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  1. 8-hour vs. 12-hour workshift: Traditional or Innovative? Benefit or Hazard?

    wjf00 replied to WELLimAnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you look up the subject on Google you will find several studies that report increases of 15-50% in med errors with 12 hour shifts. A manager once quoted the study using the 50% figure and told me,...

  2. Holiday policies- what does your unit do?

    wjf00 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We work 1 'major' holiday, either Christmas or New years, alternating between the two from year to year. Union contract. We can trade or ask someone to work for us. I always work for

  3. Can an LPN work in NICU

    wjf00 replied to mgalloLPN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unit has 2 LVN's left. They were hired years ago, and they only take feeder growers. They will not be replaced. If not for a union, they would be out the door. The LVN's in postpartum and Peds are...

  4. Is your first temp on a new admit..

    wjf00 replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our protocol calls for an initial rectal temp. I have argued to get that practice changed.. and lost. Old habits die hard. Passing meconium is the only way to assess a patent orifice, still nurses...

  5. No Holiday Pay?

    wjf00 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    8 hours holiday pay plus 1-1/2 time pay. $125/hr, I work any and all holidays. Plus since I work NOC shift it is the night before the holiday that gets the pay, the night of the holiday I am off....

  6. Syringe Feeding Near Term Infants

    wjf00 replied to PremieOne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No syringe feeding in the NICU where I work. We encourage breast feeding of course, but if the mom can't be there to BF, its bottle and pacifyer prn. The nursery will post no pacifyer. In the NICU...

  7. Ever Been Fired?

    wjf00 replied to lpnurse2004's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been fired before. File for unemployment immediatly. When I did that my ex-employer changed their tune. They claimed I resigned and they wanted to hire me back, but I refused. If your former...

  8. weekends only and sick time

    wjf00 replied to flower615's topic in General Nursing

    That hospital is one I would never work for. Bonus money always makes me hesitate. Why not just increase pay? Whenever a hospital offers a bonus I think of all the ways they will invent to not pay the...

  9. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    wjf00 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work 8 hour shifts and would never go back to 12 hour shifts. Fact is I still work a lot of 12 hour shifts, only now I get OT when I work the last 4 hours. In California, OT is required after 8...

  10. I need to vent a little....

    wjf00 replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Mandatory? That sounds a little bit ridiculous. I had to go to a 'mandatory' inservice about the lift team. I asked the lift team manager if he even knew where to find the NICU.... there was a long...

  11. kaiser?

    wjf00 replied to haji's topic in California Nursing

    All The Kaiser facilities in Northern CA are under the same union contract. A new 5 year contract was just signed that will pay every nurse in the area the same salary structure. That being said, it...

  12. Anyone gone union?

    wjf00 replied to liljsmom02's topic in General Nursing

    I like wars, they bring more casualties, so I have job security. So who to bomb

  13. Floating to NICU... how to be helpful?

    wjf00 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry you are being floated with not enough orientation. The manager who approved that should be fired. I would demand an assigned resource nurse before taking any assignment, and if you are...

  14. California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act

    wjf00 replied to Mike Kirchubel's topic in California Nursing

    and you know that because??? Diebold told you. .......... I hope those who are so sure of theses 'facts' enjoy the

  15. California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act

    wjf00 replied to Mike Kirchubel's topic in California Nursing

    The current adminstration has proved that point. "W" and the boys sure screwed everything up royally. Which begs the question, "Why is Bozo in charge"? Oh yeah thats right, it's the money Time to...

  16. kaiser?

    wjf00 replied to haji's topic in California Nursing

    Kaiser invites lots of applicants for positions. It allows them to pick the 'best of the best'. Can't say they always get it right but in theory it is a good

  17. Are any of you guys as burned out as I am?

    wjf00 replied to Germanicus's topic in Men in Nursing

    Good idea to move on if you feel that way. Having become an RN rather late in life I have done such jobs as roofer, bartender, cleaning airplanes, Letter Carrier and the like. You should try it if you...

  18. No more floating!

    wjf00 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at is currently in contract negotiations with CNA. One proposal put forth is to end involountary floating. If this were to become part of the new contract, it would be (to me) a...

  19. med error already-just a mess

    wjf00 replied to mel1977's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you dwell on a med error, your chances of making another error only increase. Identify what you can do better next time, incorporate that into your practice and move on. I don't mean to sound cold,...

  20. Help!! Nursing Debate

    wjf00 replied to ads24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nothing stirs people up on this site like the union vs non-union issue. Though on second thought it might start a riot, considering how heated that topic gets around

  21. Unit Clerks are Useless!

    wjf00 replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

    I make it a point to thank the unit clerks I work with on a regular basis. My job is infinitly harder when we have no unit clerk. I came in to work once and we had no unit clerk, since I was extra I...

  22. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    wjf00 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If your employer signed an exclusive agreement to use a certain brand of IV pump would you sue them for this as

  23. What would make you happy?...employee satisfaction

    wjf00 replied to natsfanrn's topic in General Nursing

    No

  24. Forcing overtime

    wjf00 replied to sharann's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Refusing mandatory overtime will not endanger your license. Working when you are fatigued and 'impaired' will endanger your

  25. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    wjf00 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ??? That certainly was not my experience in AZ. The NICU at the Banner hospital there had 3:1 ratio on vents. At the facility I work at now vents are1:1. And as for pay I went from 19.55/hr to...