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Why do so many nurses post that they love the med scanners, b/c, as we all know: they are shills and somehow these posts are turning up b/c the scanners are slow at best, and 2, next time you are on a jet flight at 30000 feet or in your car going 55 mph + and the jet or your vehicle acts w/problems like the scanners routinely do--then you know in your last living breath that the scanners really are a fraud and someone made you post such nonsense that they are great.

Why does the company Press Ganey, the one that sends out the patient satisfaction surveys to pts. have a large area on their webpage devoted to Magnet Nursing. Further, P G also bought Moorhead and assoc., the company that does healthcare employee satisfaction surveys for nurses--now done by the PG folks. Is this "alignment" for the good of the pt or the RN, or to corrupt the system for what is a small pool of senior mgt at the PG co., and the Hospital administrative "teams" in order to increase the $ for bonus. Could in a litigation proceeding on a patient chart: the RN on staff goes to the same hosp and MD as the pt., both get PG surveys as patients, further, the RN does a Moorhead assoc. RN employee satifaction/RN satisfaction survey, and the pt chart is under litigation review w/the nurses name on the chart--any conflicts here and are the specific "confidential" pt and also employee--RN-- surveys allowed to be seen in court?? A busy scenario here but not totally outlying.

Yes a sad scene that requires a full hard core invetigative journalism digging--and they call nursing a "profession" with such stress strictly due to the pporly planned staffing grids to increase mgt bonus $. Note: Press Ganey the patient experience co. that sends pt's their surveys for md/and/hosp visits, they have a large section of their webpage devoted to Magnet Nursing--and they also own the company--formerly Moorhead and assoc--. who send you your employee satisfaction surveys---does this mean a small band of highly paid mgt/ceo's corrupting a system to increase their $ compensations--while--letting the rn and the patient think the care is being directed by themselves but alas the pt and rn are puppets.

Why is the NNU National Nurses United who has been the most clearly vocal and specific in the national media regarding what SHOULD BE DONE TO PROTECT nurses from Ebola, why are they totally ignored on aacn and ana websites?

I represent no med equipment company. Buy only a low to mid priced st/scope. In an isolation room you will use the $1.99 disposable model, the M.D.'s are not using any, the sitting charge RN is busy texting another RN on duty(or maybe one at home, a friend) that you are starting neo or levo on one of your patients and may not know exactly how to handle it--though you actually do b/c you are in reality "up" working in your room and actually care about your patient and your job. I really do not notice any difference w/the st/scope world. I work on a unit such as you describe for many years. keep on truckin.

This ADN took over after 2 consecutive 4 hr shifts had fin for 2 rn's, both bsn, one nearly done w/NP, one a Critical Care float who is paid more b/c she comes to our ICU as a float--they both had one pt., nasal cannula, alert nsr post stroke clot retrieval, sbp ord 110-140 w/ iv push meds if over 140. Both 4hr shifts the bp was 160-170, this adn came on at 4 am and had to correct w/iv p meds and bath the pt who had not been bathed. I of course had another sick vented trauma pt. I am an adn w/20 yrs experience and hope the ones pushing for the bsn completion in nursing I hope this pt was their mother.