Youda

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1. Hospital CEO was paid $2.25 million before 200 got the ax

   Youda replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Before there can be a change, nurses (all of them!) have to first figure out there's a problem. We talk about these things at allnurses, but the percentages of nurses willing to work for these kinds...

2. Hospital CEO was paid $2.25 million before 200 got the ax

   Youda replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   25-33% of every healthcare dollar spent in the U.S. goes to upper management salaries, according to the World Health Organization. This is nothing new. It has been going on for years. Odd that...

3. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I'm being pessimistic, and would like to continue this discussion. No offense intended. But, I don't think saying "No" or "negotiating" solves the problems for individual nurses. This seems...

4. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   I hear the negotiation, stand-up-for-yourself, etc. What do you suggest when that has already been tried? I run up against budgets, cut-backs, etc., etc., etc. The answer is NO. If you leave, they...

5. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   I was the happiest I've ever been in nursing at my last job. The difference was one of the best human beings, and nurses, that I've ever had the pleasure of working for. She encouraged everyone, was...

6. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   You just go up to your local printer, look in the yellow pages, and you can find plenty of places who will make custom bumper stickers. So what should it say? (I like the idea above). Make a dozen...

7. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   Everyone agrees there is a huge problem. Most nurses are willing to help. Not to bash the ANA, but even with state and national organizations, change isn't happening. I agree the need for changes...

8. On sabbatical?

   Youda replied to abrenrn's topic in General Nursing

   I'm on sabbatical because my job "sucked the life out of me" (a good description of how I've felt, quoting Mattsmon from another thread). It wasn't nursing that did me in, it was the corporation and...

9. Insulin syringe question

   Youda replied to Pretzlgl's topic in General Nursing

   As a diabetic, I will tell you that if anyone tried to give me an insulin dose in a standard syringe, I'd have to smack them alongside their heads just to hear their shrunken brains rattle around....

10. Question

    Youda replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    It depends on the setting. In nursing homes and long term care, leather or four-point restraints are forbidden by law. In an emergency room or psych unit, I think they are still used (someone help...

11. blackmail by hospital

    Youda replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    :roll

12. Stripes

    Youda replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    The kind of stripe and style of cap is chosen by the nursing school. Wide black velvet stripe might indicate you graduated from St. Mary's College of Nursing, two narrow black satin stripes if you...

13. blackmail by hospital

    Youda replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right, Kevin. It hasn't been so long ago that I reported to work at a LTC. To make a long story short, I didn't clock in, did not get report, and refused the assignment. I was told that...

14. LPN's in Missouri??

    Youda replied to ashemson's topic in General Nursing

    Just to answer this question... The LPN programs in Missouri now include IV certification as part of the program. The older graduates (before IVs were included into the curriculum) have to take a...

15. LPN's in Missouri??

    Youda replied to ashemson's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you to decide to go back to school! The differences in what an RN can do vs. what a LPN can do in Missouri are: LPNs don't hang blood LPNs don't do IV pushes LPNs cannot start IVs except...