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goingCOASTAL

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  1. Question about shift differentials...

    goingCOASTAL replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    In places I've worked, there was generally a shift diff for evening shift and night shift. Where I work now, an additional differential is added (on top of the others) for the

  2. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone with a functioning brain, reasonable problem solving skills, functional people skills, and a fair dose of basic human compassion can be a nurse -- provided they finish school and pass boards....

  3. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that any organization to be successful needs an effective outreach program, and an active committment to "listening." This would help dispel the perception (whether correct or not) that...

  4. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    Well, actually, most of us really didn't care. And, I am not female,

  5. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    On professionalism and organizations (and I promise not to say NAFTA -- well, okay, not anymore after that time! LOL!): There is a "vein" of opinion here that believes that if you criticize the ANA,...

  6. Political Reality of Nursing

    goingCOASTAL posted a topic in General Nursing

    Been reading through the forums, and have enjoyed many of the lively discussions. Invariably many of the problems discussed become political discussions, with some respondents stating they don't like...

  7. Political Reality of Nursing

    goingCOASTAL replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how much of that stuff you could come up with from sources that they don't publish?

  8. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    ANA does a lot for the perception of profession of nursing, but I really don't see what they've done to improve the reality of nursing -- especially when it comes to workplace issues which DO have an...

  9. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. Which is why I voted 3rd party that year -- I mean, it seemed there were two republicans running in '96, and I never vote republican. I believe he had also signed DOMA his first term,...

  10. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I say welcome to America, too. I have no beef with immigrants individually -- we are a nation of immigrants. What I have a beef with is immigration policy; which governs the rate of immigration and...

  11. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I think my post may have incorrectly implied that I blame unions for this at all. I do not. Unions DID, however, force those industries to provide (and promise to provide) those benefits they can no...

  12. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    Well, until you said "NAFTA has put NO ONE out of work," I thought you had an opinion. Sorry, but since some of us don't take our talking points from Rush Limbaugh, we weren't aware that all of our...

  13. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. I'm from TX, too, though I'm considering making a move to CA. Corporate management will never wake up. Reason: although they are populated by human beings, corporations are not human. They...

  14. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is, but I'm not really aware of any jobs that are "easy" and pay well. There are a lot of things I could have done, but none promised the amount of pay this one did with the shortest amount of...

  15. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be so quick to let that idea go. "They" taught us that because "unionization" is considered blue-collar, and we're supposed to be "above" that. Plus, there's the whole "strike" issue -- you're...

  16. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I've always thought that nurses were viewed on the same par as teachers, police officers, firemen, etc. -- I always thought we were part of that "unsung heroes" group. I proudly earned my ADN at a...

  17. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    The reason there's a problem now with these companies is because these companies had extraordinary pension benefits d/t their unions. It's only a problem now because of GOP-led globalization -- these...

  18. Political Reality of Nursing

    goingCOASTAL replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    I would also add workplace environment and job security to that list of concerns. Too long, groups like the ANA have made it known that they don't care a fig about workplace issues, and they're only...

  19. Political Reality of Nursing

    goingCOASTAL replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    I think one reason that many "professional" health orgs lean liberal is because liberals and other left-leaners (like myself) see things that need changing and get about actually doing it, where as...

  20. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    goingCOASTAL replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention that this means thousands of new uninsured dumped into the medical system when the layoffs do happen. I don't think universal insurance will happen in the next few years -- there is a...

  21. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    goingCOASTAL replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If we relied on the Florences and Floyds(?) Nightingale to replenish the nursing ranks, we'd have no nurses. I'm still young enough to remember nursing school, and there were quite a few "adult...

  22. ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    goingCOASTAL replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a debate I had several years ago with a BSN who thought anything less was incompetent and a danger to patients. She was from my home state, and didn't respond after I posted the statitics...

  23. New to California

    goingCOASTAL replied to cassieopea2193's topic in California Nursing

    I got mine by endorsement -- totally through the mail. I knew it was going to be a bit before I moved there (still not there yet), so I didn't apply for temporary, only the permanent. From the time...

  24. Where are some places to buy scrubs in Houston?

    goingCOASTAL replied to jetta1's topic in Texas Nursing

    As a guy, I've always had trouble in the uniform shops . . . one clerk at Life Uniforms told me, "Oh, we don't have anything for men!" (apparently, no one informed her of the definition of "unisex")...

  25. New to California

    goingCOASTAL replied to cassieopea2193's topic in California Nursing

    I hope to hear how it's going for you! I've been toying with the idea of moving to CA myself for over a year now -- got my license endorsement last year, and have been trying to talk myself into just...