The day is past dawning for changes in the profession. We need controlled workplaces and improved benefits. We need to have a voice in all decisions that affect our practice. Nurses need to be involved at all levels of the decision making that affects their work situations. There are so many options to be involved now and many of them are in a point and click manner. Be aware of the many state-level and national issues affecting nursing that are discussed regularly by your representatives. There are many bills that have never made into becoming a law because nurses will not get involved even at the simple, do-it from your computer level. Some examples are: lift-laws, staffing ratios, making bedside nurses a main piece of the decision making process in hospitals, and in my state, the last one to continue to restrict ARNP's from prescribing level three narcotics. Be involved in your nursing associations, they often have their own lobbyists that help to protect your profession, and give you the opportunity to be a part of deciding the best options for your practice.
What makes you want to come into work every day? Do you look forward to starting your shift knowing that standards are in place for your staffing and patient ratios? Even better they are honored regularly. That's the way it should be... Is it where you work?
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