herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Obama delays major part of health law: coverage for > 50 workers pushed to 2015

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you for posting this. I imagine lots of opinions will be posted. I'm glad the insurance exchange in my stste will have good offers starting October 1st. My daughter has been paying $40.00 a...
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    Help or advice - Planning to start my own business!

    herring_RN replied to marusia's topic in Canada

    I think you should contact the board of nursing for your
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    Medicare and Magnet status

    herring_RN replied to mappers's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've searched the site and cannot find mention of Magnet. CMS has regulations that must be met. in my state the hospital can be approved for no cost by the state department of public health or for a...
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    The Morality of Using Mortality as a Financial Incentive

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is the title of a new opinion in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1693897 The author wrote, "Because hospitals will be...
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    The Morality of Using Mortality as a Financial Incentive

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When my 90 year old aunt was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had to be told her odds of surviving the office nurse, an LPN asked her if she knew about hospice. She said she only knew a little but...
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    Pay schedules when changing union hospitals

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

    That information should be found in the contract with the Maui
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    LTC Nurse: Patient Ratios

    herring_RN replied to ringaring's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The acuity of many patients in nursing homes is the same as hospitalized medical-surgical patients. I think 1:4 or 1:5 with sufficient certified nursing assistants would be appropriate. I know nurses...
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    UMASS on Nurse Strike

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

    UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Reach Agreement, Strike Averted Nurses achieve safer staffing to protect patient care After hours of negotiations today the registered nurses of...
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    HIPAA Violation? Article about nurses caring for Tsarnaev.

    herring_RN replied to Spidey's mom's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I read nurses talking about their caring for him as they would any patient. The description of care was generic for any injured critical care patient. It is no secret that he was injured and...
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    As Nurse Lay Dying, Offering Herself as Instruction in Caring

    herring_RN posted a topic in Nurses Rock

    To me this is a beautiful story. The students and dying nurse truly
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    D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios

    herring_RN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

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    purpose of PhD in nursing??

    herring_RN replied to l33tnewb11's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Physicians Diagnose, treat and cure, perform surgery, prescribe medications and other treatments, delegate, and have hospital admitting privileges. That is the medical model. Nursing is advocacy for...
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    Ca. Nurse Assn. has a new affilate...

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

    Here is a video from a Kaiser nurse: As Ballots are Mailed Out, Let's Remember What's at Stake - Latest News - National Union of Healthcare Workers |
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    Sutter of Calif. does it again...

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

    Sutter/CPMC agrees to a contract with its nurses in SF, clearing the path for its hospital deal Ending a long and contentious labor impasse and setting the stage for the city to approve the pair of...
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    Union: Haley VA has critical nursing shortage

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Army Staff Sgt. Alex Dillmann, his spine severely wounded by an explosion in Afghanistan, said his nurses at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center were horribly overworked and short-staffed. He said...
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    Jackson Park Chicago RNs Win First Hospital Contract

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    March 19, 2013. Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center on Chicago's South Side late Monday reached agreement with hospital officials on their first ever collective bargaining...
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    NNU...Where do I sign!?

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

    National Nurses United: National Nurses
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    State-Mandated Nurse Staffing Levels Alleviate Workloads, Leads to Lower Patient Mortality

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    As mandated by State law, the California Department of Health Services requires acute care hospitals to maintain minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. Required ratios vary by unit, ranging from...
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    Volunteer to be a union rep or not?

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

    union members deserve fair representation. Just cause discipline. People who break rules, don't do their job have to be represented. management can make their case. I just told of my part. There is a...
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    Volunteer to be a union rep or not?

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

    If you think you can promote patient advocacy and fairness for nurses you meet the qualifications I would vote for. The wrong rep could make it difficult for everyone. I represented my unit for years....
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    Bill would require nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals

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

    You can call or write the district office where the hospital is located. District Offices The ratio page -- Nurse-to-Patient
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    D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios

    herring_RN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thank you chuckster for your informative answer. As a nurse I care deeply about providing the best patient care possible. Pages ten and eleven of this article lists studies that show that ratios not...
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    D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios

    herring_RN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The hospital is owned by Med Star. Their net assets for 2008 were $235,090,744.00. Washington Hospital Center Corporation in Washington, District of Columbia (DC) - faqs.org 2009 there was an article...
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    FCCA

    herring_RN replied to luvnursn's topic in Excelsior College

    Congratulations!
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    D.C. Hospitals And Nurses Fight Over Staffing Ratios

    herring_RN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Lives have been saved by California safer