herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Las Vegas Nurses Join National Nurses Movement

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    january 15, 2010 registered nurses at mountainview hospital in las vegas voted yesterday to affiliate with the california nurses association/national nurses organizing committee (cna/nnoc). the...
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    Nearly 7,500 RNs Ready to Deploy to Haiti

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

    i'm not in the first deployment. maybe the second or third. the need for nursing care will
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    Nearly 7,500 RNs Ready to Deploy to Haiti

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

    Volunteer nurses donate their time. I hope to be one of them. Some hospitals let you use vacation time. Not all who offer will be
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tero7ilcsy&feature=related http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/dn-nurses_16met.art0.north.edition1.439b37a.html...
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-nurses_16met.ART0.North.Edition1.439b37a.html
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    Would You Go To Haiti To Help?????

    herring_RN replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    1,500 Nurses Volunteer for Haitian Relief Effort in Less Than 24 Hours January 14, 2010...
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    Where do I find healthcare if I'm poor

    herring_RN replied to Onekidneynurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sanders strengthens senate health bill without fanfare, the good senator from vermont, bernie sanders, has continued to work behind the scenes to champion community health centers--something he has...
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    Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    herring_RN replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The hospital needs to provide a competent nurse to take responsibility for your assignment so you can have your
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    http://www.bne.state.tx.us/practice/position.html#15.6
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    What Do You Mean My Doctor Is Dead?

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    anyone who claims the government can't handle health care as well as private enterprise hasn't yet been assigned a dead person for a doctor. but that's exactly what happened this week to monica, an...
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    Who is the Anti-Union Network?

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

    I do too. I've never seen a nurse leave except for those who be home to care for children Then me or a colleague stays. OK - that red herring is answered. When I went to the picket line to support...
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    herring_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you for this post. I am very glad my sister is getting the dialysis she needs. She loves her nurses and techs. She is active in her church, a wonderful grandmother, and enjoys bowling. Yup....
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    Employee Free Choice Act

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

    Does this mean you are in favor of union
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    Employee Free Choice Act

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

    Are you in favor of secret ballot union
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    herring_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Cigna states, "CIGNA, a global health service company, takes its corporate social responsibility (CSR) very seriously. We embrace it as an opportunity to reflect and extend our mission to improve...
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    Employee Free Choice Act

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

    Does this mean that posters to this thread are in favor on union elections? And will respect the votes of their
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    herring_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this was discussed here at the time: https://allnurses.com/nursing-activism-healthcare/17-year-old-268922.html
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    Nurse Notes: Taxing Healthcare Benefits Will Harm My Patients

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    we need other reforms to protect patients and families in final talks on healthcare reform the nation's largest union and professional organization of registered nurses -- national nurses united...
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    Nurse Notes: Taxing Healthcare Benefits Will Harm My Patients

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the United States CAN improve our healthcare payment system so all of us can get needed healthcare. We are not powerless. We the people can work for what is
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    herring_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This was a beautiful 17 year old. Her parents paid Cigna premiums her entire life. Her physicians wrote that she had a 60% chance of survival with the surgery but the insurance company denied it. Then...
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    9 Reasons Nurses Love California

    herring_RN posted a topic in California Nursing

    there are plenty of other reasons but i thought this was
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    Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    herring_RN replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Absolutely! If you had sufficient staff and efficient systems you could finish on
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    Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    herring_RN replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Circulating and scrub nurses who work overtime in the OR need to be paid. That MAY encourage management to schedule realistic numbers of staff. Especially if it is lucrative elective procedures. This...
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    New national nurses union forms

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

    the absurdly named "right to work" laws have nothing to do with creating or providing jobs. a right to work law does not guarantee any right to "work". it does not stop an employer from firing you...
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    Aroostook nurses walk for contract

    herring_RN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    aroostook nurses walk for contract presque isle, maine-with the goal of raising public awareness about their work and contract negotiations, nurses from the aroostook medical center on monday evening...