Norbert Holz

Although I don't remember who you are by your nicknames here; I surely remember going to Tallahassee! Our elected representatives need to be educated on the crisis in Nursing! I will be working on this issue till the safe conditions we all need becom...

Here is a letter I sent email. Greetings Melanie, I just finished reading your article in the Friday October 4, 2002 Tampa & State section of the St. Petersburg Times. As a Registered Nurse working in the Tampa Bay area in health care for ove...

Hi All, It has only been a couple of years I've been wating for a reply - still nothing! But thne what could a reasonable person say to the facts I presented verses the fiction presented by the "news"paper?

I remember talking with a DON at my first "job." She instructed me to solve a problem; first identify who owns the problem. They will be charged with it's ultimate solution/ resolution. Here we are in 2002. The chicken little "The sky is falling,...

THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE! MUST I KEEP REPEATING THIS FACT!

You certainly picked a bad place to post an issue of brotherhood. Health care in general and nursing in particular will never attain the camaraderie & brotherhood you elude too. There is no one with benevolent intentions watching your back but...

Your retorical question, "is health care a right"? can only be properly addressed by asking the question - Who is granting or denying this right. Yes, health care is a "right" if you are a member of the group granted that right by virtue of inclusio...

I am greatly interested in the "nursing shortage." I read everything I can to keep myself better informed. The Federal Government is: Giving money to schools to train nurses. Making loans available for students of nursing. Allowing any nurse to ent...

The Federal government is paying enough attention to the alleged "nursing shortage"; one does not exist! What they are doing is not helping nursing! State and federal efforts are designed to help employers get additional nurses to staff their f...

In a clinical setting, begin by establishing a therapeutic relationship with the client to be guided. On the tape you'll need to do this by explaining who you are and why you are creating the tape. Speak in a normal tone and cadence with your voice....

Here is my estimate of income projected at the $10.00 per hour rate cited as compensation for the LPN's being sought by the school district. Please correct these estimates if you feel they are inaccurate. 7 hrs a day X 5 days a week = 35 hours a week...

Look at this another attempt to solve the "nursing shortage." It will not work! Excellent article on nurse shortage in this month's "American Demographics" magazine. Note the reference to AFT Healthcare's nurse shortage survey of two years ago. Wa...

The economy will continue to keep nursing salaries low and staffing inadequate. Employers will claim that there are not enough funds avaliable to convey adequate compensation to employ sufficient staff, pay agency rates or contract with individuals....

We, (most) nurses, are employees! We are not compensated for what we do; we are paid an hourly wage for doing all assigned tasks. We are assigned patients of a facility. When nurses are compensated for every individual thing they do compensation wil...

What would you do if a nurse working for you was placed on a do not use list?

I would join the Florida Nurses Association and the ANA if: - I made enough money to pay the dues - they represented issues relevent to me - they represented working nurses - they would take ACTION to improve my job - they would elevate nursing from ...

Short staffing is a facilitys way of saying they will not pay to have a RN work. Health care orginizations will not pay more unless they have too. We are in a capitolistic economy: short supply (should) = increased compensation Why is it that nursing...

Your experiences as a Tech on the Burn unit will be very valuable for you in all aspects of nursing. You will learn impecable infection control, pain control, psyc aspects of patient and family, and how to cope with extensive dressing changes. The b...

Yesterday was my birthday - I'm 43 now. In my mail box I received a slip for a certified letter from my employer. I picked up the letter this afternoon as soon as the rapid filling of my colostomy bag subsided from consuming the bowel prep for my col...

Greetings to all, I know in my capitalistic heart of hearts the only solution to the"nursing shortage" is to pay a professional wage! People will "want" to become nurses. If a nurse could indeed afford to live in a home, drive a nicer automobile, r...

THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993 The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, administers and enforces the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for all private, state and local government employee...

Wouldn't 100K per Nurse solve the"Nursing Shortage?" The one in the hospitals where Nurses don't want to work because of the bad working conditions, low pay and little respect? Oh yes, I am in control of my career! I tool all of the steps necessary t...

I hear quite a few times that the cost of living is less in places. I al so hear that wages allow a person to live comfortably on less. I'd like to know what the cost of living is where you live. Please give a monthly estimate for your "middle class"...

Please take a look at my I Almost Died Really! thread. I am a Nurse who is a patient too! I advocate for myself if needed. I understand what each one of the staff members is dealing with - I've worked that job, all of them! If the nurse is a Fu** up...

Please put a choice that pays a good (no excessive strings) sign on and a good salary. The pay should be $40/hr (base) with a sign on to attract the Nurse!