Nursing Appreciation...

Really? Who does? Many studies find that we are the most trusted profession, but that never stops the impatient patients and families and those that NEVER find all we are trying to do to help them...

ENOUGH

Enough entitled of the entitled society that never says thank you and thinks that we owe them their healthcare and why aren't we handing them the doggie bag of meds while we are at it...Please include the Dilaudid and Phenergan...

Does administration really appreciate nurses? Hey you Nurse...Work another shift of overtime, but you better not be late or take a sick day...and by the way your socks are WRONG...go home and change and work another 12-hour shift...LMAO...LUDICROUS...

WHO Advocates for Nurses?

Just another day that makes you go HMMMMMMMMM.......

You go to work and think, today will be Good. Things will go just fine...

Then you find a patient slumped over and realize that syncope may be real...

SO much for that telemetry floor she was going to, as you fight to keep her breathing and not intubate her.... Oh so glad she wakes up and is only a little confused...LOL..

Another life preserved...

Calling for help sometimes is another thing that makes you go HMMMMMM....

Do you take the time or just do what you need to do...And GOD help you if the intercom once again does not work and you have just wasted valuable time...

With Brains and Hearts...Time IS Muscle....

Anyway......
LMAO

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....

Here's a Big Surprise...

From the ANA

Study:Nurses' work schedules affect patient mortality

Hospitals with a nursing staff that worked long hours and had no time off had higher rates of pneumonia deaths, and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure was linked to nurses who worked while they were sick, according to a study in the journal Nursing Research. The researchers also found mortality for acute myocardial infarction was tied to nurses' weekly hours and consecutive days worked.

Another case of Nurses are just toooooo... often the bodies to provide the care. Good care, the Care that patients actually deserve, only provided, if the time is there...

Get Involved...Only you Can Protect Your Practice

Did you know that there have been Bills in the Florida Legislature to make it mandatory that bedside nurses are part of the decision making process, that they share and contribute to how changes and policies take place?

It's time for those that actually care for the patients to be the main part of that Decision Making Process. This can affect staffing ratios in addition to the actual practice policies and procedures.

Be a Part of what happens to the way you Practice..Be a voice and part of the Say SO...

Nursing Revolution: WHO Advocates for Nurses?

Nursing Revolution: WHO Advocates for Nurses?: "Do you really feel that there is someone...Other than your partnering nurses that Advocate for you? The Bedside Nurse???You are lucky if it ..."

Nursing RevolutionSurvey for nurses interested in a federally funded retirement planis being considered.Those interested please post...The purpose of the study, and how the results will be used.This will be a quantitative study using survey research. The purpose of this study is to discover if a federally funded nursing retirement (a program that will guarantee 50% of retirement income after 20 years of service, and an additional 25% for every ten years of service, up to 100%. This will be pro-rated as decided later.) could help to bridge the gap in the nursing shortage for Northeast Florida. Would it promote nursing retention, longevity, and security for nurses currently working as well as prompting nurses to return to the profession? The results will be used to seek the aid of local, state, and federal politicians in organizing and instituting a nursing retirement plan. As one of the largest workforces in the country that provides caring and professional services to all communities, we deserve a retirement plan. We work long and strenuous hours with tremendous responsibilities and stressors and are justified in seeking this plan.

WHO Advocates for Nurses?

Do you really feel that there is someone...Other than your partnering nurses that Advocate for you? The Bedside Nurse???

You are lucky if it is your charge nurses....But go another step up and I bet the majority of advocacy is for maybe the patient, but I would bet the bottom dollar that the real advocacy is for administration, the physicians then patients, nurses...WELLLLLLL, way down the line. And this is from 30 years of practice seeing decisions made, that the consideration for nursing practice and nursing work conditions and safety are too far down the line...

ANY Thoughts?

Here's a question:

How many nurses believe that point-of-care testing should benefit the staff that draws the blood, runs the tests and trouble-shoots the machinery???

I vote for Nursing Revenue from POC testing.

Nursing Intervention in their own Practice

Nurses need more of a voice in their own practice and to take ownership of how their working situations develop and are maintained. Lemming nurses are not needed in today's economy or workplace. Just accepting all mandates and decisions by management is ludicrous. Whenever changes are proposed consider you workplace situation and how that will effect your practice, question or have alternate ideas ready to make you own situation safe.

Nursing Revolution: Nursing Revolution

Nursing Revolution: Nursing Revolution: "When will nurses care about their own practice?And get involved?I did this blog 3 years ago and got NO response, so I seldom kept up with it..."

Nursing RevolutionSurvey for nurses interested in a federally funded retirement planis being considered.Those interested please post...The purpose of the study, and how the results will be used.This will be a quantitative study using survey research. The purpose of this study is to discover if a federally funded nursing retirement (a program that will guarantee 50% of retirement income after 20 years of service, and an additional 25% for every ten years of service, up to 100%. This will be pro-rated as decided later.) could help to bridge the gap in the nursing shortage for Northeast Florida. Would it promote nursing retention, longevity, and security for nurses currently working as well as prompting nurses to return to the profession? The results will be used to seek the aid of local, state, and federal politicians in organizing and instituting a nursing retirement plan. As one of the largest workforces in the country that provides caring and professional services to all communities, we deserve a retirement plan. We work long and strenuous hours with tremendous responsibilities and stressors and are justified in seeking this plan.

Nursing Revolution

When will nurses care about their own practice?

And get involved?

I did this blog 3 years ago and got NO response, so I seldom kept up with it, let's see if facebook or twitter help. One thing about the internet it stays around a very long time.

Nurses need to determine how and where their practice goes and how it develops for their own autonomy. Staff nurses should be the ones to decide what is safe for staffing practices. They are the ones at the bedside, they know what patients require and demand. Bedside nurses should be the ultimate in the decision making process for staffing, equipment and other such patient needs.

Here's a question:

How many nurses believe that point-of-care testing should benefit the staff that draws the blood, runs the tests and trouble-shoots the machinery???

I vote for Nursing Revenue from POC testing.