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  1. Does California really need RN's

    pickledpepperRN replied to serinamour's topic in California Nursing

    The ratio is the floor. Hospitals must staff up by acuity. Here's a quote, "In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the hospital shall implement a patient classification system as defined...

  2. Working under threat of termination

    pickledpepperRN replied to april34's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They wouls probably do a surface investigation. I meant to assure that although the DHS know who you are they don't tell the facility. They need the name and address of the facility, the unit,...

  3. giving katrina aid felt AMAZING

    pickledpepperRN replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in General Nursing

    God bless you! I think you made good choices. It is especially compassionate that you helped people so far in another country. One more opportunity I like is Habitate for Humanity -...

  4. Working under threat of termination

    pickledpepperRN replied to april34's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you report a complaint the DHS will not divulge your identity. I've done it a few times in the last thirty years and they don't even tell if I say it is OK. Here are the local numbers:...

  5. Please tell your story!

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did you volunteer your skills and kindness? Please tell us about

  6. BSN programs in so. cal

    pickledpepperRN replied to SeekingNur's topic in California Nursing

    Here's a link to all approved BSN programs in California:

  7. King Drew NICU

    pickledpepperRN replied to fergus51's topic in California Nursing

    I met a nurse from New Orleans wh was hired there and left in her second week. She was peds, not NICU. Our NICU has has an increase in patients. Rumor is that the NICU is closed at MLK and patients...

  8. open visitation in icu??

    pickledpepperRN replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Safety must come first. You are completely correct! I've worked at two county hospitals in Los Angeles. It needs to be the decision of the registered nurse. I let the mother of a gang member stay...

  9. Nicotine in pre-employment drug screen?

    pickledpepperRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A woman who occasionally smokes cigarettes has filed a sexual discrimination complaint against her former employers, saying she was fired for smoking off the job while male workers who did the same...

  10. CCU,ICU CTICU pay rates for certifications

    pickledpepperRN replied to ljgough's topic in MICU, SICU

    The University of California contract has long included $100.00 a month for BSN and another $100.00 for CCRN. This is pro rated based on working 80 hours in a two week pay period. So a typical BSN,...

  11. Notes In Your Pocket

    pickledpepperRN replied to nesje30's topic in MICU, SICU

    I wear a fannypack with pens, hemostats, alcohol pads, other items and these -...

  12. open visitation in icu??

    pickledpepperRN replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Agree completely! We have a wonderful retired nursing assistant who volunteers in the visitors waiting room from 7:00 pm to 11:pm three evenings a week. Our patients families have a much easier time...

  13. open visitation in icu??

    pickledpepperRN replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oh I know it is tiresome explaining the need for a spokesperson, need for protecting other patients privacy, no interruptions during report, and so on. For many families this is a time of extreme...

  14. open visitation in icu??

    pickledpepperRN replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm glad we worked to get visiting 22 of the 24 hours. It is the registered nurses who have authority to restrict visitation. We also have a visitors lounge where families often support each other....

  15. California Nurses Inform the Public and WIN !!!!

    pickledpepperRN replied to maureeno's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ABSOLUTLY! Thank you Nurse Alliance and ALL who taught the people of California to vote for their best interest! SEIU nurses with CNA nurses unfurled the banner protesting his attack on the safe...

  16. Is On-Call Considered Mandatory Overtime

    pickledpepperRN replied to dinkypea's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We used to do voluntary call to avoid having our colleagues work with unsafe staffing. Now our charge nurse has no patient assignment and we have a break relief nurse. This RN comes in at 11:00 for a...

  17. RN w/o nursing school?

    pickledpepperRN replied to er911911's topic in California Nursing

    I think you would have to take some nursing courses with the required clinical component. Dentistry and medicine are separate professions from nursing. Of course you've taken such academics as...

  18. California Nurses Inform the Public and WIN !!!!

    pickledpepperRN replied to maureeno's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This article gives a short history of the struggle by California nurses to get safe staffing legislation into the law. The nurse in the picture is a CNA elected officer, a so-called "union boss". She...

  19. Patient advocacy issues facing RNs in California

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Correctional

    I've never done correctional nursing. Just patients in custody guarded by a sheriff doing OT and the jail ward of the county hospital as registry. Those patients get the same quality of care as the...

  20. Patient advocacy issues facing RNs in California

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Correctional

    Sure will. Because it is PDF I can't just link the article, only the entire publication. AnnabelleLee: I don't take a celebrity opinion more seriously than anyone elses. traumaRUs: That is terrible....

  21. to tell or not to tell?

    pickledpepperRN replied to ablynn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would speak up right then. Better to be called a "dumb student" than allow harm to a patient. Then if the circulating nurse or surgeon does nothing they should be reported to their licensing boards....

  22. In Wake of Katrina, Tell Congress To Oppose Medicaid Cuts!

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you Karen. Making calls tomorrow. Wrote letters to go into the mail

  23. Arnold Schwartzneiger says "We need to create more nurses"

    pickledpepperRN replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    Vetoes AB-1821 funding to increase slots in programs leading to licensure as LVN or RN - http://www.ccleague.org/leginfo/bills/04sep.pdf#search='California%20Governor%2C%20nursing%20education%20bill'...

  24. st.marys hospital apple valley

    pickledpepperRN replied to Justagirl's topic in California Nursing

    I've never been there but the nurses have a web site:

  25. Nursing as maid of all trades

    pickledpepperRN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wouls probably write my resignation honestly. If I decided to stay, or in the interim, DOCUMENT! I mean I would write an incident report every day I could not take accurate vital signs and monitor...