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  1. nurse caught with drugs

    I know more than one RN who completed the program and returned to nursing. Fine nurses! http://www.rn.ca.gov/div/div.htm The BRN's Diversion Program has proven to be an effective method of intervening...
  2. Lowest H/H I ever saw...

    [quote name= I know I still get cross-eyed though when I read "2L NS wide open"[/quote] I often care for CHF/pulmonary edema so was SO nervous caring for a burn patient. They need SO MUCH fluid! OK -...
  3. Ohhh Steph: I only have to buy one. I read the one I posted years ago. Have no desire for a second time. I've got a good mystery. AND two little girls staying with me. I almost feel like a Grandma!...
  4. A different book on the same subject:
  5. I just want to make it clear that the text in my post is MINE, not from the article. - How Hospitals Created a Shortage of Nurses - http://www.revolutionmag.com/New_Re...ngineering.html DRGs were...
  6. Nurse To Patient Ratio's in ER

    This is what the State Department of Health Services had determined is the MINIMUM for safety. I did a cut and paste to onlu include the Emergency department. They consulted witht e Emergency Nurses...
  7. How Hospitals Created a Shortage of Nurses - http://www.revolutionmag.com/New_Rev/Back_Issues/newrev2/engineering.html In the early 1990s the CNA was attempting to shepard a bill through the...
  8. Ab232

    THANK YOU! Sample letter -
  9. Nclex-pn

    Thank you, FrumDoula! I have always asked fmilies what they want us to do. And offer tissues and cups of water. And thank you, poon120. It has been decades since taking the boards for LVN licensure....
  10. Modern Healthcare: Laboring for union nurses

    http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/14-ds5.htm Cook County nurses vote to switch unions Saturday, May 14, 2005 By Jonathan Lipman, Staff writer The 1,800 registered nurses working at Oak...
  11. 2 cases of abuse covered up

    Know you did the right thing. You may be labeled a 'troublemaker' by those who would cover up wrongdoing. You are a patient advocate! Good for
  12. How in the world do you make it in CA?

    Nurses at UCLAs Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) really like their
  13. Waiting for ATT from CA BON...is there a major back-up???

    Here is the e-dress -
  14. I met a nurse who had it done. She had been unable to work due to severe pain. It was an outpatient procedure with sedation. She went from medicated and suffering back to a functioning enthusiastic...
  15. http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20050309/SFW11609032005-1.html Hospitals Received $27.4 Million for Staffing Rules Suspended by Governor Schwarzenegger Governor Has Budgeted Another...
  16. Petitions

    http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135%257E27922%257E2828159,00.html Thursday, April 21, 2005 Don't sign those petitions Hell will freeze over before state Sens. Dick Ackerman, Dennis...
  17. About Our Beloved Franmtnurse

    You are loved and missed. You know, Fran, that we are praying for
  18. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    I did buy it. Here is the summary: Vol. 288 No. 16, October 23, 2002 Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction Linda H. Aiken, PhD,RN; Sean P. Clarke,...
  19. St Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley

    I admire these nurses and their web site http://www.socalnurse.org/html/rallies.html http://www.socalnurse.org/index.html http://www.socalnurse.org/html/ppc.html St Mary Medical Center RN Unity...
  20. St Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley

    I am no expert. A Defined Benefit retirement plan pays a specific monthly amount for the rest of your life. The amount is based on how many years you and your employer paid into the plan and your...
  21. State relents; heirs get a break Plan to recover assets left by Medi-Cal recipients is taken off the fast track. By Clea Benson -- Bee Capitol Bureau Published 2:15 am PDT Tuesday, April 26, 2005 The...
  22. LA area ICU

    We hired a nurse from out of state who had a pretty good plan. On two weekends in a row she called the unit she was thinking about working. She asked, "Is it busy right now?" If so she called back...
  23. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    The CNA sponsored AB 394, enabling legislation for the ratios also placed legal restrictioms on unlicensed assistive personnel. This is the Board of Registered Nursing advisory:...
  24. Taxes

    I work 60 hours every two weeks with a registry shift or teaching a class on occasion. Looking at a recent stub for two weeks (120 hours) pay gross was about $3,000.00. Federal tax (two deductions...
  25. Judge Backs Law to Increase Nursing Staffs By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 5, 2005 SACRAMENTO, March 4 (AP) - In a significant blow to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a judge in Sacramento...