herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Please explain how union hospitals do it.

    herring_RN replied to Libby1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Four years ago California was in debt $26 billion and the unemployment rate was 12.1 percent. Now, the state budget is balanced. With more than 1.3 million new jobs created in just four years the...
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    Please explain how union hospitals do it.

    herring_RN replied to Libby1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Kaiser is not losing money: Fitch Affirms Kaiser's IFS Ratings at 'A+'; Outlook Stable - MarketWatch With decreased CMS compensation for readmission within 30 days, ventilator associated pneumonia,...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    herring_RN replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    When we first met I had taken my(then) 11 month old daughter to the playground. She was clearly the major personality of the playground. One of the first things she said to me was, "Why are you so...
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    herring_RN replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    The adventures of Jacob Rock Star RN action figure has me thinking about dear friends of mine who are recently deceased. They were born in the late 19 teens. About 45 years ago **** and I were both...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    herring_RN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Working in critical care I've told the shift supervisor I need help assessing the amount of blood on a hip surgery. She relieved a nurse who came and gave me a quick in-service on post op hips as well...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    herring_RN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If I float from ICU to med-surg I am usually assigned five patients. Providing safe, therapeutic, effective nursing care to a higher volume of patients is a competency for which I'm no longer current....
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    herring_RN replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    When I write my diet book I'll be sure to get an endorsalment deal. One chapter will discuss that omega-3's found in fish, fish oil, krill oil, and the types made by our bodies, are docosahexaenoic...
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    Nurses in California: Nurse Patient Ratio

    herring_RN replied to futureRN721's topic in General Nursing

    Here is more information about our ratios: http://nurses.3cdn.net/f0da47b347e41bb03a_z1m6vl1sd.pdf Here are some peer reviewed research studies showing that staffing ratios safe lives and are cost...
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    Reporting a facility for staff ratio issues?

    herring_RN replied to ICUEDMursenary's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Give the date and other information to the state. I'm not sure it is a good idea to refuse the assignment unless there is a plan with all your colleagues. I heard in a class about a group of...
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    Reporting a facility for staff ratio issues?

    herring_RN replied to ICUEDMursenary's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being told that an orthopedic unit was horribly under staffed. one of the nursing assistants filled out an incident report because the nurses could not administer pain medication in a...
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    Reporting a facility for staff ratio issues?

    herring_RN replied to ICUEDMursenary's topic in General Nursing

    If ordered to go to lunch I would ask, "Who will take over my patient(s) while I'm at lunch?" If there is no one I would say, "I would if I could, but I cannot abandon my patient.' If ordered to i...
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    Reporting a facility for staff ratio issues?

    herring_RN replied to ICUEDMursenary's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry this is happening to you. At the start of each shift that is not safe document in writing exactly what the situation is and give a copy to your manager or shift supervisor. If your union...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    herring_RN replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I believe Jesus is God and died for us. I know that is faith. Faith is believing in what cannot be proven. It is useless to try logic regarding faith. Faith is not logical. I also believe that at the...
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    Despite High Rates of Nursing Injuries, Government Regulators Take Little Action

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses vote.I heard that for each nurse a total of nine votes are influenced because people trust nurses. An organized campaign with letter writing to candidates and media, call ins to shows, and...
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    Despite High Rates of Nursing Injuries, Government Regulators Take Little Action

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just about everybody who has studied the hospital industry agrees that it needs to confront the epidemic that plagues many of its staff: Tens of thousands of nursing employees suffer debilitating...
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    Strike nursing

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

    THANK YOU MORNINGLAND! I so appreciate your being willing to learn. I've also changed my mind about issues after reading my fellow nurse's posts here. I've never had to strike, but have supported...
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    Judge says Affinity Medical Center must reinstate nurse, recognize union

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

    I don't know how she obtained her attorney for the civil case. Her union represented her when she won her job back and probably back pay as well. Her NNOC Ohio NNU union representative testified for...
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    Judge says Affinity Medical Center must reinstate nurse, recognize union

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    A federal judge has ordered Affinity Medical Center to bargain with its registered nurses and to reinstate a nurse who was terminated after nurses voted to join a union in 2012. The ruling, issued...
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    Diabetes study shows benefits of expanded Medicaid under Obamacare

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is good. I've volunteered for Remote Area Medical. Post Op Reports We have found people with HTN and diabetes who had no idea why they felt so unwell. Most had come for dental care. I'm glad...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    herring_RN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As a critical care nurse since 1980 and CCRN since 1986 I have had to tell a supervisor, "I would if I could, but I can't accept the responsibility for a pediatric patient, an L&D or postpartum...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In her Prime Healthcare decision, Kamala Harris set a standard that should apply to all hospitals 03/22/2015 In the debate over the proposed sale to Prime, the California Nurses Association...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Consumer Watchdog Calls on Attorney General to Approve Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare Jan. 5, 2015 In order to keep a critical local hospital open in an underserved community,...
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    NNOC/NNU

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

    Lots of facts about NNU/NNOC Media Center | National Nurses
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    herring_RN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Again: Need for 24 hour nursing care is the only reason a person becomes a patient in an acute care hospital. All other departments are either available in an outpatient setting or are support for...
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    A patient's perspective and thank you

    herring_RN replied to PJHBS's topic in Nurses Rock

    Thank YOU! My very favorite words are. "Thank you nurse." Better than any