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

    pickledpepperRN replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Is this the legislation being discussed? Medicare For All H.R. 676: The Conyers Bill Brief Summary of Legislation http://www.healthcare-now.org/printsummarytest.html...

  2. African American Care

    pickledpepperRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    Two nurses the same age with different opinions.Can't say it is because you were too young for kindergarden when "P;ack and Proud" was the saying. PS: I've never been proud of my skin color, but...

  3. Arterial Line Question

    pickledpepperRN replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I highly recommend the FAQs by Mark Hammerschmidt, RN http://www.icufaqs.org/ I make hard copies, punch holes, and keep them on the unit for new nurses. The notebook goes home but always comes back!...

  4. What is a union????

    pickledpepperRN replied to cvwshadow's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When nurses are united we can accomplish great things. ------------------------------------------- ...Specifically, through arbitration, unions have enforced contractual provisions establishing...

  5. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Did you or anyone else call the police? No one has the right to assault another person. The California Nurses Association does not collect dues from nurses unless the nurse is represented by a...

  6. African American Care

    pickledpepperRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    I made an error when I was a CNA years ago. A wonderful RN had saved a life and modeled such amazing kindness to her patients and co workers that I began to hug her. She told me, "We Japanese...

  7. Raids on members causing high fever in nurse unions

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don’t think CNA represents any nurses working at facilities in Corona. Neither do they represent Kaiser Nurses in Southern California, not San Diego or Riverside Kaiser Facilities. They do not...

  8. African American Care

    pickledpepperRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    When we attended a group meeting to choose our new benefits we then had to fill out the form which included African American as "race". Hispanic was also under "race" as was "non hispanic white". A...

  9. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    pickledpepperRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    More: "Single-payer" means publicly financed and privately delivered. The same hospitals, clinics, and so on would provide care. We already fund the most expensive healthcare, the elderly and...

  10. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    pickledpepperRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly don't know for sure. I hope it is a good start. If we succeed it will put the useless health insurance industry out of business. We are not alone: Support swells for universal health...

  11. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    pickledpepperRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I have cared for many. One was one of our own nursing assistants laid off for excessive absences due to cancer. She went through her savings. Her husband had to sell the house to pay Cobra. After...

  12. Nationalized Healthcare and Nursing Salaries

    pickledpepperRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Many nurses, teacher, police, and firefighters in California know that it is possible for the people to win. Many of us have begun both a clean money campaign and strive for universal access to health...

  13. African American Care

    pickledpepperRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    A sweet little lady from Haiti just about made me crazy. Her bath water had to be put in the dirt of a potted tree her family had brought in. Any hair from brushing her hair had to be burned. She had...

  14. African American Care

    pickledpepperRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe those who did it are too old now. Eating dirt and/or cornstarch is supposed to be a remedy for morning sickness. A sister in law used to eat starch with a spoon from the box. Could be the...

  15. Shouldn't ratios exist in LTC too?

    pickledpepperRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Absolutely! It is appalling how patients are neglected in long term care. Even skilled nursing facilities (SNF) associated with acute care hospitals staff poorly and they are better than the rest. Too...

  16. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    pickledpepperRN replied to bargainhound's topic in General Nursing

    We use an "Assignment Despite Objection form" (ADO) stating that as a patient advocate I am objecting to this assignmentbut will do my best. The facility is responsible for any harm due to unsafe...

  17. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    pickledpepperRN replied to bargainhound's topic in General Nursing

    http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/eletters/25/1/204 ..."Minimum ratios save lives. Patients deserve no less. The hospital industry needs to recognize the facts and stop fighting minimum ratios....

  18. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    pickledpepperRN replied to bargainhound's topic in General Nursing

    Let's try this:

  19. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    pickledpepperRN replied to bargainhound's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Staffing In Hospitals: Is There A Business Case For Quality? Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Maureen Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky and Soeren Mattke...

  20. Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

    pickledpepperRN replied to bargainhound's topic in General Nursing

    I remember this: https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/readers-digest-article-nursing-patients-risk-wiith-non-licensed-personnel-9874.html...

  21. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    pickledpepperRN replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    What about Medicare. Think we should dump

  22. How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    pickledpepperRN replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    i think health insurance companies are a total waste of resources. except for kaiser i can't think of any healthcare provided by these leeches. they take in money, own huge buildings full of workers...

  23. Constituent Opinion on Patient Advocate Hospital Staff "Gagged" by "At Will Firing."

    pickledpepperRN replied to TsunamiKim's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    TsunamiKim: What was done to you was wrong. (I read it on another thread). I doubt you alone can do much if you are overseas. The nurses and patients of Maryland (and each state) can and should start...

  24. Nursing Shortage

    pickledpepperRN replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that hospital is violating their licensure requirements. Who will volunteer to be the ONLY RN for twenty six medical surgical patients? Can you understand why it was the last shift for that...

  25. Nursing Shortage

    pickledpepperRN replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Twenty six patients, only one RN, only four licensed nurses, only one CNA, and no secretary is unsafe for even the lowest acuity patients. I cannot fault the nurses who left. You have only one...