BrokenRNheart

BrokenRNheart

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  1. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad you are here! I believe the patients need to know. I believe patients are our strongest support. If you know we are busy and it affects your care, you can speak up. It will hurt...

  2. Hourly Rounding

    BrokenRNheart replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That oughta be a legal issue. They are forcing us to lie to keep our jobs.

  3. Hourly Rounding

    BrokenRNheart replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Erianne, I think I know where you work. Here is another bandaid. Because the nurses have been unable to do regular rounding on their patients, they have come up with this. Instead of making the...

  4. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Good, I think our protection is very important. We know what is safe out there. It's not fair that we get stripped from our careers because we know

  5. Is nursing recession-proof?

    BrokenRNheart replied to Emptynstr2's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the economy has a lot to do with how poor nursing conditions have become. With so many people out of jobs, we need to be more grateful than ever. I noticed that management has become more...

  6. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    "You bet your bippy" that anything you do makes you look bad. ANYTHING. It's all you! Don't you get it? When will they realize that we are people with intelligence. We passed one of the hardest...

  7. Help! I don't know what to do....

    BrokenRNheart replied to momof2nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Getting your foot in the door of the VA is not a bad idea. Unfortunately, night jobs are usually the first you will find. The other unfortunate reality here is how you are learning about "recruiting...

  8. Skip urgent care, Come to our ER!

    BrokenRNheart replied to New2ER's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. That is all I can say. Use the ER for non-emergent issues. Well, that should increase patient safety,

  9. Quit or get fired?

    BrokenRNheart replied to GGCC's topic in General Nursing

    Fitting in might be as simple as showing interest in the click. Put your Dale Carnegie hat on and good

  10. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. It is only a step. That is why I added that nurses need protection for speaking up. And I mean REAL protection. I don't think this is going to be the answer but we need to sign...

  11. Quit or get fired?

    BrokenRNheart replied to GGCC's topic in General Nursing

    Lucky you. Awesome!! I love that "didn't fit in" thing. Am I here to fit in or do my job? If fitting in is the case, let the nurses that run the unit find new staff and don't let the hospital...

  12. Quit or get fired?

    BrokenRNheart replied to GGCC's topic in General Nursing

    Leave. Once they start you will be under constant stress and never get anything but negative feedback. The truth is that this is coming from backstabbing which will not go away. It is present on the...

  13. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I posted the ANA campaign in a separate topic - Safe Staffing Saves Lives. Go there, click on the link and then reply to the topic letting us know you did. Let's see how many people we can get to do...

  14. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Start here. They claim to want to do something. Maybe this is where we need to start.

  15. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ThePracticeofProfessionalNursing/workplace/Workforce/ShortageStaffing/Staffing/SatffingSurvey.aspx This survey is from 2001 Imagine the results

  16. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    A petition: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21346836.html

  17. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, you have to speak the right tongue. Being a good member for the nurses won't get you up into the chair or VP seat. It's still all about politics and what comes out of your mouth. You will...

  18. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. What's more....if you get fired from a union hospital, you must be really bad because the union let you get fired. What I learned working in a union hospital is that most of the nurses are...

  19. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    http://nursingagencystartup.blogspot.com/2006/07/michigan-fights-nursing-shortage.html "The union also believes that bringing in workers from other states and making telemedicine easier to practice...

  20. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think we all need to start writing to the politicians and the media to start. Might as well as Oprah why she is not interested. I am curious. Do the hospitals pay them to not tell the

  21. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    "you think oprah would have a bunch of disgruntled nurses on her show..." OK, I'm on it. Who is going with me. Disgruntled.....maybe better try Jerry

  22. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    "It is up to each individual nurse to decide "I will NOT work under these conditions" and stick to it. If enough of us vote with our feet, TPTB CAN'T continue to make life miserable for...

  23. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the new campaign of SCRIPTING! Instead of addressing why we can't take care of our patients, we now have to use scripts to tell them we CAN. I like my script....I don't know when I will...

  24. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Here is MNA's move to address the shortage: Michigan Nurses Rally on Capitol Steps The initiative is expected to train 500 additional nursing instructors and graduate more than 3,000 additional nurses...

  25. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    BrokenRNheart replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals have the money. Look at the money spent in overtime and agency as well as building enhancements and new equipment. I'm tired of hearing it's not from that budget. Well, then how do...