What Topics Would You Like to Know More About???

Editorial Team / Admin · Jan 30, 2015

Job satisfaction, to include things such as vacation policies, nurse : patient ratios, that sort of thing.

Libby1987 · Jan 31, 2015

Yes, job satisfaction.

Medical benefits and employee share/OOP.

I'd also like to know what lifestyle nurses' salaries afford in different areas. As in salary and average rent/sales price on a newer/nice 3bd in a safe neighborhood with a Trader Joes.

allnurses Guide · Feb 3, 2015

I think the huge controversy right now is the anti-vaccination movement. I definitely promote truth-telling on my FB page and have a few family members (my daughter and daughter-in-law unfortunately) who believe all the myths floating around on the internet.

Here is a good editorial with lots of links to give you a synopsis of what's been going on out there.

Sears and Gordon: Should Misleading Vaccine Advice Have Professional Consequences? - Forbes

Columnist · Feb 4, 2015

I think the huge controversy right now is the anti-vaccination movement. I definitely promote truth-telling on my FB page and have a few family members (my daughter and daughter-in-law unfortunately) who believe all the myths floating around on the internet.
Here is a good editorial with lots of links to give you a synopsis of what's been going on out there.
Sears and Gordon: Should Misleading Vaccine Advice Have Professional Consequences? - Forbes

Since this is a current event, this might be the one to jump on first.

What questions do you suggest for this survey?

Christy1019, ASN, RN · Feb 5, 2015

Piggybacking onto Spider's mom's post, how about a survey evaluating the knowledge, understanding, and ability to recognize some of these vaccine preventable illnesses that are coming back around, by newer nurses that have never encountered them. I'd like to think I would recognize tetorifice, rubella or polio, but I've NEVER seen any of them in 7 years of nursing. Would I recognize some of these right away while I'm in triage?

allnurses Guide · Feb 15, 2015

As reminded by the thread "I Have the Time and Other Lies" I'd like to know how nurses feel the Customer Service mentality has impacted how they practice. Does fear of a "bad survey" make nurses more likely to allow families to bring in restricted food items or not insist on ambulating post-op patients?

icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN · Feb 15, 2015

My number one concern, and the root of all evil is under staffing.

As a starting point, I would like to know how pervasive under staffing is and how many nurses would support federally or state mandated nurse patient ratios.

I would like to ask have you ever witnessed a death as the direct result of under staffing and how many?

Have you ever witnessed a patient sustain a permanent disability as the direct result of under staffing and how many?

I would ask respondents to list the nurse patient ratio for their department or specialty.

Next, I would like to see this data broken down by type of facility, State and union vs non union vs federal facility vs non profit and for profit facility.

I would ask respondents if they support Federally or state mandated nurse patient ratios.

I would ask if they have ever or would vote yes to unionization to ensure a safe nurse patient ratio.

I would ask respondents to list professional licensure, degree, specialty area and years of experience.

There would be a section for individual comments and anecdotes.

Then I would send the whole thing to the New York Times, the Boston Globe, NPR, PBS anyone else that I could think of that has a platform to expose the bad practices in this industry.

We have lost our way as a nation and as professionals. I fear for our patients and our new nurses who are being indoctrinated to function as robots and accept unsafe working conditions.

Mr. Murse · Feb 15, 2015

Since this is a current event, this might be the one to jump on first.
What questions do you suggest for this survey?

Before I get jumped on, let me preface what I'm about to say by clarifying that I am NOT anti-vaccine. I do, however, take some issue with being forced to have the flu vaccine at my hospital, or to have to jump through hoops and wear a face mask for months if I don't want it......or quit the job.

It would certainly ease my mind though if I were to seem some clear benefits of forcing healthcare workers to get it. I have been saying for a while now that I would like to see some statistics regarding the "before and after" of the flu vaccine being required and how it has or has not benefited the hospitals that require it. Has it served the purpose it was intended for? have the facilities that require it experienced any significant decline in the numbers of staff that have contracted the flu?

Again, I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but I do have some issues with this fairly recently implemented policy in many healthcare settings.

Editorial Team / Admin · Feb 15, 2015

Before I get jumped on, let me preface what I'm about to say by clarifying that I am NOT anti-vaccine. I do, however, take some issue with being forced to have the flu vaccine at my hospital, or to have to jump through hoops and wear a face mask for months if I don't want it......or quit the job.
It would certainly ease my mind though if I were to seem some clear benefits of forcing healthcare workers to get it. I have been saying for a while now that I would like to see some statistics regarding the "before and after" of the flu vaccine being required and how it has or has not benefited the hospitals that require it. Has it served the purpose it was intended for? have the facilities that require it experienced any significant decline in the numbers of staff that have contracted the flu?
Again, I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but I do have some issues with this fairly recently implemented policy in many healthcare settings.

Not jumping on you, but instead of changing topics on this thread about future survey topics, there are plenty of threads about mandatory flu vaccines that would be better suited for your post.

Columnist · Feb 17, 2015

These are excellent suggestions.

Thank you icuRNmaggie for adding questions for your suggested topic.

Keep the suggestions coming. This is your nursing website and your platform for letting your voices be heard.

icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2015

Here are couple more relevant questions:

Are you taking an anti anxiety or antidepressant to help you cope with the stress in your workplace related to under staffing?

Have you ever been injured on the job due to under staffing?

It would be a good idea to use some kind of alert, not email notification, in order to receive a large sample. Thank you.