lsmo

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1. good nursing job!!!!

   lsmo replied to adellisrn's topic in General Nursing

   LOVE IT! Nice slant on recruitment and retention ya know? I will email this to our staff council president ( a staff nurse ) who is working hard to get us a decent contract at this very moment. I will...

2. Owning our profession

   lsmo replied to el's topic in General Nursing

   No advice, just thoughts I've mulled over periodically that might interest you "el". What about designing a business that brings nurses in as part owners...if your specialty was orthopedics, you...

3. All Nurses Read This

   lsmo replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

   1)RN 2)16 3). North East/MICHIGAN 4) NO 6)SOMEWHAT 7)SOMEWHAT 8)RARELY 9)BARELY/DRASTIC CUTS 10)LOVE IT WHEN I CAN DO IT PROPERLY/REASONABLY 11)YES, SADLY 12)OCCASIONALLY 13)THREE 12 HOUR DAYS/WEEK...

4. need input from Mentors!!!

   lsmo replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

   hollykate, Awesome idea and good for you for asking the question. I feel that while mentoring needs to be "assigned" on a strictly voluntary and mutual basis between the mentor and the new employee,...

5. ANA & specialty nurse organizations

   lsmo replied to Tim-GNP's topic in General Nursing

   I originally became a member of ANA inadvertantly, due to our hospital's union affiliation--it is mandatory to join--otherwise we can donate our dues to a specified charity. I think ANA has been...

6. Nursing Conditions

   lsmo replied to purplemania's topic in General Nursing

   Joy, I think you hit the nail on the head. Ditto from Michigan. ------------------ L.Smo

7. Student Doing Research on Nursing Shortage HELP!

   lsmo replied to Andrea Parash's topic in General Nursing

   WHOA! It just about killed me to hear you suggest that nurses should give their recruitment bonus away. What are you saying? In the first place, nurses deserve more money for their everyday...

8. What do we really think we are worth?

   lsmo replied to swmn's topic in General Nursing

   Scott-o your post is awesome. I laughed out loud about being "infected"--with the desire for better pay???!!! True, warm fuzzies don't pay the bills. I don't see ANYTHING wrong with wanting more cash...

9. anyone else feel this way?

   lsmo replied to yankee_in_SC's topic in General Nursing

   WHY IS IT THAT NO ONE SEES THAT YANKEE'S MANAGER HAS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY HERE? IT SEEMS TO ME IF YANKEE HAS A GOOD WORK RECORD THEN THE NURSE(S) GIVING HER A ROUGH TIME SHOULD GET TAKEN ASIDE AND...

10. What do you do for yourself?

    lsmo replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    SusanMary: Go girl! Gotta give you credit for stopping the race to rethink your stress track. It is great to hear everyone's suggestions for destressing. Unfortunately, stress is part of our jobs and...

11. note to nurse dude, will they never learn!

    lsmo replied to bunky's topic in General Nursing

    In response to getting the word out on the nurse's perspective regarding our working conditions/environment: Use the Media-Media-Media! In an effort to do just that I will be putting together a panel...

12. what do nurses think of medical assistants?

    lsmo replied to karenccma's topic in General Nursing

    Karen, Perhaps you were getting a territorial related response from the LVN. Perhaps you are not aware that anyone who is working in a lab coat or a set of scrubs in a health care setting--and is...

13. NURSE THE NURSE: gotta improve retirement benefits

    lsmo replied to lsmo's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that ANY avenue nurses can use to negotiate their compensation should reflect a press for improvements in our retirement benefits. I am certain that this is a topic that deserves immediate and...

14. NURSE THE NURSE: gotta improve retirement benefits

    lsmo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone out there notice that the retirement benefits for nurses is greatly lacking? FACT: Nurses are very likely to retire without significant financial benefits and absolutely NO employer...

15. note to Pittsburgh nurses

    lsmo replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    To Oramar re: Sending the post I submitted on to the news... GO for it. I am honored. LSMO ------------------ L.Smo