This is the time for nurses to coordinate and make the changes that are needed to protect our profession.
The present and future nursing shortage can make our lives a lot harder than it needs to be.
We can make the difference in how the future unrolls and how our workplace issues worsen or improve.
It does not have to be a union. It does not have to be anarchy. It just has to be enough nurses with enough voices to make the difference.
I want so much more for nurses.
I am not looking for Disney World (The happiest place on earth), but I am looking for places that nurses can go into work glad to be there and not wondering (or expecting) if they are going to need KY for the shift.
I want insurance benefits that are better for nurses, cheaper and easier access to health care. it should be a perk.
I want retirement similar to police workers and firefighters or the government controlled retirement for railroad workers.
I want staffing ratios that take safe practice for patient acuities in to consideration and I want those decisions followed and respected.
I WANT SO MUCH MORE AND I WANT OTHER NURSES VOICES TO JOIN ME WHO FEEL THE SAME!!!!!
I have about one thousand other ideas and I want them in effect.
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Nursing Revolution
Survey for nurses interested in a federally funded retirement planis being considered.
Those interested please post...
The purpose of the study, and how the results will be used.
This will be a quantitative study using survey research. The purpose of this study is to discover if a federally funded nursing retirement (a program that will guarantee 50% of retirement income after 20 years of service, and an additional 25% for every ten years of service, up to 100%. This will be pro-rated as decided later.) could help to bridge the gap in the nursing shortage for Northeast Florida. Would it promote nursing retention, longevity, and security for nurses currently working as well as prompting nurses to return to the profession? The results will be used to seek the aid of local, state, and federal politicians in organizing and instituting a nursing retirement plan. As one of the largest workforces in the country that provides caring and professional services to all communities, we deserve a retirement plan. We work long and strenuous hours with tremendous responsibilities and stressors and are justified in seeking this plan.
People should read this.
Very informative.
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