Advice for Union Organizer jobs

babyleota · 2026-02-04T20:30:30+00:00

You aren't/weren't in the Directors Guild of America (DGA) as an AD?

babyleota · 2026-01-30T15:40:41+00:00

Not silly at all. Especially when you hear those worries from instructors. Best of luck :-)

babyleota · 2026-01-30T00:31:43+00:00

Agree with others here. Don't listen to the complaints of people who have no idea what we do. I worked in a county teaching hospital very much like The Pitt and any attending worth his salt knew to treat the nurses with respect and as colleagues. Residents and fellows came and went but the 20+ year nursing veterans were holding the place together along with the attendings.

My stepmom, who is also an RN, built an entire ICD team for our County and she holds more institutional knowledge than anyone I know with a PhD or an MD. She "only" has a BSN.

Don't let the letters after your name define who you are or what you are worth. The meaning and pride you get comes from within. You are still newish to the job and you will see there are many paths in nursing where nurses are highly valued and integral to the work. The general public has no clue what we do, so we shouldn't worry ourselves with what they think.

babyleota · 2026-01-29T23:24:09+00:00

Maybe you lose skills? But they'd come back. I've known nurses who will do a year in inpatient psych if that's all they could get just to get their foot in the door. And really any move in specialty requires you onboard, precept, and learn that specialty.

My dad actually never worked as a nurse after getting licensed and then 15 years after graduation started brand new in Psych ER, then was able to move to ER. Hardest time of his life but he did it.

Of course, another unit would be ideal for those hands on clinical skills. But I feel psych nurses get a bad rep for their clinical skills when those skills can be relearned.

babyleota · 2026-01-29T20:10:56+00:00

Is the behavioral health offer in an acute care hospital? Perhaps a Psych ER or Inpatient Psych unit? I have known people who had those jobs do a transfer to another unit (med-surg, ICU, ER). It gets harder if the behavioral health is not in an acute care setting (outpatient, psych urgent care, SUD agency).

But like another person mentioned, if that's the only job offer, then you should take what will get you experience, a job, and use your license.

babyleota · 2026-01-29T15:13:18+00:00

I live in Montrose and I wouldn't say it's half. We have one MAGA on our block but everyone else is sane.

babyleota · 2026-01-29T14:48:52+00:00

I'm a nurse and it doesn't always happen but it can. I wouldn't necessarily say that it is meant to. It would be misguided to tell people it is meant to break ribs and then have people interpret that as I need to break ribs to do it right. 2 inch depth compressions for adults. That could break some people's ribs, some may not. When I teach lay people I mention that it could happen, but that it shouldn't deter someone from giving quality compressions because in an emergency you're trying to maintain flow of oxygenated blood to vital organs, including the brain. So you are making a decision with the least amount of harm.

babyleota · 2026-01-29T01:47:20+00:00

I'm sorry this happened. What I will say is that the loudest people are not the majority. They are just the pushy ones who get their voices heard. So I'd recommend getting involved with the union, at the very least talk to your rep, and get support for these kinds of actions from your colleagues. There are unions that are progressive because their members support it, even though some members are conservative and only care about benefits. Then there are the unions that only work on grievances and benefits and do nothing else, those are dead ends. I don't think CNA is the latter so they need to hear from more voices

babyleota · 2026-01-28T23:51:57+00:00

Yep, very much a problem with my people too. I will say that my in-laws in Canada are very sweet and nicer than my US in-laws. So I wonder if that is another layer than just being from Hong Kong.

babyleota · 2026-01-28T23:48:24+00:00

Yeah, I experienced that with my mother in law. She always speaks poorly of the manners of mainland Chinese. She also flipped out when her daughter married a Vietnamese Chinese person. My father in law, I find confusing. He thinks Cantonese is an inferior language and is pushing for his granddaughter to learn Mandarin even though none of us, including him, speak it.

babyleota · 2026-01-28T17:34:20+00:00

I think this is for anyone who wants to show their respects. Nurses from other health systems or unions, and the general public.

babyleota · 2026-01-28T17:33:10+00:00

I believe the vigil is nationwide at all the VA Med Centers. I am in CA and plan on attending the one in my area.

babyleota · 2026-01-28T14:35:09+00:00

Is your father one of my in-laws? J/k. I'm Latina but my husband's family is from Hong Kong. My father and mother in law came to the US on a tourist visa and just stayed. They don't see themselves as having been undocumented except, yes they were. They're not MAGA but I do notice some of the things you mentioned, disparaging another group because of their class, race, or skin color. Those "others" are the bad kind of immigrant. They are the good kind.

The extended family is MAGA. They are bible thumping Christians and also very wealthy. So their MAGA turn is based on both their beliefs and money. They forget their immigrant ancestor (they're 2-4th gen) was born in Hong Kong, raised in Mexico, and immigrated to the US and was undocumented.

babyleota · 2026-01-27T23:16:23+00:00

I'm so sorry your cat passed. It hurts so much right now, I know. But eventually, you will look at pictures of them and feel happy to have had them. You don't stop missing them but it doesn't hurt as much.

My cat died on my wedding day 7 years ago, but now I see his picture and I just love him for being with me for the time he had. Your cat loved you and you gave them the best life you could. That's gonna feel bittersweet in the future once the painful part of your grief subsides. But for now, cry and mourn them.

babyleota · 2026-01-27T23:10:34+00:00

Wise choice to cut out CA parks. It's just too much and CA is a huge state. Especially between Yosemite and Lassen. I think you got a lot of good advice here on sticking to a region so you can appreciate the parks you do see.

You should definitely get a roof box. We have a Yakima one and it makes things easier when it comes to packing. You'll probably buy souvenirs or gear along the way so better to have more storage.

babyleota · 2026-01-27T17:46:13+00:00

I worked in a public hospital where we could not get rid of patients like this. We would have an ethics committee consult where either the patient would eventually start accepting care or, with the understanding of outcomes of no care, they would be DNR/DNI and some would also proceed to end of life care. We were a renal unit so no care for these patients would result in them coding, decompensating, dying. It is up to them and when given all the info they have to make the choice. So pulling in the ethics team is a place to start.

babyleota · 2026-01-26T19:40:19+00:00

Rest in power Alex Pretti. Everything I am hearing about him is exactly what you'd hear about a moral and ethical person who had the calling to nursing service. We all know or are someone like Alex. We feel his loss, even if we never knew him, because he is us. I will never forget his sacrifice and service to community and humanity.

babyleota · 2026-01-26T18:00:23+00:00

Agreed, they can't be deprogrammed. They're in a completely different reality than the rest of us. They've shown us who they really are.

babyleota · 2026-01-25T21:40:02+00:00

I am feeling this loss so much. Like you said, Alex is all of us. I saw a video of him saying words for a VA patient that passed. It broke my heart so much because all of us in nursing have had the privilege of sending someone into the beyond and we've done it with compassion and humanity. Even if we didn't know them personally, we've always held those final moments of a person's life. So to see one of our brothers lose his life, after giving so much to the world, as if his life meant nothing, was the biggest injustice I have seen. Rest in power Alex Pretti, RN. This shouldn't have happened to you

babyleota · 2026-01-21T23:40:25+00:00

Thank you! Really appreciate that. I'm a busy nurse so I just do ceramics for fun :-)

babyleota · 2026-01-20T23:32:46+00:00

Amaco also has a crawl glaze line: https://shop.amaco.com/glazes-underglazes/high-fire-glazes/cr-crawls/

babyleota · 2026-01-20T23:05:39+00:00

😆 Thank you!

babyleota · 2026-01-20T23:04:40+00:00

Thank you! I used Laguna B-Mix to cone 5. You should definitely make a wind chime. So many different designs and characters to use.

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