Oh and this UNION crud is just that. The hospital is not a plantation where they beat us to get us to produce. I don’t have a love for administrative bosses because they don’t affect my job. I do whats right regardless of what the boss says. If you deliver quality care you never need to hear from the boss. I don’t give a rats behind about their bonus plans because I have never felt the need to ask them what they get. You guys harping about the slave like working conditions and the need for Unions sound like every young nurse we have. If we just had a union this...If we just had a union that....BS! Gee its tough when you can only be gone from work for 7 unexcused absences before they fire you. I haven’t had 7 occurances in a 12 month period in my career. And please understand if you miss 12 days in a row with a sick kid it counts as one occurance. Please!
Work is hard, and providing care for the sick has to be done. A Union is not going to help reduce patient/nurse ratios, they will just take your money and run. Its not a moral act to go on strike when you are leaving sick people without adequate care. If you are in the business, its understood that you will work 12 months a year for a teachers salary, without a pension...so what? We do what we do out of duty and compassion, because the money will never be enough to be crapped on, bitten by someone with aids, or be exposed to diseases that can kill us. SCREW nursing unions. The only good thing about nursing unions, is the money is good for those willing to pick up extra $$$ working a few extra hours helping break the strike! Scab money spends real good!
“If you deliver quality care you never need to hear from the boss.”
Depends on the boss. My fiancee got let go for being the most expensive of all the nurses due to overtime and covering for others. ‘Quality’ never entered the picture. Her cronies however, all stayed on.