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  1. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That essay was originally published in 1963. :rotfl: The link - http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/labor_unions.html Oh I didn't quit because CNA won. I would have wimped out...

  2. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well the laws against child labor, safety, even the requirement for employers to provide bathrooms and fresh air, the 8 hour day, and much we take for granted are part of the laws of this great...

  3. Nurses need strong enforceable whistle blower laws!

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses need strong enforceable whistle blower laws! Barry Adams article "Accountable but powerless" http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/21/1/218.pdf Barry Adams' struggle for justice for...

  4. Medicare For All H.R. 676

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insurance companies and pharma plus executive compensation are the big costs in healthcare. A couple links about life expectancy. Of course healthcare is not all there is. Heredity, nutrition,...

  5. Nurses need strong enforceable whistle blower laws!

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    TNNURSE: Thank you for continuing to advocate for safe patient care and for caregivers. I am appalled when I read about a state governor vetoing a whistleblower law. They don't get it. Somehow we...

  6. NURSES UNITE! Stand up for ourselves

    pickledpepperRN replied to stretch thin's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I am heartened to see two posts on UNITY in the Oklahoma forum Although I've never even been to Tulsa I lived in OK for 12 years and visit loved ones every year. I agree people are friendlier than...

  7. Cars vs Computers

    pickledpepperRN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fran, I love it! :rotfl: This was sent to me. Is this the e-ICU? Medical billing outsourced? Or your tech

  8. Medicare For All H.R. 676

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Are you able to tell us how to get a policy like yours? My healthy daughter would benefit from that. I assume it would be very costly at my age. What about someone with HTN, diabetes, or a cancer...

  9. Nurses need strong enforceable whistle blower laws!

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is a worldwide problem http://www.nurseweek.com/news/00-08/805whist.html http://www.abc.net.au/widebay/stories/s1399124.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1256521.stm -------------- ...But when...

  10. Dangerous coworker and unresponsive management

    pickledpepperRN replied to nellwolfe's topic in General Nursing

    I would make copies of the health department report and write a letter to the State Board of Nursing. This nurse is dangerous. Write everything you did regarding the chain of command at your facility...

  11. IV albumin question

    pickledpepperRN replied to LPN2RNdude's topic in General Nursing

    Albumin is the circulating protein in the blood. A low level of albumin causes an oncotic deficit so that fluid will exit the blood stream by osmosis. This causes a low circulating blood volume and...

  12. Case study: what went wrong?

    pickledpepperRN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this excellent case study. How about more? This gives an opportunity to discuss and think about an important aspect of nursing. I for one often need to learn the same lessons more than...

  13. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    His eyes are too close

  14. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Austin and San Antonio next month. No telling what may happen. It is up to the nurses.

  15. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Are these the people you are referring to?

  16. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    CNA is very democratic. Unless and until there is a contract agreement voted for by the majority of nurses who bother to vote no one will pay dues. If she likes the contract but doesn't want to...

  17. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh I've experienced that too. I went throught registry to a hospital to a medical surgical unit. A patient returned from radiology on a flat gurney short of breath. I wanted to get the uncomfortable...

  18. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As posted before it is up to the nurses. ----------------------- North Carolina hospitals, traditionally a group with little concern of being the target of union organizing efforts, should take heed....

  19. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is truly an admirable accomplishment.

  20. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry I was not clear. Thank you because I think this is a very important debate. Maybe more appropriate in the political forum. Anyway I am sorry for the confusion. I am opposed to partnership with...

  21. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am very sorry for nurses who are in a union that "partners" with management. Our Southern California Nurse Alliance members working for Kaiser must promote Kaiser as the health care employer and the...

  22. A Dangerous Scam!!

    pickledpepperRN replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    I cared for a tetorifice patient once too. I keep up my vaccine

  23. Norton to pay fired nurse

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Union organizer won final appeal http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/BUSINESS/602080412/1003 Audubon also was required to post a notice acknowledging that it violated...

  24. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Abusive & threatening doctor lawsuit - http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/revpub/E035085.PDF CNA/NNOC working with nurses in Arizona -...

  25. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This makes no sense to me at all. If it happened I have no idea which hospital this post could be referring to. A facility in Corona was mentioned in a previous post. Is there a hospital in Corona...