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  1. Minimum staffing and breaks in CA

    pickledpepperRN replied to danvet's topic in California Nursing

    Well, the ratio law has been in effect in NICU for many years. Without a program flexibility each RN must be assigned to 2 or fewer infants at all times. I think you should tell your management in...

  2. Nurse staffing at crux of suit

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~27922~1882546,00.html# Patient comfort paramount 1/12/2004 As a registered nurse, I could find lots to criticize in your Jan. 6 editorial, "Hospitals become...

  3. Nurse staffing at crux of suit

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    http://www.calnurse.org/finalrat/jillottdebate.pdf The above link is from a radio debate BEFORE the implementation of the Safe Staffing Law...

  4. Another California ER bites the dust; blame is "nursing shortage"

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    1. A forty bed hospital minutes away from the larger hospitals Methodist, Huntington, and City of Hope makes little sense to me. 2. The above mentioned hospitals and others a short drive away will...

  5. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    http://www.calnurse.org/cna/collect/loriada.html WHAT RNS SHOULD KNOW Disability, Sick Leave, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Workers' Compensation, Family Leave . . . . . . . For obvious...

  6. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    http://are.berkeley.edu/heat/200-243.html LABOR CODE SECTION 210. In addition to, and entirely independent and apart from, any other penalty provided in this article, every person who fails to pay...

  7. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    http://www.calnurse.org/cna/collect/otcb6800.html IT'S YOUR RIGHT! CLAIM YOUR OVERTIME! DON'T SHORTCHANGE YOURSELF. DON'T SHORTCHANGE YOUR PATIENTS. Periodically, CNA receives reports that nurses...

  8. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    Gomer you are right! Here I am talking about being strong yet wimping out myself just because it rarely happens and I was not willing to call in our manager that night. Thank

  9. Do you get a break?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    Thank you! We did not clock out. We filled out the form for "no break" and were paid for 14 hours when we were there for 12 1/2. This rarely happens and our manager will come in if we call her so...

  10. Welcome to our new pain management forum

    pickledpepperRN replied to Brian's topic in Pain Management

    Thank you for this forum! And the links! I have made copies to put in a notebook we have on our unit. I put things on the corkboard until our manager thinks it is time (or there is no more room) then...

  11. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

    pickledpepperRN replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Kevin, while I agree that NURSES need to control nursing I have a bit of information and ideas to complicate your post: "Recruitment: Why do we, as a profession, need the government to recruit more...

  12. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

    pickledpepperRN replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Kevin! That is it! Also I think too many have "voted with their feet" thus the shortage. We need to use our frustration, sadness, and anger to inform the public. If I leave a nursing job to work...

  13. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was able to work for minimum wage, pay rent, have health insurance (from the job) and have enough food to eat in 1963. With a room mate there was money for concerts, movies, and paperback books. NOW...

  14. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We all need to eat. People need to earn enough to live and support themselves and a family in the community where they work. We all may need healthcare. Perhaps the corporations that promised health...

  15. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The elected officers and Board of Directors of the CNA are working staff nurses

  16. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Somos el barco Somos el mar Yo navigo en ti Tu navigas en mi" Lorre Wyatt We are all in the same

  17. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Typical of this area since the increase in nurses voting for a union my hourly pay has increased by $19.00 since 1995. Dr. Dean was Governor of Vermont, not New Hampshire. Regardless of the AMA lobby...

  18. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    pickledpepperRN replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  19. Nursing Shortage & cosmetic procedure nursing?

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How many nurses do you think are working in such areas? Living is Southern California many seem afraid to look their age. I notice we nurses generally have much less than those on camera. What is your...

  20. Against the spirit of ratios

    pickledpepperRN replied to RNKPCE's topic in California Nursing

    http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/arnoldwatch/blogs/blog-pol_reform_12-16-03.html ArnoldWatch.Org Doctoring The Nurse-Patient-Ratios by Jerry Flanagan and Carmen Balber December 16, 2003 - 12:05 PM...

  21. California Nurses Association and Tenet Healthcare Reach Agreement

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    http://www.calnurse.org/cna/press/ California Nurses Association and Tenet Healthcare Reach Agreement On Stronger Voice for RNs on Patient Protections and Fair Elections California's largest RN...

  22. Against the spirit of ratios

    pickledpepperRN replied to RNKPCE's topic in California Nursing

    Well at our hospital we have units with strong united nursing staff who will not work in unsafe conditions! Other units have "martyrs" who are well meaning but accepr poor staffing. In the long run...

  23. California Nurses Association and Tenet Healthcare Reach Agreement

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tenet18dec18,1,1773987.story Tenet Signs Contract With Union for Nurses The deal, which grants pay raises in each of the next three years, comes amid an RN...

  24. good places to live and work in san diego

    pickledpepperRN replied to canavywife's topic in California Nursing

    I would contact Kaiser, Sharp, Scripps, UCSD, and the others. If you are NOT offerred a job many of us staff nurses would be interested in knowing that because some hospitals are saying they cannot...

  25. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    pickledpepperRN replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's Great! Hope it is a great