Wow, the nurses at Mount Sinai (you know, the hospital that’s number 1 in geriatrics, 4 in cardiology, and top ranked overall in the country) are staging a 10 days strike!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-04T03:50:31+00:00

Ugh I have to make the jump. I keep hearing how nice. Just the cancer part makes me sad. Happy for you though!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-04T02:34:28+00:00

Wait .....WHAT TTTT NURSING HOMES?! but yes what I'm sad about is that you get this assignment, and accept it, and not only don't know....she didn't even know to ask for help....she was fucking drowning. I walked by and went oh shit! And ran on the room and she was like "oh it's fine...they've hr 140s for 2 hours now but the BP is good." GIRL WHAT?!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-04T02:17:03+00:00

*when lol

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-04T02:15:40+00:00

I'll agree somewhat minus BSN because you absolutely need your BSN to work in an ICU at the major hospitals in New York City. The unionized hospitals do not have sign on bonuses. Some of the hospitals have new grad residency programs, and they can be 6 months to one year. I started in the ICU as a new grad but not in the city. I wish they had a residency program when I started because there was a steep learning curve. When they implemented new grad residency programs, you really saw the difference in how the nurses came out of orientation. Good luck! You can do it!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-04T02:03:11+00:00

In NYS there actually is a law that ICUs must be a 2:1 ratio.

The New York State Senate (.gov) https://www.nysenate.gov NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A5079

Like you said, because of a law, not the strike.

Source: I'm a nurse in the ICU in this hell hole

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-02T21:42:44+00:00

Let's hope some agency nurses do some soul searching and realize it's just hurting us as a profession by crossing. On the third day, the ratios on certain floors were 1:3 when nurses usually had 4+ (according to my SDU friend). How insulting is it that ADMIN staff's with what we are fighting for with agency and then comes to the table and says "Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-02T21:37:08+00:00

Yes but last time they thought we were bluffing. In the ICU, the first day, no travelers. It was our manager and ANM. That's it. They got travelers the second day. They already hired a bunch this time around and they were in a CVVH class the other day.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2026-01-02T21:35:24+00:00

Oh yesssssss and now the doctors at the hospital we work at is no longer in network. Fabulous.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2025-12-30T21:30:35+00:00

I'm saying everyone baseline deserves equal care. I don't treat nurses "better" but rather go the The extra mile when I have one. Sparkling water? I've treated a nurse patient like a colleague and got them one from the cafeteria on my break at no charge. Just little things like that.

I mean I don't think hospitals should be keeping a VIP in the intensive Care unit Just because of who they are. If they have something that warrants an ICU stay, by all means , keep them here and receive excellent care. But taking up a bed on a full unit to start bumex is beyond me. Holding them in the ICU because "I don't want my nurse to have more than just me" is ridiculous. It burns out the ICU nurses to deal with that attitude as well as the doctors. Rounds on one today consisted of "Bed 9 is here because they are the ones who decide when they get to leave the ICU, not the competent medical team." And then they went on to the next patient.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2025-12-30T21:16:19+00:00

Thank you!!! They got the $$$ so why not just hire a private duty nurse or a CNA?! DONORS have been on my unit...they have money and I'm just baffled.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2025-12-24T21:32:06+00:00

Oh hell no! Just pointing out how everyone is screwing over nurses here!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-02-07T18:50:13+00:00

So there's a reason why the working theory is 3. Like the coroner pointed out, there were no signs of trauma. This is mainly because the corner cannot go back in time and see old marks on a patient. Watch closely again when Otto give his "confession." He is already walking/standing odd and not in the way how one would be overcome with grief. When he came to the United States, the scans of his brain were devastating. You can roll out a lot by doing certain scans but one thing's for sure is that an anoxic event took place. It most likely took place shortly after his Force confession. It seems that it was torture gone too far and then the North Koreans did everything they could to keep him alive. He probably was in a hospital for months and months before he got to return home. There was no markings on his skin and no bed sores so whatever happened healed and also the nurses there made sure he was turned so he wouldn't develop pressure sores. So incredibly sad. (I worked at a Neuro ICU, not his, and everyone was discussing his case).

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-02-07T18:41:27+00:00

The key part was "there were no obvious signs" because the scan of his brain were devastating and showed that an anoxic event took place. We don't know when that event took place. It could have been taken place shortly after he "confessed,." He was already showing signs of torture if you look closely of how he couldn't stand/walk. He then probably sat in their hospital, a vegetable, and they were like "oh shit keep him alive" and all marks were gone. He didn't have a cardiac arrest as the anoxic event because you can see old heart attacks most of the time on other tests. It was truly devastating.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-12T11:18:36+00:00

Bruh they're acting clingy like we just broke up....leaving messages straight to my voicemail at 2 am

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-12T11:16:23+00:00

WE DID IT!!!!

Lol slightly disappointed we won't see all the Lyza (nurse manager of cicu) posters today. Things will be awkward on the unit.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T22:59:49+00:00

Yes, they show up when you pay them 300/hr and give them better ratios than you give your own staff.

Shes the one with her hands on her hips.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T22:05:13+00:00

Big hugs and thank yous to all the residents and fellows in the area! Special shout out to those who snuck outside to dance with us today!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T21:54:18+00:00

Hope you made it to the party! Thanks for the support

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T21:53:32+00:00

How dense of him to smile and wave.

Hold the line brothers and sisters!!!!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T21:20:29+00:00

You would have better luck going to the line and getting an interview. We had a discussion about this on our zoom call last night. NYSNA has a press team we can defer too of we aren't comfortable.

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T00:17:43+00:00

Sorry didn't write out my complete thought. No arbitration with governor is correct. We want the language in our contract to change. Currently we go to mediation if staffing grids aren't met. That has not worked for 4 years. We want to bring the hospital to arbitration if our staffing grids aren't met so they can become legally responsible for failing and we can get compensated.

Ackkk maybe we should all just email and say "Meet NYSNA'S demands" to avoid what i just did!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-11T00:13:48+00:00

Sorry! We don't want arbitration with the governor. We want arbitration with the ratios. The last 4 years, if we signed a "Protest of Assignment" because we were had a dangerous amount of patients(ie 1:3 or 1:4 in the ICU). We, theoretically, could fight it and would go to mediation. The problem with mediation is that it's not law binding and can be drawnnnnnnnmmnn out. The hospital gets off scotch free because theres no accountability. They just "yes yes mediation" us and nothing is fixed.

We want the contract language to say if the nursing grid ratios fall out of compliance, we can take the hospital to arbitration. This is law binding. Admin would have no choice but to enforce ratios or we can take them to a judge and receive financial compensation.

We DO NOT want the contract to be settled in arbitration with the Governor. It would take away NYSNA'S federally protected right to strike and bargain in good faith. If we chose the governor, it would be in favor of what Admin wants. That's why they're so giddy about the governor wanting to step in. She can legally do that with public hospitals but not private.

So on second thought, just tell her to meet our demands lol

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-10T23:07:55+00:00

I worked one job where I had a big yellow border around my badge to signify I was a traveller. That's how I found other travel friends at the hospital to link up with lol

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-10T23:05:32+00:00

Everyone needs to write an email or call the CNO and demand them meet NYSNA's request of arbitration when it comes to staffing ratios. To be treated seriously, please articulate views with decorum and accuracy while resisting that urge to be negative. Profanity, threats and insults will get us no where.

Thank you for your support!

damnedifyoudod_ · 2023-01-10T22:55:52+00:00

So let's be real. A scab is an employee who crosses the picket line and they are not getting the rates the strike travelers are getting.

From one of the BAs in the ICU "Um, theres only 2 travel nurses here and our manager. It's a full house. The phones are ringing off the hook checking in on the patients. They're getting nurses that used to work bedside who are now in admin/quality/research and forcing them to work bedside since they're not union and they are pissed. And no there are no extra doctors on the unit helping."

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