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  1. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    lindarn replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency

    Once again, the "martry marys" of the nursing profession have spoken. If you demand your legal right to a break, you are somehow, less worthy of respect, and the managment harrasses nurses who make it...

  2. NYC MTA Strike

    lindarn replied to Ari RN's topic in New York Nursing

    I no longer live in NYC. I left in 1979 and moved to California, and now live in Spokane, WA. We have a poor public transportation system here, as in most areas of the country. To put this strike in...

  3. Crappy salary, and no pay for call?!

    lindarn replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    How do they get by not paying you for call? I thought that it you are required to be on call as part of your job, they are required to pay you according to the Federal Labor Laws. I would contact an...

  4. Does MD really stand for Mad Diva?

    lindarn replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I apoligize that my entire post did not come through. What meant to say was, MD = MIGHTY DEITY Also, to comment about the above disrespect that the nurses were supposed...

  5. Does MD really stand for Mad Diva?

    lindarn replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Md

  6. Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    lindarn replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    Linda G. here, USAFRNC, Desert Storm Vet. Never been active duty, except for Desert Storm My husband just retired from the Air Force two years ago, from active duty. He was a survival instructor here...

  7. the ONLY state where APRNs can't write prescriptions!

    lindarn replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this would help, but many years ago in California, the Nurse Practitioners who worked for the Long Beach VA sued the State of California, because the VA was paying the Physicians...

  8. dental hygienist/RN and pay difference

    lindarn replied to OURN83's topic in General Nursing

    Associate Degree hygienists, are dental assistants, more like the differance between an RN, and a medical assistant or nurses aide. And in most areas, hygienists make alot more money than nurses do....

  9. Group One background checks in Texas

    lindarn replied to edgreen's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am in the Pacific Northwest, and we don't have Group One here. But I have a question for those of you in Texas- if yo are applying for a job. You know that the "consumer report" will be done (AKA...

  10. I- 330 was defeated in Washington State!!

    lindarn posted a topic in Legal

    I- 330 was a State Initiative in Washington State that would have place caps on malpractice cases, and severely limited the tort system here. Other states has placed caps on Tort cases, and these very...

  11. LPN's Role in the ICU?

    lindarn replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    The hospital where I used to work and one of the largest here in Washington, laid off ALL OF THIER LPNS TWO YEARS, AS HAVE OTHER HOSPITALS. California hardly uses them in the hospital. Here in...

  12. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    lindarn replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    AMEN!! I live in Spokane, Washington, and we have a joke called the Washington State Nurses Association. The negotiated a contract with the Sacred Heart, where the nurses go no retoractive pay from...

  13. LPN's Role in the ICU?

    lindarn replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    LPNs have no place in critical care. They make for very unsafe conditions for the patients and the RN's who are ultimately responsible for their work. I have never worked in an ICU that employed LPN's...

  14. Stony Brook

    lindarn replied to KatieBell's topic in New York Nursing

    My family live in Holbrook, which is about 60 miles from Brooklyn. It is really not that far, miles wise, from Brooklyn into the city, but the traffic on the Belt Parkway will kill you. You could live...

  15. Good Hospitals in Washington?recommendations?

    lindarn replied to KatieBell's topic in Washington Nursing

    Avoid Spokane, Washington. The pay here is terrible, the working conditions are worse, and the mentality is archaic. The union here, WSNA, is about as useful as tits on a bull. They do nothing for the...

  16. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    lindarn replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Tell me something, with all the protest about CNA, and their "Strong Arm Tactics", where has nursing gone with their, "Nice Girls Don't Fight", mentality, and just cave in to the "Strong Arm Tactics...

  17. America's view of the nursing profession

    lindarn replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    People may resent my "in your face NYer opinions, but this is the point that I have been trying to make with all my threads. The public may think that we are wonderful, but ask them if we are as...

  18. America's view of the nursing profession

    lindarn replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    The public thinks of us as blue collar trailer trash, by our lack of education, our perceived lack of autonomy, and our "learned helplessness", mentality and demeanor, and our lack of control over our...

  19. Clinical Prgm in NY schools

    lindarn replied to malika's topic in New York Nursing

    How is my alma mater, LICH? I graduated from there in September of 1975, when it was still a diploma program. It converted to an ADN program in the class that started the September that I graduated....

  20. Workers Comp. and Employer Lawsuit Immunity

    lindarn replied to RC1's topic in General Nursing

    I would contact an Employment Attorney and get his/her take on the whole thing. I wouldn't take their word for it. Don't sign anything until you do. MHO, and I don't trust anyone! Lindarn, RN, BSN,...

  21. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    lindarn replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps you should all wear buttons that say, " Ask me if I have had time to have lunch or go to the bathroom yet today? I would love to see the responses. Just my humble, "everyone loves to hate, in...

  22. Nursing vs. P.T.

    lindarn replied to rambo13's topic in General Nursing

    Go for a career as a PT. It is a longer haul for school, (PTs now have a doctorate as entry into practice), but it shows in pay and respect. They have a much better quliaty of life in terms of working...

  23. Csulb?

    lindarn replied to sdlb08's topic in California Nursing

    I went to Cal State Long Beach about 20 years ago. I graduated in 1987. The program wa OK. I was a Diploma grad from NY when I enrolled in the nursing porgram. I moved to California in 1979. I...

  24. Am urgently seeking attorney in NE Ohio with experience going before the BON

    lindarn replied to emmalou's topic in Legal

    I would call your State Bar Association and ask them about a nurse attorney close to where you live. The have lists of attorneys all over the state.There is a national association of nurse attorneys....

  25. nurses buttons bother administration

    lindarn replied to lllliv's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here in Spokane, Washington, the nurses at Sacred Heart Medical Center won an NLRB won an NLRB Hearing over the wearing of buttons at work. I don't have article in front of me, but it was over...