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  1. What do you think of the California Safe Staffing Law

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What do you think of the California Safe Staffing Law, AB-394? Would you want it for your state? DHS site: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/lnc/pubnotice/NTPR/DADMmemoSupCourtDecision.pdf...

  2. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    In California nurses and other hourly workers are entitled to a meal break and rest breaks with no patient responsibility. I work 12 hours and sometimes barely grab a drink of water or cold coffee. I...

  3. Arizona Patient Protection Act introduced- Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    January 4, 2008 Arizona Patient Protection Act Introduced - HB 2041 Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios, Ability for Nurses to Advocate for Urgent Patient Safety Measures Arizona registered...

  4. Defend RNs Right to Unionize, and Advocate for our Patients

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    300 Nurses from across the country converge in Chicago Tuesday to Defend RNs Right to Unionize, and Advocate for our Patients http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-fin-rns09.html...

  5. Canada's health system is as good or better than the US new research suggests

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health care just as good, half as much as in U.S., report says Canada's health system is as good or better than that of the United States and is delivered at half the cost, new research suggests. A...

  6. Pa. nurses to join with national labor group

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Pa. nurses to join with national labor group By Harold Brubaker A Pennsylvania nurse's union with 5,100 members, mostly in the Philadelphia area, said it is affiliating with a powerful and...

  7. Blue Cross Rejects Critical Surgery for Orange County ICU Nurse

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you agree you can call or write to help a fellow nurse: Blue Cross Rejects Critical Surgery for Orange County ICU Nurse -- Possibly Left Disabled by Denial Please Help-Call Blue Cross TODAY...

  8. Attention CHP Ohio RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Why won't they have a vote? Why didn't the union insist on

  9. Using Propofol for conscious sedation

    pickledpepperRN replied to wtbcrna's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As an RN not a CRNA I would not use it unless a competent person were right there to intubate the patient if necessary. Not the ER doc doing the procedure. Our committee prevented having our ER nurses...

  10. Attention CHP Ohio RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Obviously there are significant progressive elements within SEIU. Many of them are working to oppose Andy Stern and the guys from D.C. in their drive to centralize power. You can read more from...

  11. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    At my hospital my friend called CNA. WE met with each other for many many months before we filed with about 70% of the nurses signing cards. WE work very well with our colleagues who are not RNs. WE...

  12. CNA's Union-Busting in Ohio-An Open Letter

    pickledpepperRN replied to LindaKirby's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Hospitals trust you, the registered nurse, with their patients, but not a choice of unions? Just like they trust you to care for the sickest people in town but will not respect you enough to...

  13. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The Service Employees International Union is known for "partnering" with major corporations--whether that's Wal-Mart on healthcare reform, nursing home companies on blocking nursing home reform, or...

  14. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Vote on unionization of Catholic Healthcare nurses called off

  15. mixed staffing, all-RN or not?

    pickledpepperRN replied to nursewanderseek's topic in General Nursing

    While every patient must be assigned to a registered nurse our colleagues who are LVN/LPN or non nurses provide invaluable help in caring for our patients. I work in critical care on the night shift....

  16. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    SEIU Vote at Mercy Hospitals Cancelled March 11, 2008 The uncontested union elections scheduled to be held on March 12-14 by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for 4200 workers at five...

  17. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Ohio RNs are being denied a choice for union representation Nine hospitals operated by Catholic Healthcare Partners in Ohio are delivering their registered nurses to the Service Employees...

  18. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    (please read entire quote posted previously) there are too many inaccurate statements here. i don't want to even try to counter each one. i won't even try to know why the seiu does whet it does. i...

  19. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am very sorry. That was rude. I didn't mean it that way but can understand why it seemed so. If you can possibly accept my apology I want you to know I am very sorry. I was asking because your...

  20. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    RNadvocate: Are you a

  21. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    SEIU Voice This website was created by members of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) to provide a source of information to the public about our efforts to get our national union, SEIU, back on...

  22. Attention CHP Ohio RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    RNs are threatened with discipline by their union if they blow the whistle about unsafe patient care or criticize the employer. They did get a nice pay increase. CNA Kaiser RNs make even more and...

  23. Attention CHP Ohio RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    This is from the SEIU web site. I cannot trust a union that partners with CEOs and dismisses the concerns on workers. Especially against RNs right to advocate for our patients instead of for the...

  24. Attention CHP Ohio RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I think this union does not understand patient

  25. SEIU Vote at Ohio Catholic Healthcare Partners

    pickledpepperRN replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    RNs Denounce Sham Election in Nine Ohio Hospitals, Hospital Chain Seeks to Impose Hand-Picked Union The nation's largest organization of registered nurses today denounced what it called undemocratic...