Thursday, January 11, 2018

Why #NursesTakeDC 2018? Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN, OCN, @alenegonebad

Why do I want to attend and speak at #NursesTakeDC 2018?

It’s important for nurses to be authentically themselves. I have been an athlete my entire adult life and I know that the only way to accomplish a goal is to have a singular focus, without getting distracted by extraneous things that don’t contribute energy toward pursuit of that goal. 

Each of us need to figure out what we value. When we know what we value and why, we are grounded, and less likely to get swept away by the strongest gust. Live your life in accordance with those values, every single day, in every single action. Focus forward. Eyes on the prize, feet on the path. We can’t let petty agendas, egos, and distractions pull us off-course. We must unite as a movement to unequivocally demand safety now- for the public- our patients and ourselves, in our workplaces. 

I want nurses to take away one thing from #NursesTakeDC- that they will examine their own values and resolve to live their lives and do their work in accordance with those values.
Nurses can learn more about me and my book here: https://cancerharbors.com/navigating-the-c
@alenegonebad (Twitter, Insta)

Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN, OCN is an oncology nurse entrepreneur and author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, and works in the community developing programs to enhance quality of life for cancer survivors and all who are affected by cancer.


Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Why #NursesTakeDC Beth Hawkes, RN? "I've always been a nurse's nurse. Speaking up for unsafe working conditions . .


Why #NursesTakeDC Beth Hawkes, RN? "I've always been a nurse's nurse. Speaking up for unsafe working conditions and advocating for patient safety. It's so important that nurses come together on this topic. Alone we are weak. Together we are powerful."
http://ow.ly/nQxU30hv3h9

#NursesTakeDC, Safe Staffing Rally, April 25, 26, 2018

Original Facebook post with photo album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.976361932447823&type=3&hc_location=ufi

Dr. Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio, www.GreatNurses.com ran the first nurses march with 35,000 in DC in 1995, and Show Me Your Stethoscope is continuing her work on April 26, 2018.

Laura will be speaking at #NursesTakeDC 2018, view her march video here!



This will be the 3rd Annual Rally for Nurse:Patient Ratios!

A 2 day event, April 25 & 26, 2018: Main Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/695907173929749/

April 25, 2018 @ 4-8pm: Legislative Education Seminar. Hear from our nurse activists on health policy and how to become an effective change agent in healthcare. Walk away equipped with the tools to make change in your community and industry. Limited to first 250 registrants! Details to come!

April 26, 2018 @ 1030 am - 2:30 pm Rally at the U.S. Capitol Building followed by meeting with your legislators and staff! YOU MUST MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENTS, but don’t worry, we will make this as easy as possible! Try to plan appointment time around rally if possible. Details to come!

The purpose of the NursesTakeDC Rally is to support House Bill 2392 & Senate Bill 1063 Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017.

The proposed bills would establish federally mandated requirements for nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in acute care hospitals. This would regulate the maximum number of patients assigned to a nurse during a given shift. Nursing assignments would not exceed the proposed ratios. This legislation inherently has patient and nurse safety at the forefront.

NOW is the time to make appointments with your congressmen. We have tools to help assist you with this necessary task!
http://www.nursestakedc.com/legislative-information

Register here: http://www.nursestakedc.com/rally

Hotel Information: Blocked rooms and a discounted price. http://www.nursestakedc.com/hotel-information

Location: Permit Area 1, Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Why should you go? Dr. Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio talks Safe Staffing with NJ Safe Ratios (Kate). If you want safe staffing we need nurses to unite.
Let's get every NJ nurse to unite. Tag your nurse peeps and share!

https://youtu.be/4IXT_-90Y9Y


Main Rally Page: http://www.NursesTakeDC.com/
From the site:"Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Nurses, healthcare providers, and the scientific community understand that unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios contribute to increased morbidity and mortality for patients.

Unsafe staffing also creates unhealthy and unsafe environments for nurses to practice, and contributes to nurse burnout. As a result, our community is working to change the current care environment. #NursesTakeDC is a nurse-driven movement to make safe nurse to patient ratios a reality for all nurses in the United States. This year nurses will gather in Washington, DC for a National Rally to raise public awareness regarding the importance of safe nurse-to-patient ratios and to support pending legislation.

In the Fall of 2016 Medscape Nurses completed a survey that questioned working RN’s on their experiences and safe nurse staffing. The results of this study were recently published by Medscape titled What's Being Done About Nurse Staffing? According to Buppert (2017), “53% of nurse respondents said that at the end of a typical shift, they did not feel satisfied about the care they had provided. And 57% believe that patient care is suffering”. Log in for free to Medscape to read the complete article at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/877838_1

On May 4 & 5 2017 Medscape Nurses traveled to Washington DC to see the outcome of the Rally. To view their perspective of the event, log into Medscape for free at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/880474 The piece titled Nurses Get Political to Address Unsafe Staffing may be viewed."

View #NursesTakeDC 2017 rally videos here.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYp0EZSWDx3HOWVdfZa496r-vudYZUG_y

The issue is "Nurse Patient Ratios Now!" We are backing legislation to make California Style nursing ratios national. Something the American Nurses Association, American Hospital Association is dead set against.

Will be posting updates and activities leading up to the rally, if you'd like to attend or get involved, do contact us or visit:

Main Rally Forum:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1528010070852117/

#SMYS For Change (Show Me Your Stethoscope)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/609085302563442/

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Spread The Word! Delnor Nurse Rape/Hostage Situation Kindly Help Us To Prevent It From Happening Again.

Hello Everyone,  an easy way to spread the word is to search for articles on the Delnor Nurses situation and then like, comment on them, share to your own pages.

Search Facebook for "Delnor Nurses" there are tons of articles out there.

If you look at this Emergency Nurses Association post, 157 people shared it.
https://www.facebook.com/shares/view?id=10154593075872849

Like/react to it, then click on the "shares" and you can like, thank each person that shared it.  This increases the visibility on Facebook, encourages them to keep it in the limelight.


I'm adding this as a comment to each one I find (some posts you can only like, but not comment on due to privacy settings)

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Thank you for sharing this, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:

Send any cards, support etc to:
Delnor Nurse, PO Box 394 Sycamore IL, 60178

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYp0EZSWDx3Es9XWBawK_-km3gZR9qRWv

#HWPA2017 #SilentNoMore #Delnor #DelnorNurses #DelnorsLaw #ShowMeYourStethoscope #ViolenceAgainstNurses #NurseAbuse #NurseUp #SMYSOfficial #SMYS #DelnorHospital #NursesTakeDC

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If you can spend a few minutes doing this a few times a day, we'll grow the #HWPA groups very quickly and draw others in :)

Thanks!

Andrew Lopez, RN

Below are posts I've already commented on, kindly like and post more comments if you have time :)

June 2017
TODAY
Thank you for sharing this Jamie, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Erik Angle's post.
Thank you for sharing this Erik, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Julie Archer's post.
Thank you for sharing this Julie, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Jason Stiles's post.
Thank you for sharing this Jason, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More
Thank you for sharing this Linda, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More
Thank you for sharing this Vivian, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Dulcie Yelverton's post.
Thank you for sharing this Dulcie, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Hauser Cheryl's post.
Thank you for sharing this Cheryl, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More
Thank you for sharing this Ashley, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Laura White's post.
Thank you for sharing this Laura, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez reacted to Laura White's post.

Thank you for sharing this Liz, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Tooraj Hafezi's post.
Thank you for sharing this Tooraj, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Cindy Westhafer's post.
Thank you for sharing this Cindy, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Joseph Keary's post.
Thank you for sharing this Joseph, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez reacted to Joseph Keary's post.

Andrew Lopez commented on Kim Foster's post.
Thank you for sharing this Kim, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Deirdre Reuther's post.
Thank you for sharing this Deidre, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Shelley Henson's post.
Thank you for sharing this Elaine, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez reacted to Shelley Henson's post.
Wow! Scary to think.

Andrew Lopez commented on Elaine Whitehead's post.
Thank you for sharing this Elaine, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More
Thank you for sharing this, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez commented on Barbara Levine's post.
Thank you for sharing this Barbara, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nurseup/permalink/1348630735220939/

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:...See More

Andrew Lopez reacted to Traci J Hart's post.

Andrew Lopez reacted to Barbara Levine's post.
See this shit does happen

Andrew Lopez shared a link.
They gathered to show their fellow healthcare workers that they would no longer be silent. #NursesTakeDC
Thank you for sharing this, kindly help us prevent it from happening again.

Healthcare Workers Protection Act 2017 FaceBook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/?ref=group_header

Delnor Nurse Update. Geneva, IL Rally Planned:
... See More
Another senseless act of workplace violence. Our hearts go out to Delnor Hospital in Geneva, IL, the nurse who was taken hostage, and the families of those affected.
I am clicking and liking and thanking until my thumbs bleed......and fill continue still!!! 😁
My CEO was a raging bully. Everyone was afraid of her.

Andrew Lopez commented on his own post.
Nurses Sue Over Hostage, Rape Incident at Illinois Hospital (June 8, 2017):"Four nurses are suing a corrections officer, the county he works for, and the company that provides security for a hospital in Illinois after a prison inmate escaped while being treated, causing mayhem — including raping a nurse — before being shot and killed by police."
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/881288?nlid=115638_2822