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Alot of the issue lately being brought up in the senate concerns RNs do you feel the Lpn/Lvn is being left out in the issues presented?

If tomorrow you had to leave nursing what career would you got to?And do you think your prepared for it and do you think you would be happy doing it?

I am having a problem with some of the answers posted in here.number one until it is made legal smoking marijuania is illegal.so what some of you are saying as long as you are doing something illegal not before clinical its okay?some example for nurs...

In the state of calif we still have mandatory overtime unfortuntaly SB1027 has been watered down quite abit since it first was written and is now on hold

I think my question is when a facility works nurses short or long hours is it going to be the nurse taking responsibility or the facilityIs the facilities also since this will be public use this against the nurses?

I feel this will have agood side and a very bad side to it. One the consumer the patient has a right to know when there has been a error without a question.they are paying for the care they have the right to know when there has been a mistake.but I f...

I'm glad to see that team work is a word that means something.yesterday I was in a meeting where a doctor made the comment that we needed nurses(meaning RNS) It did my heart good when a RN stood up and challenged the doctor that LVNs where nurses and...

actually responded to that article a couple of months back to the editior and challenged him to wright another article where he would follow what Robert Johnson had suggested and interveiw nurses that actually work on the front lines.of course I neve...

I work 10 hour shifts from 0530 to 1330 and love the days off.right now it is 104 here in the afternoons and those are killers by 2pm but I,m gone by 4pm when its at its worse.

recently I went to a nursing legal issue class where we talked about diffrent lawsuits recently that nurses have been faced with.I know of two cases personally of 2 nurses currently in court.It seems with the work load and the increase in responsibil...

recently I went to a nursing legal issue class where we talked about diffrent lawsuits recently that nurses have been faced with.I know of two cases personally of 2 nurses currently in court.It seems with the work load and the increase in responsibil...

actually brownms I did go to another yard to help someone else and that left her on her own.

I guess evry business always has tha one employee that drives everyone crazy with their lack of respect for their co-workers.the I wont get off my ass worker,is one of my most pet peeves.especially if they wont even answer a light what if the patient...

most of my time in nursing (my daughter is 22 now) I always felt guilty for the lack of time I could spend not including the fact I probley spent a total of 3-4 Xmas with her,that I didnt have to work.I also have a tendency to not tell my husband of ...

I think you are hard pressed to get the politicians to address this issue.they know the average joe blow does not take the time to find out where their tax dollars are going to.and there is big money as we all know in pharmacays,health care is a big ...

Being I also am a peace officer right now by law I cannot refuse mandatory overtime.I would be insubordinate and can be terminated and if the state wanted to push it could also be fined.but since we have SB1027 going through the senate in California ...

made the national news in the fresno bee today in california.

I can not even though my primary role is nursing strike by law.we can picket but not strike.but we by far (or should I say the officers get what they want by their contract for the most part)I belong to bargaining unit 6 in california or CCPOA.but th...

think this need to go to a good lawyer for inappropiate use of funds of tax dollars.

hey I have green ribbon and gold ribbon to take to work what do we wear?good luck and be tough and safe!

we all have certain freedoms but when it underminds the freedom of the people that at a time need it the most your patients I disagree with scabs.the nurses are doing the only thing left to make administration and the public come to their senses abou...

as a nurse dont understand why anyone would want to be a scab nurse?there are plenty of jobs out there and you are breaking the attempt to make improvement in nursing as a whole.you are placing your license on the line due to the fact you are workn...

wow nurse I wish you would put that out to the press.It really touched me.the more I read about LTC and talk with people It makes me wonder as a society we are neglecting our elders.nurses can only do so much.but the taught of getting old and working...

LVNS/LPNS cannot do assesments.And if these plans affect the overall dx of the patient I would want a RN to co-sign evryone of them.Good luck

YOU GO MINNESOTA!!!!!!! I notified the fresno bee and LA times we'll see if the print what I had to say.