OC_An Khe

OC_An Khe

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  1. Assingment under protest

    OC_An Khe replied to l.rae's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Keep a copy of all the forms that you and other RNs fill out. Then ask for a private interview with the JCAHO when JCAHO next comes around and present them with a few years worth of them. How well it...

  2. What pension/medical retirement benefits to you get?

    OC_An Khe replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Pension at my facility is small, almost non existent. Currently negotiating to increase 403b employer contribution and early retirement med insurance coverage. One thing I agree with from previous...

  3. Far-out JCAHO questions

    OC_An Khe replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    The real question is not what the JCAHO inspectors ask you, it is the question you ask them. Namely how to I make a complaint to JCAHO so when you inspectors leave and things return to normal I can...

  4. Sick call policy

    OC_An Khe replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    If all the good thingd are being done, then last minute call ins are an acceptable part of the facilities culture, from both a staff and management perspective. To change the culture will be difficult...

  5. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

    OC_An Khe replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    SpineCNOR Go directly to the head of Human Resources, there are plenty of laws governing this type of behavior so policies aren't needed, and say you have a problem with certain MDs creating a...

  6. Sick call policy

    OC_An Khe replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    KlareRN, If there are truly no takers for the apparrently good compensation your facility is offerring then probably there are two things happening. First is that there truly aren't any RNs availble....

  7. Floating nurses

    OC_An Khe replied to babsRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Floating is a long standing problemwith in the hospital nursing culture. It probably stems from the days when vitrually all RNs were trained in the hospital setting and had extensive clinical...

  8. Sick call policy

    OC_An Khe replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    I am reading the posts to the above thread and am really amazed that such bizarre and antiquated working conditions still exist today. I call in sick so you punish me for being sick by making me work...

  9. Wage compression

    OC_An Khe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious about how big a problem wage compression is throuhout the country. By wage comprssion I mean the difference between the lowest pay for a staff RN and the highest pay for a staff RN in...

  10. Wage compression

    OC_An Khe replied to OC_An Khe's topic in General Nursing

    -jt How does it work with for exmplean N with 20 years expirience but who hasn't work for say 5 years or

  11. Activities for nurses week?

    OC_An Khe replied to uyf's topic in General Nursing

    For Nurses week...how about adequare staffing and no

  12. Lunch breaks

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

    Breaks should be taken and be fairly apportioned. Smokers shouldn't get prority. Not that I'm knocking smokers as they do provide us with future job

  13. Nurses that change their jobs often. Is that common?

    OC_An Khe replied to 25yearsrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nursing does allow a great deal of mobility within the profession. This can be both an advantage/ disadvantage. The main disadvantage to moving frequently is the inability to take advantage of the...

  14. Is this a violation of the new whistleblower law?

    OC_An Khe replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Feisty, Did the place you teach for back you up? Besides restraint of trade against the hospital, what about academic freedom at the educational insitiute where you teach? Is there a faculty union...

  15. Cancelled???

    OC_An Khe replied to NurseTami's topic in General Nursing

    Guess one learns something new everyday. Makes life interesting. Joybug was that in Canada our your current posiion in

  16. Cancelled???

    OC_An Khe replied to NurseTami's topic in General Nursing

    The point is that they should not be able to cancel you at all. If you are hired for X hours per week then you should receive X hours per week. If the individual RN requests or truly volunteers to...

  17. Cancelled???

    OC_An Khe replied to NurseTami's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you know any other profession that would accept a decrease in their pay because it was slow today? Professionals need to be treated as professionals and not as day laborers. We RNs need to...

  18. med/surg/peds unit

    OC_An Khe replied to TracyB,RN's topic in General Nursing

    This seems to be the way of the world, especially in smaller community hospitals. The key to this combination is flexibility and assurring that the acuity mix doesn't get out of hand. It should be the...

  19. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

    OC_An Khe replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

    When someone suggest going back to team nursing I have bad thoughts. It says to me we don"t have enough staff, probably won't have enough RN staff in near future so we are going to fill void with LPN...

  20. Assignment Objection/Unsafe Staffing Form

    OC_An Khe replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    JP We utilize the inadequate staffing forms also, and they can be filled out by any RN who feels their assignment is unsafe, not just the charge nurse, Can also be filled out at anytime. You could...

  21. On Call Shifts

    OC_An Khe replied to PhantomRN's topic in General Nursing

    To all the RNs who are subject to call, are you getting paid for the time you spend on call, whether you are called in or not? If you are being paid, how much are you paid and if not why

  22. refusing mandatory O.T.

    OC_An Khe replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure of the status on the federal mot bill, I think I'll ask my representative about it. Why don't we all do this? [ June 10, 2001: Message edited by: ocankhe

  23. Mandatory Overtime???

    OC_An Khe replied to nanablue2's topic in General Nursing

    This is an example of how insidious MOT can be. It endangers the patients and the Nurse. One truly wonders why any nusre would continue to work under these conditions. Kakanurse why don't you forward...

  24. Mandatory Overtime???

    OC_An Khe replied to nanablue2's topic in General Nursing

    kday, Each state is different so check with your state board of nursing with regards patient abandonment, as for hours worked direct those questions to your state board of

  25. Union input please

    OC_An Khe replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Bedhead, Unions are not always about getting more, they are also about preserving what you already have. There is a vast difference from being an employee at will and under a contract. Your present...