Here is where you can be heard. ANA has all the emails set up and you just fill out the form and it gets sent to your representatives. It's a start.
You can edit your message. I added that nurses need to be protected from administration for expressing concerns about patient safety. I think that is very important. Nurses also need to be protected if they feel it is unsafe.
TRUST ME when I tell you that we nurses have an uncanny way of knowing who the complainers are.
And like BrokenRNHeart, I too will strongly emphasize anticipating needs for your type, the suffer silently kind, in report.
But you know, even though I always feel very stressed and like I run for a full 12+ hours at work, there are still nurses who somehow (it's beyond me how) manage to sit around at the nurses station fairly often. Of course, I guess it's not that hard to imagine too when I hear things from patients like I did the other night.
I had to stop in the middle of this patient's assessment and when I came back to resume, he said that this had been the most thorough examination he'd had since being there for the past few days. The scary thing is that I was really only maybe halfway through my assessment!!
So Meg, here's my advice to you and all patients. Once you identify those "just there for a paycheck" nurses and you happen to have them, get on that call light just as often as your pretty little fingers can press it please so we can drive 'em outta there!
((((((((((NurseCherlove)))))))))). Thank you NurseCherlove and Broken Heart. You both havebeen awesome.:redpinkhe
That's a great program. I love how it finds your congress persons for you. I've wrritten them before about this issue, but doesn't hurt to keep hounding them about it.
That's a great program. I love how it finds your congress persons for you. I've wrritten them before about this issue, but doesn't hurt to keep hounding them about it.
Would a poll work to see how many have actually responded?
Do you have to be a member to participate?
You do have to be a member to respond to a poll. There really isn't any way to know how many guests actually sent in letters. Let's just keep positive and full of wishful thinking that many of them did.
Specializes in med-surg 5 years geriatrics 12 years.
Just did it and put in my 2 cents worth,too. Not in the hospital setting anymore but sure hope it helps those who are...may end up there again someday. Thanks for letting us know about the link.
BrokenRNheart
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Michael Moore written to.
Go here if you would like to ask him to consider this.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/email/index.php