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The unions only care about their right to organize not anyone's right to privacy! We have a castle law here that would prevent them from harrassing staff members...they would just be shot......

It has nothing to do with quaking at the knees!! LOL!!! Unions don't scare me, its all the other stuff that comes with them. Senority based system(I've been here for 11yrs), dues, dues being used to advance political parties, strikes, no guarantee that they can come across with whats promised, etc...

I, I feel that it is a better option than unionizing my hospital. Unions may have their place in the world but it shouldn't be in healthcare. I'm sorry but there is always an option. As a fellow healthcare worker, I would rather leave a hospital to find work than be involved in a union. I'm very glad to live in a RTW state where union dues will never be mandatory and neither will joining the union. I know, I know, its right to work for less state. But guess what, this is where i live and have many colleagues who feel the same way

but it in no way answerred the question of how to change a bad employers actions through individual actions , rather than in the security of a collective bargaining agreement ( contract that defines the behaviour the employer is accountable to). i have no desire to try and change the way an institution behaves if it cant be done through shared governanace and individual action. the contracts you speak of really have no teeth in that contract negotiations can go for long periods of time with no considerable result. you can bet that i would rather be anywhere than with an employer that treats me in a substandard way. there's always another hospital. that's the great thing about healthcare, an abundance of jobs.

Hopefully, there are enough of us who believe in RTW that it won't happen......

If you diagnose and treat patients, you are practicing medicine. This is an old article and he is way off base!

So you're saying its unprofessional to not be in a union?? I'm sorry but striking does not effect positive change. It puts patients at risk for someone's need to make more money. Forcing people to pay to work is not positive change. As far as the mercenary comment, the same can be said for unionizers. They try to organize hospitals like its a military operation! Showing up in breakrooms, the lunch room, outside the hospital with their pathetic little organizing cards. Showing up at peoples homes and also calling to harass them about how great the union will be for them. Talk about unprofessional!!

Usually wouldnt use both in peds pt. The advair is plenty for her. And yes, she should have received a 5 day steroid burst. I have never used combivent in peds.

what is a "neutrality agreement" and how does it affect workers? a 'neutrality agreement" is a contract between a union and an employer under which the employer agrees to support a union's attempt to organize its workforce. although these agreements come in several different forms, common provisions include: gag rule: while most neutrality agreements purport to merely require an employer to remain 'neutral," in reality they impose a gag order on speech not favorable to the union. a company, including its managers and supervisors, are prohibited from saying anything negative about the union or unionization during an organizing drive. employees are only permitted to hear one side of the story: the version the union officials want employees to hear. no secret ballot election: most neutrality agreements include a "card check" agreement. under such an agreement, employees are not permitted to vote on union representation in a secret ballot election monitored by the national labor relations board (nlrb). instead, the employer pledges to recognize the union automatically if a certain number of signed union authorization cards are collected. experience shows that many employees are coerced or misled into signing these authorization cards, often being falsely told that they are merely health insurance enrollment forms, non-binding "statements of interest," requests for an election, or even tax forms. access to premises: neutrality agreements commonly give the union permission to come on company property during work hours for the purpose of collecting union authorization cards. this differs from the guidelines set by the nlrb and the courts, under which an employer has no obligation to, and may actually be prohibited from, providing the union with such sweeping access to its employees. access to personal information: neutrality agreements frequently require that the company provide personal information about employees to the union, including where employees and their families live. armed with a company-provided list of the names and addresses of each employee, union officials can conduct home visits to pressure employees to sign union authorization cards. captive audience speeches: employees may be forced to attend company-paid "captive audience" speeches pursuant to neutrality agreements. in these mandatory forums, the union and management work together to pressure employees to sign up for the union. sometimes it is announced that the union and company have already formed a 'strategic partnership," making union representation seem a foregone conclusion. in one facility owned by johnson controls inc., it was strongly implied that if workers did not support the union's organizing effort, they risked losing potential job opportunities. (a copy of the text of a captive audience speech is available by clicking here.) employers are often pressured into neutrality agreements by union picketing, threats, or comprehensive "corporate campaigns." some employers are pressured into neutrality agreements by other companies who are acting at the behest of union officials. a neutrality agreement itself may require an employer to impose the neutrality agreement on other companies with whom it affiliates. even more ominous, there is a growing trend in which state and local politicians pass laws mandating that employers who wish to do business with the state or locality must sign neutrality agreements. in one notorious case, the san francisco airport authority mandated that any concessionaires who wished to lease space at the airport had to first sign a neutrality agreement. that governmental interference in private labor relations was held to be federally preempted, and was enjoined, in aeroground, inc. v. city & county of san francisco, 170 f. supp. 2d 950 (n.d. cal. 2001). unfortunately, many politicians are still attempting to require neutrality agreements as a condition of contracting with the government or of obtaining grants, even though most, if not all, such requirements are unlawful under federal law. the bottom line is this: employees' rights of free choice are sacrificed and lost under so-called 'neutrality agreements." instead of being able to freely choose for themselves whether they desire union representation through a secret ballot election, management and union officials work together to impose unionization on workers from the top down. the foundation has established a neutrality task force to help employees who find themselves forced (or potentially forced) into unwanted union representation as a result of these devices. the foundation stands ready, willing and able to help employees who are victims or potential victims of these schemes. workers who wish to request legal assistance may write us, call us toll-free at 800-336-3600, or send an e-mail message to [email protected]. address your request for assistance to legal department. the national right to work legal defense foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. the foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, is assisting thousands of employees in more than 250 cases nationwide.

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Could you please explain what a DNP will bring to the frontlines that a master's prepared APN will not?

Most ridiculous thing I've read here on AN.............

I currently drive an hour each way but would have it any other way. I live on 10ac with my family and some horses. Well worth the commute to live in the country!

No offense but you are sadly mistaken if you think that the experience a nurse gains at the bedside is useless. OJT experience is everything. THis is where the majority of learning takes place, at the bedside. I had 7 yrs experience before going to np school and still felt like a fish out of water, so I can't begin to imagine stepping onto a unit as a NP with no experience. NP school should require 3-5yrs experience prior to admission to the program.

There is NO looming dnp requirement, just a recommendation.