On March 28, RI Hospital UNAP members overwhelmingly voted by 876 to 14 to reject a Lifespan proposal to reduce wages and benefits. At the five membership meetings held throughout the day, RNs, respiratory therapists, diagnostic imaging techs and others expressed skepticism about the need for permanent cuts in wages and benefits, noting the fact that Lifespan hospitals are the wealthiest and most profitable in Rhode Island. Union members also expressed anger about CEO salary increases and recent bonuses paid to Lifespan executives.
The proposed givebacks have already been imposed on non-union employees throughout the Lifespan system.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Nurses have conflicting feelings about reporting errors
Nurses have conflicted feelings about reporting medical errors, partly because they may believe the error was not serious enough to report and they may not know if anything meaningful happens to a report after it is made, a study found. Nurses in focus groups said time pressures also were a factor in reporting errors, as well as whether the patient was harmed and whether they received feedback when disclosing an error. Read more at NurseZone.com
New book examines nurse-to-patient ratios
Nursing educator and author Suzanne Gordon explores the evolution and impact of nurse-to-patient ratios in her new book, "Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care." Gordon says nurses all over the world tell her about problems with too many patients and the inability to perform the work they were educated to do. "While ratios aren't the solution to every issue nurses have, if that issue isn't addressed, you cannot solve any of the other problems," she says. Read more at NurseZone.com
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