the bridge

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1. Nursing Revolution

   the bridge replied to autonursis's topic in Activism

   There have been many attempts to organize nursing, and there are some hospitals that do have nurses unions. But most nurses do not belong to a union. When I was in orientation, they showed us a video that demonstrated via actors how a union orga...

2. Offensive Portrayal of Nurses in Ocean City, New Jersey?

   the bridge replied to marestott's topic in General Nursing

   First of all, linearthinker you have 20+ years experience as a professional nurse, and your nursing specialty includes FNP-C, CCRN-CMC, CEN, and the best you can do is put a "yawn" face as a response on the allnurses.com forum? How eloquent! Spec...

3. Offensive Portrayal of Nurses in Ocean City, New Jersey?

   the bridge replied to marestott's topic in General Nursing

   i have repeatedly written that this is not an event that represents the worst problem that nursing has to face. however, a family member was recently hospitalized and i had the misfortune of encountering some of the most incompetent nurses i have ev...

4. Offensive Portrayal of Nurses in Ocean City, New Jersey?

   the bridge replied to marestott's topic in General Nursing

   I understand that this event is not the most damaging thing that can happen to the nursing profession! There are a lot of other issues that are far more important to worry about! But why can't they have someone pretending to be a lawyer to see if t...

5. Offensive Portrayal of Nurses in Ocean City, New Jersey?

   the bridge replied to marestott's topic in General Nursing

   It is unfortunate that doctors and nurses are often the butt of jokes. And even though nursing is not the only profession that is made fun of in the media, the nursing profession should always be ready to stand up for itself. One of the biggest probl...

6. Pros and Cons of the Vickie Milazzo Program

   the bridge replied to Journeywoman's topic in Legal

   The Vickie Milazzo Program is probably not a good deal for most nurses. I have read about a lot of nurses who took this course and were never able to make any connections with legal firms that were willing to pay them for legal nurse consulting. Gr...

7. I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

   the bridge replied to asdjkl's topic in Relations

   First of all, I am very saddened that you are being harassed by your fellow nurses. It really does not speak well of their duty to be professionals. But, quite frankly, it is a scenario that has and will continue to occur in all nursing environment...

8. Confessions of a 30-Something RN Grad

   the bridge replied to LuvofNursing's topic in New Nurse

   This is a great story and one I am sure all nurses can definitely relate to! I will never forget the day the I took my NCLEX exam! It was a monster! And my test ended at 75 questions too! Even though I must have studied a minimum of a hundred hou...

9. How to ask for a pay raise???

   the bridge replied to Kspice's topic in New Nurse

   Everyone is eager to start off making as much money as possible upon graduation. And there is nothing wrong with that. But this employer is definitely offering you a great opportunity that is worth considerably more than a 5% percent raise. It wou...

10. Health Care: The Ticking Time Bomb

    the bridge replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you lamazeteacher for such a great reply to my post! Regarding my implying that "wellness" is synonymous with "happiness," I have always felt very comfortable with this relationship. While attending my BSN program, I was enlightened by how pro...

11. Health Care: The Ticking Time Bomb

    the bridge replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you VickyRN!

12. Health Care: The Ticking Time Bomb

    the bridge replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Great post Joe V! This is definitely the hottest topic that everyone is talking about! Personally, I would not support a publicly funded health care system. Here is my rant on the state of health care in America: Recently, there has been a very bi...

13. Lawyers Advised to Get a Nursing License During Tough Times

    the bridge replied to jackstem's topic in Career Support

    Thank you jackstem for this great post! I clicked on the ABA Journal link and it was very interesting. One of the comments made was "But don’t go to nursing school thinking that you’re immediately going to become a nurse-lawyer/consultant. Being a...

14. Too good-looking

    the bridge replied to GOMER42's topic in General Nursing

    It's absolutely pathetic that someone who was the academically superior candidate for a nursing position was turned down because they looked too attractive! When I was in school, I worked as hard as I could to have a high GPA so that I would have a ...

15. Ban together & change nursing?

    the bridge replied to inspire's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing, as it exists today, is designed to burn people out. The rule of the owners of the various places where nurses work is this: use as few nurses as possible to get all the work done, regardless of the impact that it will have on the quality of ...