PeggyOhio

I'm not sure if you will find the conditions in the states any better. The facility where I work has contracted to bring 30 nurses over from the Phillipines. No one seems concerned that pursing this policy may be depleting an extremely important hu...

From the Minnesota Nurses Association website: Status of contract negotiations: - Children's Hospitals and Clinics, St. Paul campus: Approved new contract June 1. No strike. - Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis campus: Approved new contra...

According to the AFL-CIO website the USWA is one of the 64 unions it represents. This is getting rather confusing. If you are a member of the CNA are you a member of the USWA automatically and the AFL-CIO too? So does this mean that basically if y...

Thanks for posting this Karen. I tried to e-mail you. Did you get it? Keep the info coming. you are doing a great job, Ms. Moderator.

Molly, Yes and I agree. Health care is different it is essential to the well-being of our citizens and therefore our society at large. I agree that it should be affordable and accessable to ALL CITIZENS, not just those fianancially well off e...

Molly, Enjoy your comments and perspective. I attended the ANA RN Lobby day on June 26th. In the meeting we had with Senator Voinovich's staffer, I brought up the Family USA report. I asked what Senator Voinovich's position on the report...

Lori, I agree kday's advise is sound. The experience you will get as a CNA will help you decide if nursing is something you want to invest your time and money in. It will also make the infamous "reality shock", a.k.a the transition from student t...

Lori, I agree kday's advise is sound. The experience you will get as a CNA will help you decide if nursing is something you want to invest your time and money in. It will also make the infamous "reality shock", a.k.a the transition from student t...

feistynurse, Do you have the data to support this statement, "Much of the expense of health care in this country is created by insurance bureaucracy. IT IS NOT NURSE'S SALARIES OR ADEQUATE STAFFING THAT ARE RAISING HEALTH CARE COSTS!!!" I would lo...

nailboss, This article may help you understand.UKtostop Here's a quote,"``A few years ago, Nelson Mandela came over to Britain and begged us not to recruit from South Africa." They probably would snap you up if you were from the Phillipines!

Yippey! Yay! Way to go Maine!!!!!! The precedent is set for the remaining 49 to follow. What good news!! Can't wait to take this to work! What a burden lifted off the shoulders of nurses!

Imarn, I'm at Greater Cleveland Area Hospital. We work short a lot. Using agency more and more. Mandatory overtime is commmon on certain floors. We have no union. I was disappointed when Akron settled. And really disappointed when I heard t...

Imarn, I'm at Greater Cleveland Area Hospital. We work short a lot. Using agency more and more. Mandatory overtime is commmon on certain floors. We have no union. I was disappointed when Akron settled. And really disappointed when I heard t...

They will probably rewrite the immigration laws to allow more foreign nurses in who won't object to the work environment. I wish I could share your optimism regarding the impact of this study. Nurse will continue to be the ones caught in the middle, ...

-jt, The recently release AHA study (6/5/01)disputes the "maldistribution" theory, and the projected crisis date of 2010. Basically what they're saying is it's here, it's now. "Until Tuesday's survey was released, the majority of studies have focu...

I have a few links if these would help: HealthCareExecutives FollowingtheMoney HMOCEO [ June 11, 2001: Message edited by: PeggyOhio ]

I have a few links if these would help: HealthCareExecutives FollowingtheMoney HMOCEO [ June 11, 2001: Message edited by: PeggyOhio ]

HB 1289 was referred to Sub-committee on Workforce Protections 5/30/01. Please continue to write your legislators to support this bill so they know it is imperative! Don't let it die!

-jt, I see your perspective. I feel the article is useful as a tool to try to overcome the apathy and condescending attitudes of some nurses. It is maddening that more nurses aren't more vocal where it counts. But I also feel that the west coast a...

JennyP, I hope this wasn't your hospital! Union reels after miscount MIKE HUGHLETT STAFF WRITER It's a shocker lifted from the Florida election playbook: In a ballot recount, Abbott Northwestern nurses discover a bundle of misplaced votes, and s...

-jt posted a link to an article listing 13 "Things You Can Do to Help Relieve the RN Shortage". I urge everyone to copy it and follow the suggestions. #1 is "Stop denigrating nursing and nurses", which if your anything like me you may find difficul...

Mijourney, I'll second and third that! SOLIDARITY!

-jt and natalie, Thank you for making it clear that proper staffing and mandatory overtime are the heart of nursing issues. I honestly believe those two issues are the ones that are driving nurses out of the profession. Sure we griped about the...

JennyP, I am so sorry for what your going through! Has anyone figured out why there was a discrepancy between the number that registered to vote and the number that actually did? How so "bust the union"? You were very much in the Clevela...

NRSKarenRN, Thanks for sharing that info. I just love this BB. We are really able to gain momentum and strength from knowing what is happening in other cities and across the country. I feel the tide is turning. Keep writing those Senator's!