herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    RNs and up - Do you really use all of the "gen-ed" course material on the job?

    herring_RN replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Just in case the quoted post is not a joke: References: Variations of Bacterial Populations in Human Feces Measured by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with Group-Specific 16S rRNA-Targeted...
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    What state should I move to now the Washington State legislature is trying to force me to work seven days a week? (HB 1155)

    herring_RN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 11:00 pm to 7:30 am in the 1970s. I went to 0.9 because i still had benefits and only had to work nine nights every two weeks. Before that it was only every two weeks to have two nights off...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Dr. Garrett Adams MD's
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    In all my 42 years of hospital nursing we had snacks and such available for patients. I remember in the early 1980s a young AIDS patient less than an hour before he dies thanking his family, friends,...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    How The Loss Of U.S. Psychiatric Hospitals Led To A Mental Health Crisis A severe shortage of inpatient care for people with mental illness is amounting to a public health crisis, as the number of...
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    Safe Staffing Levels for In-hospital Nursing Units

    herring_RN replied to NURS5870's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At my hospital the worst staffing was one RN, one LVN, and one CNA for 27 patients on night shift. WE organized with the California Nurses Association mostly for safe staffing. Since 2005 no nurse at...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Who can name a perfect person? A politician who never made an error in a speech? A politician who always tells/told the truth? I believe President Obama thought he was telling the truth because he...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Please listen again. Senator Sanders said, "We are NOT talking about government run healthcare." He said the Veterans Administration IS government run. He said mosr veterans think that the VA is a...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The cost of healthcare includes advertising, executive compensation, and the buildings, technology, and salaries of insurance company employees. The first group has a fiduciary duty to SHAREHOLDERS...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    herring_RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The Townhall column is wrong! Senator Bernie Sanders proposal is NOT like the system in the UK where the hospitals and clinics are owned and run by the government. Physicians, nurses, and other...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In California even the hospitals with greedy dishonest management staff the maximum number allowed by law to every nurse most days. At one hospital where I went as a registry nurse I witnessed a nurse...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am just guessing that the OB nurses at your hospital were united and assertively insisting the management follow the law. Perhaps the entire nursing staff was too. I think most likely it was, and...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    (continued) Please open this because there is a lot of information and examples I didn't quote as well as charts and such. Here is a newspaper article by a reporter who clearly listened to the nurses...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    My answer will be in two posts. California law and hospital regulations define the scope of practice for nurses, RN and LVN. When you read it please keep in mind that with regard to the law "shall"...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This article doesn't mention STAFFING. I think it must be a business oriented
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In 2012 the ANA House of Delegates voted for safe staffing to include ratios. I think an ANA member could get a copy of the resolution. It is probably in the "members only" part of the ANA
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    California ratios are NOT "One Size Fits All" The ratio is the floor, not the ceiling. Please feel free to ask any questions. I will try to answer any questions about our California statutes and...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I did when our bill was introduced I'd bring stamped envelopes, stationary, and pens to hospital cafeterias. I had a "Safe Staffing" button and also brought handouts about the bill with the...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Illinois RNs Applaud Lawmakers as They Move Gold-Standard Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Legislation to Full Assembly The March 27 vote shows that lawmakers in the House Labor and Commerce Committee...
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot find ONE evidenced based study that shows nursing care is not improved with sufficient
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    CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am a California nurse who with thousands of fellow nurses worked for our ratio law and regulations. It took several attempts in the state legislature and one failed ballot initiative. I am praying...
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    California RN to tele PT ratios

    herring_RN replied to kiraesparza's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think you are correct. Before the ratios our hospital had telemetry and step-down patients on the same unit. After they created a step-down unit where so called "stable" patients requiring...
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    A statistical death

    herring_RN replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Although numerous studies have statistically shown that the hospital nurse staffing ratios mandated in California are cost effective and associated with lower mortality too many refuse to provide...
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    What did you miss the most while allnurses was "closed"?

    herring_RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I missed so many of you! This is my chosen social media. I wasn't tempted to join any of the
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    Welcome Home!!!! - Home Sweet Home

    herring_RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    GLAD WE HAVE OUR ALLNURSES.COM BACK. Thanks for the