herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    why can't nurses get safe staffing laws passed

    herring_RN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even without a union a group of nurses lobbied their elected leaders and achieved safe ICU staffing in the
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am very glad to be a citizen in a Democracy. I have voted in each election since I turned 21 in 1965. Never missed one even some low turnout local ones with only one item on the ballot. I have paid...
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think some of us are debating philosophy while others are discussing ideas on provision of healthcare to people who need it. With choosing whether to buy insurance too many young healthy people are...
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Since you added a "?" I will give my answer. The leap from believing healthcare is a right to your three part listed conclusion makes no sense to me. I believe you are a normal person with an ability...
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When everyone does better, we all do
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    herring_RN replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My former neighbor and friend was fortunate and had bad luck. We both attended a private LVN school decades ago. She worked as an LVN night charge nurse in a nursing home. (I worked and kept going...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    herring_RN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    United States Supreme Court MISSOURI v. MCNEELY, (2013) No. 11-1425 Argued: January 9, 2013 Decided: April 17, 2013 Respondent McNeely was stopped by a Missouri police officer for speeding and...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    herring_RN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you got it right.I just want to add that most trash collectors are nice people. They do a very important
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    herring_RN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    LadyMossberg joined today. This is the only post by this member. Mossberg is a firearm manufacturer: Mossberg Blog | New For
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    herring_RN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    The patient and surviver of the horrid accident in this story is Officer Gray, a reserve police officer in Rigby Idaho. I include him, his family, and Nurse Wubblels in my
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    Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    herring_RN replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You seem to have been working where they had an ineffective union OR where the nurses were too apathetic or hopeless to act together.If union members are not organized and united they cannot achieve...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes a patient cannot be blamed for his or her actions. I've only been injured by a patient once. It was about 2:00 am when I heard my colleague call, "I can use some help in here." His patient...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot my favorite that worked for me. But then I had rational nurse managers.When asked to stay over after a 12 hour night shift I would say, "I would if I could, but I can't because to do so could...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If this question is for me the answer os no. I turned down management jobs.I'm a retired staff nurse after working 45 years as a nurse. I was a night shift leader when we joined the CNA. Then headed...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    From our State Board of Registered
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Part of how the law was passed in California. Florida nurses working for violence
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I clearly remember a 1978 newspaper article. A nurse at a nearby hospital sued a surgeon. She and other staff testified that they had been reporting via incident report and to the medical director...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The Ventura County ER nurses did not have supportive management. They did succeed in getting the help they demanded. Years later they continue be safer. I posted about it here:...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This was one of the incidents that led to our working for and achieving new workplace protections as posted here:...
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    All Hail ICU Nurses

    herring_RN replied to purplegal's topic in Critical Care

    Most ICU nurses are assigned one or two patients. That is all. I didn't take the critical care entrance course on my vacation because I wanted to care for the sickest people in town. I wanted a...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Our ER and mental health nurses routinely learn and practice restraining an unarmed person. It mandatory for them and available for all staff. Many of us on nights in critical care took it. More than...
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    herring_RN replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Public support for ‘single payer' health coverage grows JUNE 23, 2017 Currently, 60% say the federal government is responsible for ensuring health care coverage for all Americans, while 39% say...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I searched for an article about my state's new workplace violence law. I think it should be Federal or made law in every state. That would be a start. It will require staff insisting the guidelines...
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    Violence in Nursing

    herring_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I was told this story be several nurses I met in a CE class. I'll attach links to newspaper stories. The papers didn't tell the whole story. Ventura County, CA ER nurses were attending meetings with...