Nursefriendly.com: March 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Why #NursesTakeDC 2018? Emily Cardwell, MSN, RN, @kynurse4change #NursesTakeDC #NurseUp #NursesUnite #NationofNurses

Why #NursesTakeDC 2018? Emily Cardwell, MSN, RN, @kynurse4change

I’d say that “NursesTakeDC not just for the nurses of today, but for the day we will be patients. We are on the front line and see the shortcomings from lost due to under staffing, but it is the patients who suffer the most immediate ramifications. Those are friends, family, and eventually, each and every one of us.” Is that what you meant?

I often think the single biggest mistake nurses make is forgetting that they too will need the care they provide others, and not acting aggressively to force change to protect patients and staff until they fall victim to the understaffed system that has put nursing care on the chopping block.

It bothers me to see such wonderful, empathetic, educated professionals not consider what they would do if it were them in the bed tomorrow. Would they go to their own facility? Or would they fear for their safety? If the answer is the latter, then they need to advocate now.

I’ve been sick for years, and I know I won’t live long enough to see a total overhaul of healthcare. But I’d love to see nurses take back power over healthcare.

Emily Cardwell, MSN, RN @kynurse4change

NursesTakeDC 2018 details here:
https://4nursing.blogspot.com/2018/01/nursestakedc-safe-staffing-rally-april.html

Sincerely,

Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly National Directories
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Why NursesTakeDC 2018? Shelly Fink, RN #NursesTakeDC #NurseUp #NursesUnite #NationofNurses

Why NursesTakeDC 2018? Shelly Fink, RN

Nursing friends!!

I just booked my hotel room for this event. If anyone is able to attend, or is interested, please check out the event page.
https://www.facebook.com/events/695907173929749/?ti=as

Professionally, safe staffing ratios has not effected me. I currently work with an amazing team model that flows well. In my critical care years, it was always 1:2, sometimes 1:1. But many of my colleagues who work other facilities struggle with this issue daily.

For every patient added on to a nurses assignment, the risks of one of them dying goes up exponentially. I don't rally as a nurse to make my job better, personally my job rocks! I rally because I'm a daughter, a mother, a wife, a friend, and sometimes a patient, who understands why this is so important.

This is not a partisan rally, not a Republican vs Democrat thing. This is standing up for our profession and our patients to all who will listen.

Consider joining me. Get involved!

NursesTakeDC 2018 details here: https://4nursing.blogspot.com/2018/01/nursestakedc-safe-staffing-rally-april.html

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Why #NursesTakeDC 2018? Janet Michaelis RN, @jgmichaelis #NursesUnite #NurseUp

Why #NursesTakeDC, Janet Michaelis RN?

An obvious fact: CARING THOROUGHLY FOR PATIENTS TAKES TIME, yet bedside nurses are too often saddled with impossible workloads we're expected to perform to perfection, while being pushed to push the patients out ASAP. So-called “quality standards” reward "throughput" over thoroughness, demeaning and endangering staff and patients alike.

Meanwhile legacy professional organizations, like the ANA, have spent decades equivocating about the subject of mandatory staffing, allowing cruel and dangerous practices to persist and fester like chronic wounds.

Instead of listening to professional lobbyists, it’s time that legislators hear from us directly for a change!

NursesTakeDC 2018 details here: https://4nursing.blogspot.com/2018/01/nursestakedc-safe-staffing-rally-april.html

Monday, March 5, 2018

Why #NursesTakeDC 2018? Angela Kokopelytio, BS(N), RN, Silent No More Foundation, @silentnomorefnd

Why "#NursesTakeDC"? Because I have had the experience of knowing that just one more nurse could have been the difference between life and death for a patient. The level of fear that goes through a nurse when they know how fragile that situation is is horrible. We should never be put in this position. A patient needs more and better than that.

#NursesTakeDC because we've trusted and hoped for our employers to do the right thing, and they've intentionally gotten it wrong, erroneously believing this saves money.

#NursesTakeDC because we should never be faced with these terrifying situations. Patients shouldn't die because we are chronically short staffed.

One of the number one causes of healthcare worker directed violence is long wait times. A person becomes frustrated, then escalates to the point of physically assaulting staff. The longer the assault is able to continue, the worse the damage is.

#NursesTakeDC because we've been silent about this since the dawn of time. The overwhelming majority of healthcare workers have experienced healthcare workplace violence. We are the most likely of any industry to be assaulted.

#NursesTakeDC because we didn't take these jobs expecting to be assaulted.

#NursesTakeDC because just one more nurse could mean the difference between life and death in situations of healthcare workplace violence.

#NursesTakeDC because if we are assaulted, that assault will continue until someone else comes to help.

#NursesTakeDC because we will be #SilentNoMore about the assaults we receive when we lack support to prevent them.

#NursesTakeDC because we want to safely return home after our shifts, without harming our patients from being stretched too thinly. #SilentNoMore

NursesTakeDC 2018 details here: https://4nursing.blogspot.com/2018/01/nursestakedc-safe-staffing-rally-april.html