forrester

forrester

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  1. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    forrester replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually llg, I have. Been fired twice for things not related to job performance. Once for publishing an article, once for going on national radio. Both times trying to get nurses more engaged in the...

  2. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    forrester replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Fortunately, we do not need a Vallet Forge moment. We just need to empower a nursing organization with enough resources to fight this battle. The NNOC is a whopping $30 per year to join. I know,...

  3. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    forrester replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry, not everything can be a bumper sticker. I'm sure King George lll felt the same

  4. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    forrester replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have NP's being blocked from independent practice and prescription authority in far too many states. We still have political and structural subordination in the health care facilities, which...

  5. The Failure of the Joint Commission

    forrester replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    JCAHO was and is a joke, even after being spanked by CMMS. It's like having the airline industry regulate the FAA. The AHA is extremely powerful, politically, and has controlled legislation since the...

  6. The Failure of the Joint Commission

    forrester replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A pen on the floor! Poor nursing care pure and simple. We need a new form! Whew. nursing management solves another catasrophic problem. Mission

  7. Alabama RNs need a good union. A quick poll.

    forrester replied to tadpolern's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I do not represent CNA or the NNOC. I am an educator with 35 years of healthcare experience. Unions are needed when management does not respond to the concerns of a workforce. It is the ONLY way to be...

  8. The Failure of the Joint Commission

    forrester replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not generally one to pick on any specific political party, but the state inspection teams (under ACHA here in Florida), have been disempowered by the republican administraiton and specifically...

  9. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    nothing could be further from the truth, sorry. american businesses have been moving labor off shore for decades now, gutting the american middle class. salaries have been stagnant while ceo salaries...

  10. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    There are so many issues here. No one said the nursing shortage was a result of a lack of unionization. In fact, many nurses are leaving bedside practice as a result of the abusive ratios in many...

  11. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Not all master's beat their slaves either, but that had nothing to do with the fact that slavery was wrong. These facilities, and this industry, has had more than enough indirect and direct evidence...

  12. Nursing Associations Membership

    forrester replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, try to do something. The only ones who have DONE anything are the CNA/NNOC- period. Stick with the rhetoric, I'll take action anyday. When enough of us join the "union", it will become the...

  13. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So I guess the millions of professionals who are unionized aren't professional? Don't worry about PICUPNP, scabs and administrators are what they are...scabs and administrators. We can't let this...

  14. Lonely school nurse in Japan needs help!!!

    forrester replied to mr.brice's topic in General World

    Make yourself important! You seem to have enough time to pursue an online Master's degree (and then a doctorate) for example. Maybe doing some work in public health would be a good thing to look into....

  15. Nursing Associations Membership

    forrester replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Numbers" are the only real political power nurses have. In theory, belonging to our professional organization (the ANA at one time) makes real political sense, even if nurses don't do it. Nationally,...

  16. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    OK! Now it's Florida's time to get

  17. We're being raided by the NNU

    forrester replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Join the CNA/NNOC or NNU immediately, that's

  18. We're being raided by the NNU

    forrester replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You are not being raided, you are being

  19. The Failure of the Joint Commission

    forrester replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Having the Joint Commission regulate healthcare is like having Exxon/Mobil regulate the oil industry. Even after being spanked by Medicare. We need a new system. The facts are plain. The system has...

  20. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    reform can be accomplished only when attitudes are changed. we commit ourselves to any wrong or degradation or injury when we do not protest against it. — lillian d. wald, rn 1867-1940: mother of...

  21. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm afraid it is you who is grossly misinformed. Many states are not union states because the industries/businesses in those states were able to repel the union movement back in the 1920's and 1930's....

  22. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    forrester replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    As usual, we can count on nurses like PICUPRN to look out for themselves at the expense of the rest of the profession and healthcare in general. United we stand, divided we

  23. Does the MAGNET system work?

    forrester posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We have heard for years about the MAGNET recognition. Is this system working? Are working conditions in these facilities any better than anywhere else? I would love to get some feedback from...

  24. Does the MAGNET system work?

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

    Yes, they seem very content with their own analysts. They did, however, question my mental status when I asked them about this. The email that did this was inadvertently sent to me, and I got an...

  25. Does the MAGNET system work?

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

    If your ratios are 4:1 on med-surg and 3:1 on tele floors, you are indeed the exception (except in California of course). I find those ratios anywhere else rather hard to