forrester

forrester

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  1. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    forrester replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'll go first. "Quit or be fired" that day my article came out in a major nursing journal. "Released without cause" 2 weeks after going on NPR radio to discuss restructuring of the healthcare system....

  2. Is the Magnet designation working for bedside nurses?

    forrester replied to forrester's topic in General Nursing

    Still have not heard fgrom many "magnet" nurses directly here. 2nd hand info so far. The problem with magnet status will be the same problem for many things in life. Getting it up and keeping it up...

  3. The other health care issue: Getting costs down

    forrester replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    2 main problems with this. 1st, many of the "mistakes" are not readily apparent without intricate knowledge of the specialty, or at least much more than just superficial medical knowledge in a case....

  4. Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

    forrester replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We sure need it. I'm not holding my breath though:imbar As usual, we'll wait until the other 49 states do it and then take another 3 years to

  5. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

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

    The CNA/NNOC is our best hope here in Florida. The FNA is pitiful, representing less than 4% of the nurses in Florida. Very un-original thinking, and oriented to a conservative political agenda. I...

  6. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    forrester replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There is NO WAY for the 4-year universities to meet the demand for nurses. We have neither the faculty nor the class space. There is little incentive for nurses to get the advanced degrees, period. I...

  7. Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

    forrester replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Don't wait for the south, we're always late for the

  8. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    The good news is that the quest for magnet status IS driving up the CNO salaries and

  9. Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

    forrester replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    California and now Massachusetts. We got 'em surrounded.

  10. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I stopped thinking a nurse-is-a-nurse a long time ago. Administrative nurses defected a long time ago. They have their own agenda, their own power organizations, and their own access routes to power,...

  11. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    Too bad our nursing "leadership" has forgotten this simple nursing process. No one critically reflects on the membership organizations or their leadership. If they did, they would throw most of them...

  12. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

  13. INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

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

    how humorous is this- tenet accusing anyone of using coercion and intimidation with nurses. tenet is the most coercive and abusive health care system in the country towards nurses. can't shut them...

  14. Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

    forrester replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have only recently looked at the MNA website- Very impressive. This is what the nursing associations should be doing, and should have been doing for the past 25 years. Where were they? Why, did it...

  15. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me that a patient needing such intense services that they must be hospitalized should get at least: 1/2 a nurse in critical care 1/3 of a nurse in step-down and ER 1/4 of a nurse in med-surg...

  16. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Seems there are multiple parties attempting to do what the CNA/NNOC group has already accomplished in California. Wonder if there is any way these "competing" factions can talk together and form 1...

  17. How short-staffed is short staffed?????

    forrester replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is readily apparent that our perception of "safe" staffing depends on our position. Our nursing "management" abandoned us many years ago. We can remain helpless....or we can act to protect our...

  18. How short-staffed is short staffed?????

    forrester replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Even without the CNA calling out, this is unacceptable staffing. I tried to get my tele floors to 5:1 during the day and 6:1 during nights, but met resistance at every turn. Finally, they prohibited...

  19. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

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

    You all assume that management is with out intellegence or sensibility. Most managers have been staff nurses at one time and understand what is needed. We should be working together with management.....

  20. Rambling re poverty in America

    forrester replied to calliesue's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is more than 40 years of nursing research on how to deliver vital healthcare services to impoverished, poor and rural areas. That's not the problem. The problem is in getting for-profit systems,...

  21. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

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

    Unions can and do suffer from 1 fatal flaw, but its a flaw common to any organization, business, government, or religion for that matter - hubris When the organization grows and becomes an entity unto...

  22. am I to old to start?

    forrester replied to mrs_truesdell's topic in General Nursing

    GO FOR IT! Just watch your back,

  23. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

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

    I went into nursing many, many years ago, and pay was not the reason. It IS much better today in #'s, but when you factor in inflation, nursing has lost ground since the 1970's. Today, the cost of...

  24. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

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

  25. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    forrester replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Seems many of these problems are widespread around the world. I have read recent articles from New Zealand, Australia, and England all questioning the capabilities, even the abilities, of nursing...