nicurn001

nicurn001

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  1. Staffing Ratios Condemn Patients To Inferior Care

    nicurn001 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If what you describe is the case ie. holding onto patients ( don't turn over pts..) , then your managers should be managing and ensuring the patients are properly disposed of eg. discharge or transfer...

  2. Staffing Ratios Condemn Patients To Inferior Care

    nicurn001 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Staffing ratios simply set a floor upon the minimum number of nurses there can be to a population of patients . If patient needs dictate that certain patients need a greater number of nurses , there...

  3. What do health insurance corporations do?

    nicurn001 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At sometime whan you are recieving treatment you have to trust somebody , we are probably discussing nuances in this , but I would rather trust the person with MD after his name than some faceless...

  4. What do health insurance corporations do?

    nicurn001 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you had two people who could make life or death decisions as to your care , who would you trust ? One who is motivated solely by profit for the insurance corporation or one who as sworn an oath to...

  5. What do health insurance corporations do?

    nicurn001 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't understand how you can infer that from what I said . I think it is fairly clear that the profit motive has become the primary force , rather than the provision of service to members . In the...

  6. What do health insurance corporations do?

    nicurn001 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because we pay them to provide us a service , whilst making a profit . The problem is they appear to be denying a greater number of claims whilst making an inordinate amount of profit .The balance...

  7. What can we expect while negotiating our first Union Contract?

    nicurn001 replied to magg1107's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Our contract took about 6 months to negotiate . Administrations try to delay as long as they can because nurses start to wonder what is the union doing for me , rather than why is the managment being...

  8. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    nicurn001 replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    txdude35 good luck to you , if you can direct the power you felt you had as an individual , to ensure the applicable laws , the eventual contract and the facility / corporate policies are followed by...

  9. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    nicurn001 replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When you have a ratio law and a contract which states minimum staffing you use that as a base , if as Ludlow says acuity demands a higher number of staff that need can be met without canabilising...

  10. New national nurses union forms

    nicurn001 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have found that all discussion has been allowed to carry on within the TOS , so if past contributions have been effected as you describe , then look in the mirror you will see the cause of the edits...

  11. Another Texas Hospital Goes Union

    nicurn001 replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Because employers recieve notice the legally required notice that nurses have voted for and are going to go on strike . The arguement that patients are going to be abandoned is spurios . If indeed any...

  12. The "risk my license" game

    nicurn001 replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    There are also some slipshop managers out there , if they don't document their actions , follow applicable law and facility procedures , they then wonder why they cannot get employees to either...

  13. The "risk my license" game

    nicurn001 replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    rzyzzy , I understand what you are saying ( As I have offered similar advise to what you offer on previous threads ) , but the reality is that many nurses are so much in fear of there employers they...

  14. The "risk my license" game

    nicurn001 replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry Orca , you may have wanted responses to validate your apparent view of the abuse of this excuse , but having opened a can of worms don't be surprised by the answers recieved . As I said and we...

  15. The "risk my license" game

    nicurn001 replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    While you may get the occassional nurse who will try to argue that a an assigned task will put their license at risk , the far greater and more common situation is of nurses being given overwhelming...

  16. ANCC Magnet certification

    nicurn001 replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Zookeeper3 I dearly wish all hospitals were the same as the one you discribe instead of the war zones most are run by Tete Richards ( unfortunately cant put the french accents on that) who do not care...

  17. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    please take the blinkers off and smell the roses

  18. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

  19. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    have you had experienced with this, or is this just what you've been lead to believe? have you been unable to work with management at a non-union employer to rectify concerns? if they didn't work with...

  20. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Firstly as the previous poster said in these threads there is back and forth , sometimes as we are not gifted writers comments appear harsher than was their writters intent , we all enjoy...

  21. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    it is poor management that cannot fire a poor employee , unions can only make an employer follow their policies and applicable law . if the management has complied with its own policies and the...

  22. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Cabanaboy , I beleive PASNAP is affiliated to NNU , so the probability is the staffing ratio they desire would be those that California has in law .which can be seen on this link :-...

  23. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    nicurn001 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Cabanaboy , what I can't understand about the attitude you display , is that you think its OK for employers to look after what they portray is their best financial interests , yet it is not OK for the...

  24. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    nicurn001 replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    TDFImedicRN I apologise for misattributing your authorship of the quote , due to a combination of just awakening from sleep ( I had worked the previous night ) and the change of page , I lost track of...

  25. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    nicurn001 replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "So again, nobody has a right to anything that someone else must provide to them. They can only have a right to have something not taken from them - and the difference is substantive". Catcolalex I...