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Being a long time staffer I can tell you if you have a limited budget. Nurse like appreciation. Give them a greeting card with a free lunch ticket or subway ticket. I never met a nurse who didn't eat. Most important is the card

I just now finished a research paper on nursing unions. I suggest you call a trade union and not a professional union although I am a member of the ANA and GNA. Trade Unions focus their efforts on rightsfor workers where as professional unions concentrate on supply and demand strategy(regulating entry) in order to get more money and higher education credentials more than workers rights. Only because nurses are deflecting to trade unions did ANA institute United American Nurses Union. I found through all the reading that Service Employes International Union is geared towards the working nurse and public regardless of your Title.

It sounds like you all are a wonderful group of nurses and certified assistants. I too would be proud to work with you all and I hope the cohesiveness between patient care givers becomes stronger!

I don't think organizations which employ nurses want unions. It is not profitable for them. workers rights can only be obtained through unionization in today's health care settings. The World Bank has endorsed Trade Unions.

I suggest nurses or medical personnel join labor unions. Not professional unions whose main concern is accredidation and advancement for nursing profession but just as in California, labor unions. Labor unions are concerned about work conditions, safety, justice, and management taking advantage of workers. Little do people realize but some managers are also blue collar workers. I don't know if Georgia has a labor union for nurses.

Hi, I feel for you. I have been there myself. I am enclosing a poem that the family may appreciate and you also. It has helped many times in my hospice career. I'M FREE Don' grieve for me, for now I'm free. I' following the path God laid for me. I took his hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, I've found that peace at the close of day. If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembering joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah, yes, these things I too will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life's been full, I've savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don't lengthen it with undue grief, Lift up your heart and share with me, God wanted me now, he set me Free.

below is the lettermarch 3, 2004dear sir/madam:i am writing to urge you to cosponsor s 991/hr 3656 the "registered nurse safe staffing act of 2003." this legislation seeks to ensure that patients receive safe, quality nursing care in hospitals and other health care settings.research demonstrates that when they are more registered nurses (rns), there are lower mortality rates, shorter lengths of stay, reduced costs and fewer complications. this bill requires the establishment of a staffing system that ensures a number of rns on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care.the bill also provides public reporting of staffing information. hospitals must post daily for each shift the number of licensed and unlicensed staff providing direct patient care, specifically noting the number of rns.the complexity and variability of today's hospitals necessitate that staffing patterns be determined at the hospital and unit level, with the input of the rns caring for patients at those institutions. i urge you to cosponsor this important piece of legislation. thank you, mrs. frankie miles, rn 1178 lynch road baxley, georgia 31513