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If you go to My Florida News website, follow the link to Florida Roundtable, and then scroll thru the podcasts on the Florida Roundtable, you can hear Dr. John Silver (RN) talk about these issues. He is the author of "just a union...of nurses". Borin...

Not to mention the impact on nurse retention and getting nurses who simply refuse to work in these conditions backinto the work force. SInce it costs the hospitals around $50,000 to replace an RN, it makes sense that these costs would go down. Once, ...

There are 2 obsenities associated with this= 1) CEO and administrative salaries have risen 725% over the past 2 decades. I know my salary hasn't performed as well. 2) Administrative costs are now around 24% of healthcare expenditures, up from 12% 3 d...

ANd, since we are supposed to be advocates for our patients, communities, and country, exactly what are we as nurses doing about this?

A new book is coming out which details the history of the California Nurses Association. Just a union...of nurses This book is now available on Amazon. It details how and why the California bedside nurses managed to get staffing ratio laws, and how ...

With the exception of ARNP's of course. That said, I strongly agree. There is a lack of "nursing" in primary care, and an ounce of prevention, as they say, is worth a pound of cure. I read an article recently that said that many primary care physicia...

This is ridiculous. We should legalize pot now. Throwing people in jail or prohibitting terminally ill people from using it is the real crime. I've spent over 40 years in healthcare, more often than not on the front line, ER/critical care units/traum...

You know, we keep debating unique cases but are missing a bigger point. Most of what we spend on healthcare now is due to preventable diseases. 65% on obesity related issues. If we could just go back to 1980 obesity levels, we would save 1 trillion d...

Well, the evidence and studies do not support you in this . great radio show on this My Florida News- Follow the Florida Roundtable link- Podcast with John Silver Sound arguments are presented based on the evidence. 8 states now allow unrestricted pr...

Hi Herring_RN, long time no talk

"I was educated on becoming a part of the political process in my PN and my BSN program." QUOTE Not really- re-read your books. They either show the ANA as the solution or provide information about addressing foot ulcer problems by appealing to legis...

Critical care IS somewhat protected...and isolated, but I am hearing more and more of 3 patient assignments in Florida for ICU nurses. California has a law about staffing ICU's that actually dates back to 1975. When I worked there, I never had more t...

I'll be very interested to see how your poll works out.

I hope you do buy the book and read it. Every nurse should. It talks about political empowerment, how we are not alone, and how we can do something about it. It uses a concrete example of bedside nurses who DID rise up and change their world. No, we ...

Go tell your nurse manager that the staff has decided to only take 5 patients on their med-surg floor due to the risk associated with each additional patient. Staffing ratios are the number one complaint from nurses around the country, and the statis...

It also talks about providing for the general welfare. Public health affects us all, whether in terms of communicable diseases or in terms of an epidemic of obesity which is driving the cost of healthcare over 17% of GDP. We would save 1 trillion dol...

And it's about time! In fact, it's about time we all did. A new book is out on the California Nurses detailing how and why they were able to succeed when no one else has. Powerful story with a message for all nurses- we are not powerless. "just a uni...

It's kind of sad that no one has answered you. I have been, and continue to be a nurse "activist". There are others, such as Dr. Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio, buit they are far and few between. Nursing organizations, with one exception, are grossly under...

1 down, 2.9 million to go! I wonder where all those disgruntled nurses are? Personally, I think ratios are THE most important issue for nurses. We are getting beat up and making gazillions of dollars for others. We need to be able to bring the value ...

“I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.” That quote, of course, preceeded the reality that a pu...

You know, there is a bigger issue which no one seems to be willing to talk about, and that is WHY healthcare costs so much. The political power of the AHA has kept this issue off the table. We are essentially given 2 options: 1) Socialized healthcare...

At least the Canadians HAVE a system, instead of a hodgepodge network of for profit unaccountable and faceless providers. Our "system" stinks when it comes to chronic care, and the simple fact is that that is our most pressing concern right now. The...

We are not a nation of one document. We also have The Federalist Papers, for instance, and the Declaration of Independence. I could swear I remember something about being endowed by our "creator" with certain inalienable rights, including life, liber...

the nursing declaration of independence the unanimous declaration of the 3.1 million nurses in the united states of america when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connect...