Strike or time to grow up!

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I hear so much talk about striking that it scares me to think that there are so many people who would abandon their patients so easily. Maybe in some cases where safety is an issue I could consider striking (after all other methods have failed). I feel that nurses need to stand together more politically but not by striking. There is currently too much fighting between nurses at this point (adn,BSN, MSN, CNA etc.)

When people strike I hear them talk bad about agency workers (scabs). Does this mean you would like to see no one show up??

Does this mean you would like to see your patients suffer??

If so maybe it is time for you to leave nursing....

Jared

Originally posted by JenKatt:

jt- I think so (did he not sleep at all) because according to him he's super nurse :D

I hardly think I'm super nurse. There are many nurses out there with far more knowledge than me...By far. There are some of the Labor and Delivery nurses that I work with that astound me with the excellent way they deliver care, their knowledge, and their skill. I think there is something we can learn from every nurse out there. I think I'm a little ambitious and probably just excited with what I can discover in nursing. It is one of the few fields that offers such unlimited possibilities. You can just about do anything you want.

Sometimes the querreling, back biting, cannibilism (eating the young) gets in the way of what can be good teamwork and cohesion. So many people want to be an individual and exceed beyond others. Does it really matter? In the long run do we feel better about ourselves? Do we get a pay raise?

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Originally posted by JenKatt:

jt- I think so (did he not sleep at all) because according to him he's super nurse :D

I hardly think I'm super nurse. There are many nurses out there with far more knowledge than me...By far. There are some of the Labor and Delivery nurses that I work with that astound me with the excellent way they deliver care, their knowledge, and their skill. I think there is something we can learn from every nurse out there. I think I'm a little ambitious and probably just excited with what I can discover in nursing. It is one of the few fields that offers such unlimited possibilities. You can just about do anything you want.

Sometimes the querreling, back biting, cannibilism (eating the young) gets in the way of what can be good teamwork and cohesion. So many people want to be an individual and exceed beyond others. Does it really matter? In the long run do we feel better about ourselves? Do we get a pay raise?

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Originally posted by Hardknox:

Anybody check out Jared's website? His cartoons about "nurses" says it all.....

LOL

Jared

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Originally posted by Hardknox:

Anybody check out Jared's website? His cartoons about "nurses" says it all.....

LOL

Jared

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thanks but really we had no choice. If we fell - who would be there to care for us?

We are all we've got![/QB]

good point

J

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thanks but really we had no choice. If we fell - who would be there to care for us?

We are all we've got![/QB]

good point

J

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Specializes in NICU, Informatics.

What would your element chief say if he/ she knew what you were supporting as nursing humor? I mean really, I have to assume you are an officer and you've gone through officer's school. Didn't they teach you that you have a certain intergity to uphold, that your bars mean something? All you are showing by your website is crude humor, it might be funny, but since you are signing yourself as a military RN in Europe, you have a duty to uphold your uniform and all it stands for.

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Specializes in NICU, Informatics.

What would your element chief say if he/ she knew what you were supporting as nursing humor? I mean really, I have to assume you are an officer and you've gone through officer's school. Didn't they teach you that you have a certain intergity to uphold, that your bars mean something? All you are showing by your website is crude humor, it might be funny, but since you are signing yourself as a military RN in Europe, you have a duty to uphold your uniform and all it stands for.

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I wanted this as an experiment or introduction to a discussion of teamwork and how it plays in the workplace. So I picked a topic that I thought would elicit some strong emotions.

By posting this discussion I wanted to see how far nurses would divide amongst each other. I wanted to see if there would be prostrike and non strike at first. Then moved toward views of me being a good motivated nurse or a bad nurse. It was funny to see that after posting what some of my accomplishments were people immediately started judging my character without ever knowing me. Some of the speculations were so specific. Even my comic website was mentioned which was put together as our class 2000 graduation dedication.

You get so many mixed feelings in nursing. It is the same in the military too. You get people who want to teach new nurses and those who want to be better and won't show others their tricks of the trade. In nursing we tend to be very judgemental. We have received new nurses who have had a bad reputation on other floors and even before they arrived you can hear the rumors starting. Everyone may judge them before they ever arrive. I think that if the nursing field would get along better and could accomplish more politically, wage wise, workwise etc.. We have done so much with expanding our scope of practice but could do so much more. But everytime someone gets a little power they forget how things once were or their too busy kissing up to someone higher.

I have found teamwork more effective in critical care areas (just from limited experience) ER, ICU, L&D, NICU and less on the surgical related units. I think it is because you get your individual patients and are expected to swim for yourself. If someone needs help we may think well I have my patients too. Most of the tasks can be done by 1 nurse. In critical areas many tasks require more than 1 nurse.

"we can all be great nurses and when we see those who are not great nurses, it is our responsibility to help them become great nurses. This is achieved by our positive roles"

---Jared Kennedy

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I wanted this as an experiment or introduction to a discussion of teamwork and how it plays in the workplace. So I picked a topic that I thought would elicit some strong emotions.

By posting this discussion I wanted to see how far nurses would divide amongst each other. I wanted to see if there would be prostrike and non strike at first. Then moved toward views of me being a good motivated nurse or a bad nurse. It was funny to see that after posting what some of my accomplishments were people immediately started judging my character without ever knowing me. Some of the speculations were so specific. Even my comic website was mentioned which was put together as our class 2000 graduation dedication.

You get so many mixed feelings in nursing. It is the same in the military too. You get people who want to teach new nurses and those who want to be better and won't show others their tricks of the trade. In nursing we tend to be very judgemental. We have received new nurses who have had a bad reputation on other floors and even before they arrived you can hear the rumors starting. Everyone may judge them before they ever arrive. I think that if the nursing field would get along better and could accomplish more politically, wage wise, workwise etc.. We have done so much with expanding our scope of practice but could do so much more. But everytime someone gets a little power they forget how things once were or their too busy kissing up to someone higher.

I have found teamwork more effective in critical care areas (just from limited experience) ER, ICU, L&D, NICU and less on the surgical related units. I think it is because you get your individual patients and are expected to swim for yourself. If someone needs help we may think well I have my patients too. Most of the tasks can be done by 1 nurse. In critical areas many tasks require more than 1 nurse.

"we can all be great nurses and when we see those who are not great nurses, it is our responsibility to help them become great nurses. This is achieved by our positive roles"

---Jared Kennedy

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Originally posted by JenKatt:

What would your element chief say if he/ she knew what you were supporting as nursing humor? I mean really, I have to assume you are an officer and you've gone through officer's school. Didn't they teach you that you have a certain intergity to uphold, that your bars mean something? All you are showing by your website is crude humor, it might be funny, but since you are signing yourself as a military RN in Europe, you have a duty to uphold your uniform and all it stands for.

It must be late when you posted this.. Are you on the computer at work too???? LOL (Big chuckle)

Well you may be right. But I didn't say which military I was in. Could be any (Hogans Heroes, salvation army, Uniformed services of timbuk tu).

But very well I should change it. And ahhhh Officer Basic Course.....the good old days...took my liver 3 weeks to get back to normal size. In my 10 years of military service this was definately the easiest course I have done.

Not that it was all fun and games, however I did spend over $4000 in 2 1/2 months on partying. Although I would probably say it is probably more difficult than Airforce or Naval basic.

Humor is needed everywhere and comes too often in limited quantity. Whether your a peon or the president of the UsA

Jared

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Originally posted by JenKatt:

What would your element chief say if he/ she knew what you were supporting as nursing humor? I mean really, I have to assume you are an officer and you've gone through officer's school. Didn't they teach you that you have a certain intergity to uphold, that your bars mean something? All you are showing by your website is crude humor, it might be funny, but since you are signing yourself as a military RN in Europe, you have a duty to uphold your uniform and all it stands for.

It must be late when you posted this.. Are you on the computer at work too???? LOL (Big chuckle)

Well you may be right. But I didn't say which military I was in. Could be any (Hogans Heroes, salvation army, Uniformed services of timbuk tu).

But very well I should change it. And ahhhh Officer Basic Course.....the good old days...took my liver 3 weeks to get back to normal size. In my 10 years of military service this was definately the easiest course I have done.

Not that it was all fun and games, however I did spend over $4000 in 2 1/2 months on partying. Although I would probably say it is probably more difficult than Airforce or Naval basic.

Humor is needed everywhere and comes too often in limited quantity. Whether your a peon or the president of the UsA

Jared

[ June 20, 2001: Message edited by: kennedyj ]

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