tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post116548999834504835..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: The Crisis in American Nursing. Stat!Shaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1166037569555352082006-12-13T14:19:00.000-05:002006-12-13T14:19:00.000-05:00Excellent post. I encourage you to submit it to C...Excellent post. I encourage you to submit it to Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival published every two weeks. It is a carnival <I>about</I> nursing, by nurses and others. The next edition will be published tomorrow, and deadline for submission is 5pm EST today. To submit, email the URL for this post to this edition's host: airwaycontrol at protecttheairway dot com. <BR/><BR/>Change of Shift was started by Kim McAllister, R.N., of Emergiblog, and the schedule/archives for the carnival is maintained by her. Her blog is at www.emergiblog.com.The Tundra PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389307878200524785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165574951192023762006-12-08T05:49:00.000-05:002006-12-08T05:49:00.000-05:00Anonymous:Sadly, your story is familiar, and other...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Sadly, your story is familiar, and other nurses who put their careers on the line are getting crushed like bugs. Please hang in there!Shaun Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165524653211589722006-12-07T15:50:00.000-05:002006-12-07T15:50:00.000-05:00After 27 years of being a nurse in the despicable ...After 27 years of being a nurse in the despicable LTC industry , I was fired for reporting an illegal/unethical practice by my employer. I found some protection from my whistleblowing activity under a law that protects healthcare workers who are fired /discilpined in retaliation for reporting.These laws are state laws that get heard in a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge who has sole authority to find in your favor or dismiss your case. No jury, no punitive damages, only relief is reinstatment with backpay IF you win . I lost my case heard by an ALJ who completely erred in interpretation of our state law.Now I am in the appeal process, will go all the way to the supreme court if need be.Nurses are now being coerced into falsifying documentation to allow their employer to get away with hiding information that would need to be reported to the oversight agencies.Also, in my state a nurse is being charged with criminal negligence by the DOJ.The healthcare industry is being allowed to get away with many, many violations by the state regulating agencies, yet the nurse is now being punished for the sins of the healthcare corporations. A nurse named Mary Richards Rollins RN,BSN,a former state examiner, wrote an expose about just how underhanded and corrupt the oversight agencies are. Nurses are in a world of trouble and this does not bode well for their patients, esecially with the baby boomers coming ofage just around the corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165511019926438292006-12-07T12:03:00.000-05:002006-12-07T12:03:00.000-05:00Ah yes, the blame game. No matter how many people...Ah yes, the blame game. No matter how many people are involved in a patient's care -- the pharmacist, radiologist, therapist, psychologist, resident, intern, primary-care doctor -- the buck begins and ends with the nurse and when something goes wrong the nurse often is in the crosshairs.<BR/><BR/>Good luck to you and your wife.Shaun Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165509028956775342006-12-07T11:30:00.000-05:002006-12-07T11:30:00.000-05:00Interesting Q&A. I wonder if your interviewee has...Interesting Q&A. I wonder if your interviewee has ever worked in southern states?<BR/>My wife is a nurse and I'm putting her through CRNA school now. She's only been in the profession 6 years, all ICU BTW. She knew being on the floor was not going to last long, I think the average is around 10 yrs.<BR/>Much of what was said here seems to be what I heard as well.<BR/>Though both places she has worked were non-profit, and it appears from others we've spoken to that is the way to go. For Profits treat employees much worse.<BR/>All we've known have health insurance, and decent pay. I think this may be a southern thing, because there were no unions and her pay was roughly $8/hr higher than those in MO and KS. <BR/>The biggest thing I saw as a problem was nurses being blamed for poor decisions by mgmt and Doctors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165497816251521122006-12-07T08:23:00.000-05:002006-12-07T08:23:00.000-05:00You're quite right, although the "whatever" refere...You're quite right, although the "whatever" reference was to my disdain for labels, most certainly not the DF&C.Shaun Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-1165496171462102312006-12-07T07:56:00.000-05:002006-12-07T07:56:00.000-05:00Careful Shaun, never mix a reference to your signi...Careful Shaun, never mix a reference to your significant other, and the word "whatever", you'll end up sleeping on the couch!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040079468994024956noreply@blogger.com