OC_An Khe

OC_An Khe

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  1. SCOTUS

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Employer paid health insurance is a misnomer, the employee is paying for all of it. Health insurance is a cost of the employees total compensation package to the employer. It is part of your overall...

  2. SCOTUS

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Jillybean Sole Proprietorships, as you describe a business that you start is one thing, business entities e.g. C corporations, S corporations, general and limited partnerships are quite different in...

  3. Patients need a nurse, not a computer

    OC_An Khe replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    EMRs are going through growing pains and won't be perfected anytime soon. Will they save money? Probably on a macro level as opposed to a micro level. Most Nurses work on a micro level in healthcare...

  4. moderate sedation - a nurses right to refuse

    OC_An Khe replied to ConcernedRN03's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are correct, an MD can't absolve you from responsibility/ liability for actions you took under his direction. You always have the right to refuse to do any procedure, but the employer could then...

  5. If no union in right-to-work state, then what?

    OC_An Khe replied to callmecrazyRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Along with classes on labor laws, nurse should have some basic finance and economic classes also. I've also seen managers protect bad employee much more then unions do. Much like defense lawyers the...

  6. Advice on making the most of my nursing career (financially)

    OC_An Khe replied to richardgecko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    With regard to a staff nurse position in a hospital setting the OR is one avenue to consider. While the base pay is the same the availability for call and OT is high and lucrative after you get that...

  7. Wage Theft: Justice in the Workplace

    OC_An Khe replied to Imagepoem's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well put. Wage theft by "coercing" nurses to work off the clock, and working through breaks and not getting paid for it, should be reported to the appropriate authorities. It takes time to change the...

  8. Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    OC_An Khe replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It does depend on the employe and the union. Overall a unionized facility is better financially to the employee. As to a previous post re laziness, lower standards, et.al. it is not the Union that...

  9. Lifestyle Discrimination

    OC_An Khe replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree that it is discrimination. It also doesn't decrease health care costs overall. It just shifts the costs from an individual employer, thus increasing THEIR profit margin, to society was a whole....

  10. Growing Up Unvaccinated

    OC_An Khe replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes it is the parents choice, but does the parent of a child have the right to endanger my child as happens when enough parents are anti-vax. "herd immunity " is important part of disease suppression...

  11. Unions protest 100m hospital donation

    OC_An Khe replied to mhy12784's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Could it be that the new ambulatory care center would remove jobs from the hospital? And maybe the "string" that is attached to that money is that the jobs would be non union? If you think that is not...

  12. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    There is currently a strike at L&M Hospital in New London CT. This strike has escalated to the point the the hospital has locked out both unions locals that are striking. This includes all...

  13. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    On 2/3 The Unions have voted to ratify a new contract that resolves the issues that led to the strike and lockout. As a result of negotiations the favorable concessions made by the hospital to the...

  14. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Just an update. The issues that caused the strike and subsequent lock out are still unresolved. The 2 locals r working under the old expired contract. Negotiations on new contract are probably going...

  15. Morristown NJ

    OC_An Khe replied to lee1's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Union don't organize workers, the employers do. If the employers don't empower their employees and then treats them poorly, unionization can result. Unionization very rarely happens if an employer...

  16. Getting a meal break

    OC_An Khe replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    First off if you are being paid hourly then you must be paid if you don't take your meal break. It is common practice to cover co workers for breaks. I let my patients know I am going on break and...

  17. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    OC_An Khe replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Continuing education is the responsibility of each practitioner of the profession. It is a never ending responsibility. It is never the responsibility of the employer. If you don't continue your...

  18. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    L&M hospital unilaterally ended the lock out. It seems the costs of locking out their own employees, paying for traveling staff and paying the unemployment benefits for their locked out employees...

  19. If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

    OC_An Khe replied to runningcrazy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Although I agree with your sentiments, salaries are determined by supply/demand and what consumers are willing to pay. Of course if BSN was minimal degree for RN (which I philosophically agree with)...

  20. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The lockout is now starting into the second week. How individual nurses and techs are coping can be found on Facebook and how the community at large is also responding. on fb rnlpnnegotiations should...

  21. Strike and Lock out

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Anyone interested in learning about how the RNS LPNS and techs are dealing with and learning about this can foLLOW on FB rnlpnegotiations. L&M

  22. "For Profit" vs. "Non Profit" employers?

    OC_An Khe replied to Nola009's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The main legal difference between for profit and non profit is that the for profit pays taxes while the non profit does not. Both types of facilities must make a profit or they can't stay open in the...

  23. Going green makes me red in the face

    OC_An Khe replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Going green is not all bad if done correctly. For example all patient data on line is a time saver, but only if you have a hand held device to access it when YOU need the information and not have to...

  24. Anyone else see this?

    OC_An Khe replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    Depending where the jobs listed are I don't see where those numbers are out of line. In some areas they would even be considered

  25. Vermont governor signs single-payer health law

    OC_An Khe replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Essentially we are talking about how to finance health care for the indigent, whom we as a society are morally and legally required to provide. Financing health care to minimize the costs of this...