsible for whatever they are angry about, NURSING IS THE...

  21. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

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

    I would say that it has more to do with the culture of the country, and its male dominated heirarchy. In other words, nurses are women and women are not respected as part of their culture, regardless...

  22. What happened to Nurses Week?

    lindarn replied to happyfeet's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I am concerned, this is just another attempt to minimize, and conceal the contributions and accomplishments, of nursing before the public. How better to accomplish this than create another...

  23. Whats going on at CSULB - Long Beach?

    lindarn replied to flyingfish2u's topic in California Nursing

    I attended Cal State Long Beach in the 1980's, and graduated in 5/87. Now, for the course problems. The entire UC system, I believe, is on the quarter system, while at least Cal State Long Beach, is...

  24. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    lindarn replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Unfortunately, praying will not improve staffing ratios. Only definitive, strong nursing job actions, either with or without a union, involving the public, and pressuring the legislature, will ever...

  25. Moving to Spokane

    lindarn replied to Lynn216's topic in Washington Nursing

    Providence Health Care has made a ton of money in the last few years, contrary to their pleading poverty when it comes time for contract negotiations. They had more than enough to reward the RNs with...