herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital to strike Tuesday

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

    BCH nurses set for one-day strike December 03, 2013 Despite a one-day strike planned by the registered nurses at Barstow Community Hospital, the hospital's services won't be interrupted Tuesday, BCH...
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    Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital to strike Tuesday

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

    Deaconess, Valley hospitals ready for nurses' strike It would be the first strike in Spokane by hospital nurses in decades - perhaps ever.As the 1,100 unionized health care workers prepare to walk...
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    Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital to strike Tuesday

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

    W-B General nurses set one-day strike ... "Too often, our patients are waiting in the hallways of the Emergency Department because there are not enough nurses at the bedside," said Elaine Weal, an...
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    Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital to strike Tuesday

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

    Nurses at two WV hospitals speak out BLUEFIELD, W.Va.-Union nurses with hospitals owned by Community Health Systems say staffing shortages have endangered patient safety. The members of National...
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    Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital to strike Tuesday

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

    The more I read the less I trust Community Health Systems. It seems they cut staffing to make a profit even more unsafely than other for profit
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    Strike and Lock out

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

    It seems unfait to me so I'm glad an unfair labor practice (ULP) suit is filed. I fear there is a nationwide concerted plan to move care from the safest location to a less regulated place such as an...
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    Reading for pleasure

    herring_RN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Students

    I like science fiction. because I worked all night as an LVN and attended school in the day I didn't read any novels while in school. I read short fiction in magazines like "Analog Science Fiction and...
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    Nurses Volunteer to Help Typhoon Victims

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Las Vegas nurse volunteers to help typhoon victims in the Philippines Myra Hidalgois, a registered nurse who works at MountainView Hospital, was to leave this morning, which means she was hurriedly...
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    Nurses Volunteer to Help Typhoon Victims

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    On Thanksgiving, Sparrow nurse headed for Philippines to help cyclone victims feels 'blessed' Ashley Forsberg, a registered nurse with the Sparrow Health System, will be head to the Philippines on...
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    Nurses Volunteer to Help Typhoon Victims

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

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    Nurses Volunteer to Help Typhoon Victims

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    University of Michigan Health System nurse heads to Philippines to provide typhoon relief Tim Launius will travel to the Philippines on Saturday with a team of registered nurse volunteers to provide...
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    pt falls

    herring_RN replied to ekeeven's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Decades ago I worked on a 32 bed ward. It was common for a patient to call, "Hey nurse; look what he's
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    Bill would require nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The Michigan Nurses Association joined Democratic lawmakers Monday in their push to make Michigan the second state to mandate hospital staffing levels, but hospital officials expressed concern the...
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    If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

    herring_RN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe it would help to call it a voucher.Like the school
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    pt falls

    herring_RN replied to ekeeven's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I like the assessment and protocols. The take time. Sufficient staffing will be needed to implement the protocols.AJN article:...
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    To RNs, what are your thoughts about the mandated nurse-patient ratio?

    herring_RN replied to kchilla's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In every hospital where I've worked they have a "matrix" or "Core Staffing". That is their ratio. I remember as many as 30 patients per RN as thematrix with specific numbers of LVNs, nursing...
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    To RNs, what are your thoughts about the mandated nurse-patient ratio?

    herring_RN replied to kchilla's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your professor needs to be intellectually honest. Patients are admitted to the hospital because they need nursing care. When nurses have too many patients all aspects of nursing care cannot be done....
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    A med-surg RN learning the ED way

    herring_RN replied to APRNReneeJ's topic in Emergency

    You were right. I neither work in the ED nor the OR. In critical care we do a time out. What if the patient is allergic to the ordered medication? What is there is no signed consent? Many other "what...
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    Nursing School. Did you work?

    herring_RN replied to ana86's topic in General Students

    I only did a rare registry shift as a nursing assistant while in LVN school. I did what you did and took all my prerequisites before attending an associate degree program. I worked four 8 hour night...
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    If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

    herring_RN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It was supposed to be the states setting up their exchanges. The federal government is doing it for those whose state will not. Some states won't even accept federal money to expand Medicaid. I am...
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    pt falls

    herring_RN replied to ekeeven's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are many studies that show improved staffing decreases falls. One found that fewer than 15 HPPD of direct care nursing predicted increased falls. Thisincluded licensed nurses and certified...
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    If you like your health insurance, you can keep it your insurance. Period

    herring_RN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Find out for your state and county:
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    Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

    herring_RN replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We organized at my hospital more than 20 years ago. 1/2 of our RNs and pharmacists were laid off replaced by "assistant techs" from housekeeping and dietary. They got two days of training. One day was...
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    Unions and active progress in improving the work place

    herring_RN replied to jrsquire1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    NEW: Sutter Health is a big chain of hospitals: At my hospital before we organized we could have two RNs for 27 medical-surgical patients. Critical care ratios had been in place as 2 or fewer...
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    Corporate Senoirity VS. Bargaining Unit Seniority...

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

    Every contract is different. My years as an LVN did not count when we bargained our first contract. It was "Date of hire as registered nurse". I still got my 20 year and subsequent pins according to...