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forrester

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  1. Does the MAGNET system work?

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

    The reason I started this post was to try and get information directly from practicing nurses in Magnet designated facilities. It seems that reporting nursing survey data from Magnet facilities to the...

  2. Does the MAGNET system work?

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

    They sure do! Seems they are willing to invest in everything BUT proper staffing levels. Like most politically charged things, we are penny wise and pound foolish. Better to spend 10 million dollars...

  3. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    forrester replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I support a single payer system, but it looks like the best compromise position possible out of this Congress will be a public option. What is really missing from this "healthcare (or should I say...

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

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

    Just a thought, but a coherent post might stimulate some

  5. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Well, there are some who feel unionizing is beneath nursing and detracts from its professionalism. I would argue that many professions unionize, including police, fire rescue, and airline pilots just...

  6. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Give the CNA/NNOC a chance. Talk to others in your union and see if there is a critical mass to change. Some unions are actually in cahoots with the facility administrations...CNA is not! Call the...

  7. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Too bad more nurses are not so self empowered as you seem to be. I am somewhat confused by what you mean when you say "increased difficulty in getting anything done". What is it you wanted to get done...

  8. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    I could care less what your identity is, and I do not work for CNA or any other union. I was merely trying to figure out who burned you so bad that you are now so vehemently opposed to any kind of...

  9. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    When was the CNA your labor

  10. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Nancy2, what unions were you associated with and

  11. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    At the very least, Nancy2 will be happy with a decertification. I have yet to understand the absolute venom that the opposition has to any kind of unionization effort on the part of nurses. This goes...

  12. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    I am quite sure the management team is very pleased. Hopefully, the working nurses will see thru this and stay united. A new union is like a young child, it needs tlc and constant

  13. I'm being reported to the state over a joke...

    forrester replied to CaLVN530's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I once got "accused" of being a racist because I had the audacity to ask a unit secretary to help me clean up a nurses station instead of reading a book. She said, out loud, that the next thing we'd...

  14. I'm being reported to the state over a joke...

    forrester replied to CaLVN530's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Was this a racial

  15. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    forrester replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps, if this was coherent, it would drive home a

  16. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Again, no one is forcing you or your facility to join a union. That said, your previous postings that "there is no place for unions in nursing" seems to be in opposition to this one. Any "national...

  17. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    forrester replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Again, what rights are we giving up when we deal with healthcare as a social

  18. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    I love the declarative statements without any support or evidence to back them up. YOU do not want unions. Nurses need to have whatever resource they need to deal with their institutions. Texas is no...

  19. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    forrester replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you for pointing this out! These arguments are incredibly shallow. We already have socialism here, if you define "socialism" as governmental control over things deemed to be too essential for...

  20. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    forrester replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Two breaths, one deep and one

  21. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Philosophically, this is the "good king" argument. We have a good king who takes care of us, why do we need democracy? Problem with kings is that they change, or die. No one is saying every hospital...

  22. Is there any recourse to an HR Director who does not act as a neutral third party?

    forrester replied to JoFloRN's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad your staff didn't turn around and back you. Nothing like the threat of mass resignations to get the attention of CEO's. Of course, I don't know the

  23. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    forrester replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not demonizing anyone for anything! I merely point out that being concerned only with your self interest does nothing to address the global concern over patient care. As to the comments regarding...

  24. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Why don't you ask PICUPNP how it's going with prescriptive authority and independent practice in

  25. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Why don't you organize yourselves? There is little value in something you have not worked for, be it security or democracy. Pay your fair share...We need each other and sarcasm is not