Chico David

Chico David BSN, RN

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  1. Would like to find a live-in private duty situation

    Chico David replied to ruthere04976's topic in General Nursing

    This won't be directly helpful, but it's interesting anecdotally. Many years ago, long before I was a nurse myself, I lived in Santa Barbara - very wealthy area in general - and worked in a bicycle...

  2. Getting a union

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

    A couple of thoughts about the world of nurse unions, in a practical sense: NNU is (at this point) an umbrella organization made up of state nurses associations. In general, with a few exceptions for...

  3. Ethics and Collective Bargaining: Calls to Action

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

    I think you may be putting a bit to literal an interpretation on a couple of the comments here. The real point is that we see an awful lot of people who hold nursing degrees and licenses, but have...

  4. U is For Union

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

    I will also emphasize that just being in a union, or just having a contract don't settle things by themselves. You also have to have nurses who will stand together to enforce the contract and who...

  5. U is For Union

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

    There is an important point in this one: Legally, the benefits that a union negotiates are for all those covered by the contract, whether they choose to join or not. And the same applies to...

  6. Detroit Area Nurses Wages Class action suit

    Chico David replied to Been there,done that's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    of course it happens all over - and not just in hospitals. But they'd like you to think it's evil if the workers band together to increase

  7. This Dr. has it right!

    Chico David replied to SDALPN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is an interesting point and mirrors our experience in France almost exactly. We were on a 3 week bike tour and my wife came down with a bacterial bronchitis. Thinking of what a hassle an ER...

  8. Help me understand something about unions

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

    I think it was Carl Sagan who said "Extrordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". You've made some pretty extreme - one might say slanderous - claims here and offered no evidence. But one can...

  9. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    Contrary to what many people believe, the ability of an employment attorney to help most workers in a non-union environment is pretty slim. It's one of the oddities of employment in America, that an...

  10. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    I know there are some, but don't know about the second part - I visited a couple of the hospitals there during the organizing process, but this union is an all-RN union so I did not get into real deep...

  11. Part of Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm one of the people who has been a critic of the law, and especially the mandate, but from the left - believing that it makes better sense to do what nearly all the rest of the developed world does:...

  12. Benefits of being a male nurse vs Female nurse

    Chico David replied to girtenbt's topic in Men in Nursing

    I never would have thought of this one on my own, but I have to agree - it's really nothing to do with being a nurse, but more to do with our whole society's view of family roles. It seems like...

  13. opinions on Magnet hospitals?

    Chico David replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    We can see by the wide range of responses here that the reality of Magnet varies a lot. What seems clear to me is that if a hospital makes a genuine and heartfelt commitment to the stated goals of...

  14. Why is CA Nurse's Association supporting Nikki Diaz?

    Chico David replied to GoodNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    well said. i'd put it even more strongly than not working in a political vacuum. every now and then a member at my hospital says that our union 'shouldn't be involved in politics'. it's my belief that...

  15. Why is CA Nurse's Association supporting Nikki Diaz?

    Chico David replied to GoodNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just a few facts to clarify the situation a bit. Ms Diaz - not a "girl" but a very adult woman capable of making her own decisions - felt she had been badly treated by her employer and was anxious...

  16. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    And One More! On Thursday, the nurses at Largo-Indian Rocks Medical Center voted to join NNU. That makes 5 Florida hospitals in this run. There's one more election to come next week and then more to...

  17. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

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

    I would only disagree with that last part. The biggest reason that my union has been as successful as we have is that we are constantly aware that advocating for the nurse and advocating for the...

  18. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

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

    I'll just mention that the role of seniority varies a lot from contract to contract. In my union, many of our older contracts are very seniority heavy. The longest serving nurses get preference on...

  19. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

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

    I'm strongly pro-union so take this with that in mind. Most Americans today have experienced a life time of anti-union propaganda, so many people have negative opinions but don't really know why. It's...

  20. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    The repeated mention of this so-called "castle law" here just cries out for a little more exploration. For those who don't know or don't want to take the time to follow herring's link above, this is a...

  21. Was This a HIPAA Violation?

    Chico David replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, my read, especially based on recently publicized cases, is that this is very clearly a HIPAA violation. If I am reading you correctly, Jane's friend posted this on a page that could be seen...

  22. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    Congratulations! Lot's of anti-union people make irrelevant arguments, but you're the first one to admit it. It requires an odd twist of thought to believe that reporting the results in exactly the...

  23. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    Osceola RN wrote: "No one seems to be aware that the process of negotiation involves give and take from both sides. Were they honestly ever told that in order to reap the totality of promises made to...

  24. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    That's a spectacularly irrelevent comment. Every election I've ever been involved with is decided by those who vote. By your measure, our presidents are usually elected with the support of only 20% of...

  25. Nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., Joins NNU

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

    I'm moved to reiterate a comment I have made before in similar circumstances. Most nurses join this site in the regular way much like I did. I joined and read threads for a while. I eventually started...