15,000 Minnesota nurses prepare to strike Monday morning

The latest negotiations come after months of back and forth on new contracts between the Minnesota Nurses Association and several hospital groups.

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[TsavosAlliance]

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!" - Jerry Maguire

[silus]

27% totally realistic if the CEO takes just half that off his salary. Of course of the CEO and the rest of the board cut all their salary by 27% the hospital could hire 3x the nursing staff and reduce the ridiculous workload on nurses and allow more available care personnel for ALL the patients. But hey the board members need that 12th that, right?

[nanadeborah]

With 45 years of nursing, I have worked for every metro health care provider. Their mission statements sound so wonderful and caring. However, for the administration and CEOs, the bottom line is their pocket. They don't care about the patients or their staff. They blame everyone but their greediness. And, truthfully, a hospital is last place you want to go. I've watched standards of care fall and it's blamed on the nurses. But when they don't provide proper equipment, proper patient ratios and add incredible stress to adhere to impossible goals because they can't tighten their multimillion dollar salaries, the patient is the one who suffers. Suffers by inadequate care. You want another nurse? Then we'll take your aide. What good does that do when the nurses then have two jobs to do? People die is the outcome. Yet study after study shows increasing patient loads decreases safety. The threats during a strike, the negative things sent to other hospital employees about nurses and public statements degrading nurses by hospital administrations is how they play.
So, when a family member needs hospitalization, make sure someone stays with them. Nurses are spread thin, aides are spread thin. The patient is too sick to advocate for themselves. One major hospital organization decided we should work on the Toyota assembly line philosophy. Seriously?? That's what they think of you people. You are nothing more than a piece of metal to them. Bottom line is to line their pockets. If nurses wanted to work an assembly line, they would not have gone to school to care for people. Why are nurses burned out and fed up? Because they want the best outcome for their patients while the administration wants more bucks in their pockets. It two opposing spectrums and the person at the bedside is the one who is invested in your needs. The other portion could care less if you live or die as long as they get their bottom line, their riches from you.

[kingrc]

Why doctors don't strike with them?

























Cause they don't help the help !!

[ndShiftSupremeOverlord]

Greedy nurses. Just like the teachers that abandoned thier students for more money.