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  1. I really need to talk about this! (long)

    lindarn replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have every right to be upset about this incident. I do Legal Nuse Consulting for attorneys, and I have personally been involved in three cases that have to do with nurses not calling physicians...

  2. Does anyone have opinions on Maxim(agency) good or bad????

    lindarn replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Just out of curiosity, how much do they pay? As I said, they only offered my $22/hr for work in a nursing home. I only want to work as an Independant Contractor, and I would have charged alot more...

  3. Does anyone have opinions on Maxim(agency) good or bad????

    lindarn replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    here in spokane, washington, maxim pays peanuts. they only want to pay $15.00/hr for flu shot clinics, and $23.00 for nursing home, and other areas. i told them to take a hike. i was making $30.00/hr...

  4. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    lindarn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    It was not my intent to be argumentative. I was merely questioning how a nurses aide could perform a professional skill, that I have always felt was only allowed to be done by a professional nurse. I...

  5. Lung cancer, how to help my daughter

    lindarn replied to sasha1224's topic in Oncology

    My mom was diagnosed with Stage III Lung Cancer on Mothers Day of ths year. The cancer was all over her left lung, and she had mets to the spine, a collapsed lung with over a liter of fluid in it....

  6. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    lindarn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    How is it a nursing assistant 's scope of practice that he/she inserts/takes out foleys, and IV's? Have we given up that as part of our professional practice, along with medication adminsitration, as...

  7. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    lindarn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have been TAUGHT TO BE INVISIBLE. It is reinforced by the hospitals, by the press, by the Martry Marys of the profession, who feel that we should should be flogged for thinking that nursing is not...

  8. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    lindarn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Patients don't know because we don't tell them, the hospital doesn't tell them because they don't want them to know. Our professional services and contributions to patient care are rolled into the...

  9. public's view of nurses

    lindarn replied to bulldawggirl's topic in General Nursing

    I coudn't agree more. That public may think that we are wonderful, but, as stated above, that is due to the subservient, handmaiden, servant image, who accepts their place without complaint, low wages...

  10. OTs versus RNs

    lindarn replied to Ashleejoy83's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if OTs get overtime hours like nurses do, but I do know that OT's make a lot more money that nurses do in the hospital. They can open out patient therapy centers, like PT's do. My sister...

  11. I finally walked out the door

    lindarn replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I do belive that it is illegal for the hospital to do that. I would consult with an attorney, and I would definately call the papers, write a letter to the editor, call the TV Station,s and I believe...

  12. Options for childcare when mandated

    lindarn replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    When I did work, I worked critical care. But we are a military family, and as is typical, we had no family even close to the area to help out. We did not have mandatory OT, but another hospital here...

  13. Options for childcare when mandated

    lindarn replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    When are nurses going to "just say no" to mandatory OT? If everyone refused to do mandatory OT, then they would not have anyone to work. Has your State Board of Nursing not changed the language in...

  14. Will Military take an ADN/Diploma nurse with BSc. in another field?

    lindarn replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Government, Military

    I think that all active duty nurses have to have a Bachelor's Degree, but I am not sure if it needs to be in nursing. The Army and AF Reserve nurses don't have to have a BSN, but I believe that the...

  15. Union Wins Decertification Election at Scripps, CNA Stays

    lindarn replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have to ask, who were the nurses on the negotiating team? I worked at Long Beach Memorial from 1980 to 1989, and I was involved in the union organizing back then. We were disgusted with the apathy...

  16. Union Wins Decertification Election at Scripps, CNA Stays

    lindarn replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here in Spokane, which is a very consertive (read "red neck", town, the hospital always packed its negotiation team with hard- nosed, male administrators. The nurses negotiating team consisted of...

  17. Union Wins Decertification Election at Scripps, CNA Stays

    lindarn replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you for validating what I said. Just because you think that you can handle you own personal bargaining, that fact is that the hospitals have hard nose MALE negotiatiers, who can run rings...

  18. Union Wins Decertification Election at Scripps, CNA Stays

    lindarn replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not sure what planet you are on, but rather than being out- sourced as factory workers are, nurses are being INSOURCED by foreign nurses being brought in from other, too often, third world...

  19. Any Hosptials ,Nursing homes,etc That has paid apprenticeship/Internship LPN program

    lindarn replied to goodgirl1977's topic in Washington Nursing

    I would skip the LPN route and go for an RN program. Here in Spokane, Washington, Sacred Heart Medical Hospital laid off ALL OF ITS LPNS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. The other hosptals also cut back thier LPN...

  20. Looking for work in Cali!!!!!!!!!!!

    lindarn replied to shunnaparks's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about working as an Independant Contractor instead of working for an agency who takes 75% of the money that you are earning? I would never work agency again. NSO offers malpractice...

  21. Teach me about the National Right to Work Committee

    lindarn replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I worked at UCLA in Westwood in 1979, after I moved to California. UCLA recruited me from NYC. At my hospital orientation, we were told the exact same thing- the the UC Hospital system exists, not for...

  22. Los Angeles Area Nursing Schools

    lindarn replied to Juni's topic in California Nursing

    I also attended CSULB, but I was already a Diploma RN, and returing to earn my BSN. Linsarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,

  23. Solution to ADN vs BSN--Revamp Nursing Education?

    lindarn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    As long as our professinal services are included with the "room rate", and the complementary roll of toilet paper, we will never be considered "money makers" to the hospital. Nurses need to become...

  24. How to get in to Forensic Nursing

    lindarn replied to Jackie F.'s topic in Forensic

    Have you looked into the online course by Kaplan? I am a legal nurse consultant, and their are several nurses on my legal nurse listserve who are forensic nurses, and have taken this class. They have...

  25. Union Wins Decertification Election at Scripps, CNA Stays

    lindarn replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Pardon me, Sherwoood. But when I was still working in a hospital, I too, worked with my heart. Unfortunately, I am not a volunteer. I am a licensed medical professional and expect and deserve...