I rarely post a diary and am mostly a longtime lurker. I am a retired RN who worked many years for California's largest HMO. For some ungodly reason nutMeg has decided to beat up on Registered Nurses. She has decided to take on the CNA (California Nurse's Association) president, Rose Ann DeMoro. CNA had the nerve to insist that hospitals in California follow the law about staffing levels.
Because we want to abide by the staffing laws RNs now have been labeled a "special interest group." Our girl, nutMeg, insisted that CNA give her the names and addresses of its members so that she could contact them and tell them the truth about her views on healthcare and staffing. CNA refused. Name me a union or any other professional organization that would willy-nilly give out the names and addresses of its members.
Queen Meg now has a new website devoted to RNs so that she can tell them the truth about CNA, its officers, its finances AND, coincidentally, why RNs should vote for nutMeg. On what planet do you troll for votes by telling someone that s/he is overpaid, underworked and too stupid to figure out who to vote for? Oh, and just in case we can't understand her campaign her website is called http://www.truthfornurses.com/
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I find this woman insulting to all healthcare workers - not just nurses. I worked for 38 years as an RN and that was after 4 years of a baccalaureate degree and 2 years of a Master's program (while working.) That nutMeg is so cavalier in her treatment of RNs and their representatives I find bewildering. Who took care of her when she had her children? Who has taken care of her and her family members when they've been hospitalized. At some point in her life she or a family member will need some sort of nursing care. Maybe a parent will need hospice; maybe a daughter will have a baby; maybe a spouse will need an ICU. There are so many possibilities. Maybe, just maybe, when a caring RN holds a hand or starts CPR or notices a drug reaction she will gain an appreciation for nurses that she totally lacks now.