herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    NNOC/NNU

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

    NNU represents nurses in Florida and Texas. Florida | National Nurses United Texas | National Nurses
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    American With Ebola Headed to NIH

    herring_RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    American Health Worker Diagnosed With Ebola in Sierra Leone Headed to NIH Mar 12, 2015 The patient, who has not been identified, will be isolated and flown to the NIH Clinical Center Special Clinical...
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    No More Nurse Volunteer Programs! DOH Orders Termination of "Nurse Volunteer Programs

    herring_RN replied to Pacs, RN's topic in Philippines

    I'm sorry for the conditions and cannot fault you. It is sadly ironic that nurses are not respected as they should be in a country whose nurses have helped so many. I hope you find a job you like. It...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    herring_RN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses are not an expense for a hospital. Hospitals exist because people need nursing The only reason people are admitted to the hospital is for nursing care. Here are research studies that show that...
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    Nancy Snyderman Will Leave NBC News In Wake of Ebola Incident

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm glad most mainstream media employers expect journalists to be 100% truthful when doing their
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    No More Nurse Volunteer Programs! DOH Orders Termination of "Nurse Volunteer Programs

    herring_RN replied to Pacs, RN's topic in Philippines

    I'm truly sorry for this. It would take an entire movement to begin working to improve the situation for nurses in the Philippines. Two RN classmates who had been in the USA for only two years were my...
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    No More Nurse Volunteer Programs! DOH Orders Termination of "Nurse Volunteer Programs

    herring_RN replied to Pacs, RN's topic in Philippines

    I agree that having nurses work for free, or even worse pay to work is wrong. Recently in the USA some facilities are asking new graduate RNs to pay an outside company for their orientation. I am...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Blue Wolf Capital is again interested in Daughters of Charity hospitals after failed deal with Prime Blue Wolf Capital is again interested in Daughters of...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My hospital finally built new buildings that comply with seismic regulations. I didn't know Seton was out of compliance. I hope St. Francis is able to somehow stay open. The trauma center is needed by...
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    Wedding Dress Designer Helps With New Ebola Suit -just 5 minutes to exit

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This seems like a great product! Easier to doff and more comfortable! I do hope we don't need a lot of them, but for those who must care for these and other isolation patients it may be a good
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It seems Prime will not buy the hospitals because they don't like what they would have to agree to. I my area that means no more trauma Center in the area when St. Francis closes. St. Vincent...
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    What happens if you resign while suspended?

    herring_RN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I've known nurses to make an agreement to resign so long as the employer agrees to a neutral recommendation. Nurses who do this often find another job. So long as they have no reason to report you to...
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    "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

    herring_RN replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even though too many hospitals are violating the law the ratios have saved lives. I know nurses at many hospitals. All claim to follow the law. At minimum they staff for the maximum number of patients...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    herring_RN replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Please read this article. It explains a lot about the
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    Liberia Releases Last Ebola Patient. no new infections detected

    herring_RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Liberia has released its last Ebola patient, Beatrice Yardolo, 58, from a treatment center, making the country free of the virus if no new infections are detected. Yardolo, an English teacher, said...
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    Support Kaci Hickox

    herring_RN replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    He did not have ebola while in Guinea. He developed symptoms after returning to New York.He did not transmit Ebola to anyone because her did call and get to the hospital as soon as he was symptomatic...
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    "Safe Staffing" practices ~ nothing has changed

    herring_RN replied to tjmrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A few years ago my sister was hospitalized at this facility. At that time they had hourly rounding. One hour it was the RN and the next a nursing assistant. A few minutes after my sister dozed off I...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    herring_RN replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know about the facility except what is in this forum. My guess is that like most hospitals they were too positive about their readiness for this disease. No worse than most hospitals in the...
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    Hospitals fail to protect nursing staff from becoming patients

    herring_RN replied to catmom1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At VA Hospitals, Training And Technology Reduce Nurses' Injuries ... Umoffia didn't try to lift Valencia using her own muscle. Instead, Umoffia attached the hook dangling from the ceiling to a...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    herring_RN replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just two days before Mr. Duncan came to the ER and was discharged from the hospital registered nurses protested to express concern about United States hospital's state of preparedness including...
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    Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    herring_RN replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    New
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    Nurses Condemn Illinois Governor’s Anti-Worker Executive Order

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    February 10, 2015. National Nurses United, the largest organization of nurses in the U.S. and in Illinois late Monday condemned an executive order by new Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner that is...
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    NNOC/NNU

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

    Scenes from Climate Change Summit in Peru Lara Norkus-Crampton, RN, 12/11/14 Nurses landed in Lima, Peru this week at the start of the United Nations Climate Change Summit - #COP20. We're here to...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I remember that. It was so wrong. St. Vincent's was the first hospital in Los Angeles. The first kidney transplant in the state was done there when I was a nursing student. The first open heart...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    CNA Statement On Sale Of Daughters Of Charity Hospitals Feb. 20, 2015 California's largest nurses organization, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today issued the following...