August 21st, 2008
NOTE FROM KIM:
Higher wages. Ban mandatory overtime.
Better security. Lower insurance costs.
Blah blah blah. These are the same old
things that most healthcare workers’
unions put on the bargaining table year
after year. But what would we really
like to see in next year’s contract?
Better security. Lower insurance costs.
Blah blah blah. These are the same old
things that most healthcare workers’
unions put on the bargaining table year
after year. But what would we really
like to see in next year’s contract?
The Top 8 Things Nurses
Really Want in Their Next Contract
Really Want in Their Next Contract
8> Bedpan-free Fridays!
7> $250 bonus for each “Code Brown.”
6> The right to storm Rehab the next time they walk off with our bladder scanner!
5> The right to put on bedpan duty any intern, for any reason, whatsoever.
4> Halos. Hell, we *earn* them every day, dammit!
3> Once a week, each nurse gets to bitchslap one staffer who s/he feels really deserves it.
2> We were going to demand pay commensurate with experience, effort and dedication but we didn’t want to bankrupt the hospital.
and the Number 1 Thing Nurses Really Want in Their Next Contract…
1> A guaranteed five seconds, at no more than two-minute intervals, to breathe.
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Credits:
Selected from 17 submissions from 6 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Doug Frank, Crosby, Tx — 1, 2, 4 (Hat trick!), Banner tag
Michele Lord, Lincoln, NE — 3
Leonard Topolski, Pearland, TX — 5
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 6, 8
Brandon Eldridge PharmD, St. Louis, MO — 7
Kim Walker-Daniels RN/NWA, Madison, WI — Charge Nurse
