herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    A registered nurse must consistently transfer scientific knowledge from social, biological, and physical sciences in applying the Nursing Process.A registered nurse must transfer scientific knowledge...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    Neither nurses nor physicians are acolytes. I always thought attorneys learned to communicate
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    Oh silly, of course we need physicians. They know their patients need nurses. Competent registered nurses know when to notify the physician. The facility will not run with doctors
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    If you need medical care you go to a clinic, physicians office, outpatient center, or urgent care.People are admitted to an acute care hospital because they need nursing care. Here are the outlined...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    Patients are admitted to an acute care hospital because they need NURSING CARE. Is there another reason? Those of us who work to change conditions for our patients are clearly not
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    Discrimination in the workplace

    herring_RN replied to Parrotindistress's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I suggest keeping a diary after work or on break time. Note what happened factually just like you do when charting. The date, time, location, and names of people should be included. Use direct quotes...
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    CEO's/Hosp.'s making millions off of our work:(

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

    I remembered seeing union buttons on Southwest employees during their contract negotiations a few years ago so looked it up.Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants' Union Ratifies Boeing 737-800...
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    Nurse burnout-How do you handle it?

    herring_RN replied to Nursepreneur's topic in Emergency

    Why America's Nurses Are Burning Out By Dr. Sanjay Gupta Stress and fatigue top the list of on-the-job health concerns. So what...
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    herring_RN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nurses Arrange Huge Donation of 1,000 Hazmat Suits For RNs, Health Workers Fighting Ebola 17 Sep 2014 ... Lack of protective suits is a major problem slowing efforts to contain...
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    herring_RN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Some hopeful healthcare professionals in Bong County,
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    Need to find a website with current health care politics

    herring_RN replied to brenns14's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Climate Crisis a Public-Health Emergency Too: Why Nurses Will Join Climate March Sept. 21:...
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    Need to find a website with current health care politics

    herring_RN replied to brenns14's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    National Campaign for Safe RN-to-Patient Staffing Ratios | National Nurses United http://www.ampaconline.org/ http://nursingworld.org/ Quality and Patient Safety Policy & Advocacy...
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    Patients need a nurse, not a computer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Trouble with Kaiser's Technology Nurses say the healthcare giant's new Oakland Medical Center is plagued by dangerous equipment malfunctions, ineffective...
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    Ebola: Liberian nurses strike over lack of protective equipment

    herring_RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nurses at Monrovia's John F Kennedy hospital say they will not return to work until they get protective suits and better pay John Tugbeh, spokesman for the strikers at John F Kennedy hospital in...
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    Ebola: Liberian nurses strike over lack of protective equipment

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Charity seeking to buy 20,000 Ebola suits for health workers Leprosy Mission says €5 will cover cost of buying and shipping one suit to affected area ... According to...
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    Ebola: Liberian nurses strike over lack of protective equipment

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ebola survivors: Hospital staff exposed in Africa The hospital in Liberia where three American aid workers got sick with Ebola has been overwhelmed by a surge in patients and doesn't...
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    Study: Doctors don't wash hands properly 40% of the time

    herring_RN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A study found doctors in several countries do not wash their hands properly 40 percent of the time, World Health Organization officials in Switzerland say....
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    The Face of a Medical Error...

    herring_RN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Interruptions Linked to Medication Errors by Nurses
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    The Face of a Medical Error...

    herring_RN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nurses need better working conditions to reduce medical errors The nation's 2.2 million registered nurses, 700,000 licensed practical and vocational nurses, and 2.3 million nursing assistants are the...
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    The Face of a Medical Error...

    herring_RN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A good article. What it doesn't say is that nurse staffing is key to preventing errors and
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    Does any one work in a unionized facility

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

    Staffing is negotiable. Staffing is a working condition. Some of our contracts include numerical ratios for each unit. Others include a staffing committee. I'm certain our work for safe staffing has...
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    Black listing

    herring_RN replied to RN4JUSTICE's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Long ago I was working extra shifts at various hospitals as a registry nurse. One was so very excellent with regard to kindness, cooperation, and management truly communicating with and trusting staff...
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    How would you feel....

    herring_RN replied to elle1977's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In my state health care practitioners must disclose their name and license status. In most settings this is by wearing a name tag.
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    Blog by nurse from the USA volunteering on Panay after Typhoon Ha1yan

    herring_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are traveling on a narrow road from one barangay, or Philippine village, to the next. Along our way, we see palm trees bent in the middle, bowing their tattered heads toward our caravan, evidence...
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    Nursing union

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

    Look up your state nurse's association or other union. Ask about organizing. A group of you meet to ask questions and hear what they say. nurses union -