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  1. Bill of Rights for Nurses

    I've seen two versions of a "NURSE'S BILL OF RIGHTS. I'll post both. What di you think? http://www.nursingworld.org/ajn/2001/nov/issues.htm The American Nurses Association's Bill of Rights for...
  2. Bill of Rights for Nurses

    NURSE'S BILL OF RIGHTS Nursing warrants fair and equitable compensation as is given to other professions with comparable education, expertise, and responsibility. It is nursing's privilege to...
  3. Can I.V. certified LVN's hang "K-RIDERS"?

    LVN Scope of Practice: In California LVNs may not administer medications intravenously. Here are links: https://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/pdf/vnregs.pdf According to the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), the...
  4. New here and Scholarships?

    The Nursing Scholarship Program provides scholarships to nursing school students in exchange for service for a period of at least two years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses...
  5. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    I am sure you always do the best you can. Isn't your best safer and of a higher quality with 6 patients rather than ten? This link is to an article posted many times here on ALLNURSES.COM I am not...
  6. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...EDGJIA9K1J1.DTL How many nurses, how many patients? Deferring nurse-to-patient ratios a dangerous gamble Deborah Burger Sunday, December 12, 2004 With his decree...
  7. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...EDGJIA9K1J1.DTL How many nurses, how many patients? Deferring nurse-to-patient ratios a dangerous gamble Deborah Burger Sunday, December 12, 2004 With his decree...
  8. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    Mind you I am not an expert on this but I will do my best. First regarding there "not being enough nurses". Are there enough nurses during the JCAHO survey? I have more on the shortage. Example: back...
  9. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    Mind you I am not an expert on this but I will do my best. First regarding there "not being enough nurses". Are there enough nurses during the JCAHO survey? I have more on the shortage. Example: back...
  10. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041214/NEWS/41214003/1044/OPINION02 Letters to the Editor Locked out EDITOR: I wish Gov. Arnold Schwarzennegger was with me on my recent...
  11. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041214/NEWS/41214003/1044/OPINION02 Letters to the Editor Locked out EDITOR: I wish Gov. Arnold Schwarzennegger was with me on my recent...
  12. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1214-30.htm Published on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Governor Tough Guy, At It Again by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman You may have...
  13. Californians: Impeach Arnold

    I don't think Californians are ready yet. Many nurses who voted for him will not vote for him again. He talks just like a batterer An embarrasment to the office of Governor. I agree with the police...
  14. california nurses association

    I am so blessed to work with the smart, kind nurse members at my hospital and the staff of the CNA. I have worked with some of my coworkers for more than 25 years. We are doing something good. The...
  15. ethical delemma(sp?)

    I gave notice on a per diem jom. They asked the same thing and I stayed. I was told they wanted tmore regular staff and less registry. When I arrived at work the first day of JCAHO my unit was closed....
  16. Controversial Proposals Phase II

    Is it necessary to be a North Carolina resident to comment? This will contribute to the nursing shortage. Without MANY more BSN programs AND MSN programs there will not be enough "professional"...
  17. Governator kicks nurses butts!!!

    Letters to the editor. I am posting just one of many. Scroll down to read under those of another topic: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/09/EDGSVA88PP1.DTL Editor...
  18. oakland, california

    I met nurses at a conference who work there. They love their work caring for very sick kids. There seems to be a kind culture at that hospital. Oakland is across the bay from San Francisco. There are...
  19. Governator kicks nurses butts!!!

    Title 22 is the regulations healthcare facilities must follow to be licensed. This ER section went into effect on 1/1/2004. It is the section the Governors "emergency regulations" changed to allow...
  20. Governator kicks nurses butts!!!

    http://www.calnurse.org/ http://www.calnurse.org/?Action=Category&id=251 The actual law - http://radicalfusion.org/files.calnurse.org/assets/ab_394_bill_19991010_chaptered.pdf CNA's 12 year...
  21. CCRN Preparation

    This is the one I used. It gets updated periodically. I started a couple months ahead studying 1-3 hours a day two or three times a week. As you go through the questions read all the wrong answers...
  22. Lpn's in Calif.

    I am glad. What you describe is quite safe depending on the acuity of the patients AND the competence of the LVN. I will gladly share more than five telemetry patients with LVNs I have worked with...
  23. Lpn's in Calif.

    You got it right. Hospitals have purposely misinterpreted the regulations to punish nurses. Unfortunately patients are being
  24. Lpn's in Calif.

    The actual wording of the current title 22 section: 70217. Nursing Service Staff. (a) Hospitals shall provide staffing by licensed nurses, within the scope of their licensure in accordance with the...
  25. Lpn's in Calif.

    The Nursing Practice Act (Title 16 of the Business and Professions Code and Title 22, which licenses the hospitals require this of RNs: TITLE 22. Social Security Division 5. Licensing and...