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LPNs not happy with all-RN plan

Before the hospital can have "team work",there has to be "coaching" and all the "Coach", (DON) wants to do is bully and throw her weight around.There is no leadership from her whatsoever,and this is not only being said from the staff but also from ppl in our community,if its this obvious BOARD MEMBERS,why is she still here? WAKE UP and see how upset,and disappointed the staff you have left is,and listen to THEM,for once.

November 27, 2009 at 6:03 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

LPNs not happy with all-RN plan

Did NO ONE stand-up for these LPN's in their defense?? .Where are you Dr's who hire LPN's for your offices? What?,,they are smart enough,good enough for your offices but NOT for the hospital? And Julie,,,I heard something that just appauled me,,how dare you think that if there were more RN's and less LPN's that patient falls would be less.A patient falls whether there are RNabcdefghijklmn, DON, CEO, or diploma RN or LPN or CNA or family members,or board members,at their bedside,,it happens.You should be ashamed of yourself.

November 26, 2009 at 8:07 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

More than aides

WHY is it,,,that the NRHBoard cannot and Has Not stood up for the NURSES,whether they are RN or LPN's?? The NURSES are the backbone of the hospital,THEY are the ones providing the bedside care,THEY are the ones who run non stop,24/7,while the ppl on the board and the ADMINISTRATION,(esp the new DON)go home in the eve,stay home on the holidays with the families...and then bitch and moan about the $$$$$$ being spent..Change into the "specified scrubs" just one day,and actually find out just what it is the NURSES do...whether it be a diploma RN or and LPN,THEY are the ones holding your mother's hand while she is taking her last breath,they are the ones comforting that family,they are the ones celebrating the birth of that new baby,they are the ones catching all the grief when they are short handed and cant be 2,3,4 places at one time.Yet the DON and the other ADM,are the ones sitting back in their offices,calling ALL the shots!!! Not once have they taken the time to talk to the nurses,to get their views on all the BS that has taken place,,,and ppl wonder why the long faces,why the disheartend nurses,and CNA's and wardclerk who work their butts off as well. I've heard,not one time, has the DON been seen actually providing NURSING care,is this because she doesn't know HOW???????What has happened to the GOOD OLE days when the DON actually came to the floors,and WORKED,,,not to mention any names (Paula Wilson) and knew how to work and WOULD answer your questions and genuinely CARED!!!! Those days are long gone.
And where is the COMMUNITY support,,come on Emporia,if we are to KEEP the doors of NRH open,then get out and support the NURSES,,all of them!!!!!!! because NRH isnt listening to the nurses they have!!! And why,when its the nurses carrying out the Dr's orders,havent the nurses have any type of support FROM the Dr's?????

November 24, 2009 at 8:47 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Acclaimed author Don Coldsmith dies

I remember Dr Coldsmith as a gentle and patient,Dr who had a caring bedside manner,which is hard to find these days.He will truely be missed but not forgotten.

June 26, 2009 at 6:19 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Newman Nursing Chief makes big changes

just the facts,,obviously YOU dont know the facts...Some of the Dr's ARE the problem. And you cant please all the ppl all the time..there are those who are gonna complain and bitch no matter what you do or how they are taken care of.But, you will never convince me that just because you have several letters after your RN,that you can care for a patient any better than any other nurse.I would lay money down that a patient cannot tell the difference in the care they receive from a diploma/degree nurse.

June 12, 2009 at 8:22 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Newman Nursing Chief makes big changes

If you really WANTED to get to know your staff better, you'd be out on the floor working, side by side with them,Not sitting behind some new desk pushing papers. 1 or 2 days,in scrubs,not a 3 piece suit,out on the floor seeing first hand how hard we DO work,will not put you behind and your schedules,and meetings will not suffer.As for the Directors of floors,I DO see "some" of them actually giving a damn about their staff,and others,dont care anymore,What kind of LEADERSHIP is this,Julie? I think first we need to see some CARING qualities from our LEADERS.

June 12, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

None

What about that Julie,,,would you be able to "function" as a floor nurse now??? You have all those letters after your RN,,so that is suppose to make you more professional,well then,,,,lets see it,,,,Id like to see you take 6 patients,pass all their meds,,answer call lights,walk your patients,check your orders on your charts,make rounds with your Dr's perhaps do an admission/dismissal and do all your charting,
And keep that turned up mouth,as you want us to do!!!!!!!! I'd like to "CHALLENGE" you to do this...whatya say????

May 22, 2009 at 9:09 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

None

I think NRH is making a huge mistake getting rid of the LPN's.They are some of the hardest working ppl we have on staff.But,we werent even included in the decision making process.Its no wonder Stormont Vail has such of small turnover,,they actually LISTEN to their nurses and do all they can to make the staff happy instead of belittling them and telling them they arent professional enough.

May 22, 2009 at 5:20 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

None

Im an RN at NRH and I used to love going to work,taking care of my patients,getting to know them,and at the end of my shift I felt like I had made a difference in at least one life.Now there is no time to even carry on a conversation with one single patient,We are so understaffed,that some days it is very critical and dangerous,But the all mighty administration cant see beyond the pencils they are pushing.Our new Nursing Director wants to "Empower us and Challenge us to do the very best we can. I myself find this VERY challenging when we are so understaffed that our patients have to wait for their call lights to be answered because their nurse has 6 other patients to care for.BUT YET they are closing the very unit that is overflowing with patients and understaffed.
I dont see any of the ADM.taking On calls,getting their hrs cut,.Its all very sad and depressing.Our ESU student nurses dont even want to stay and work at NRH,and do you blame them.??
Its time for the Adm to pull their heads out and see what actually matters.its not letters behind RN,its not changing the scrubs to "make us more professional" If we arent already professional,the clothes we wear isnt gonna make a damn bit of difference..
When P.Taylor was our Director of Nursing,she took the time to come to each and every floor,and actually "Work",help out when needed,We have yet to see our new Director of Nursing WORK a day on the floor,,perhaps because with all those letters behind her RN she has forgotten how to even do patient care..I CHALLENGE her to show us what she knows about patient care!!!!!!!!!!!! ,

May 22, 2009 at 3:12 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Keep the conversation civil

In regards to gardenman,,there are also fine outstanding nurses at NRH,I only saw 2 who were sitting at the nurses desk "chatting" while all the others were answering call lights and tending to their patients.But I know it only takes 1 or 2 to "spoil" the entire bunch. So my hat goes off to the "other" nurses on 2nd floor for their caring and committment .Keep up the good work,you are needed and appreciated!!!!!

May 18, 2008 at 7:51 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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