
Originally Posted by
UNO Guy
hi,
I have personally spoke with reps from the California Nurses Union. After that telephone conversation one thing was clear; Texas nurses have different needs than they do. What we need in addition to mandated pt/nurse ratios, a greater say in the bedside nursing process, increased pay, greater respect from hospital administrators to stand behind nurses when challenging physicians, is new legislation. We need legislation to protect our licenses. It's so easy for nurses to lose their livelyhood from a mistake made under terrible working conditions forced upon us by hospitals.
We have to stand up for ourselves and say enough is enough! We need the bargainly power a collective effort provides. We have always been self defeating. Nurses can callaborate with the rest of the ancillary staff, we just can't seem to callaborate with each other. Please look at my post for a Texas Nurses Union for more ideas on the subject.