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Source: Palo Alto Weekly
The Jan. 23 burglary of a Lucile Packard Children's Hospital nurse's car while she slept in it has become a lightning rod for nurses who allege hospital managers are not providing the safe sleeping quarters required by their union contract.
The on-call nurses, who work late at night, said they are sleeping in their cars between assignments. Though some said they have asked for a bed in the hospital, they haven't been given one or they were reprimanded when seeking a spot on their own.
The hospital insists it is in compliance with the contract, and a room is given to any nurse who requests one. But there is a huge discrepancy between the hospital's and the nurses' claims, in what appears to be a breakdown in communication.
... Lorie Johnson, president of the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) union, said that the hospital should provide a permanent, designated sleeping space.
"On-call happens every night, every day of the year. CRONA and the nurses have long asked that a location for sleeping be pre-designated. Here, if the location would have been identified to begin with, there would have been no need for the nurse to make a specific request," she said in an email.
Read more: http://paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=28622
trumad
(41,692 posts)Fuckers.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Hospitals in the real world usually have apartment buildings down the street where the nurses live, for this reason. But not in "Shallow Alto", let alone on the sprawling Stanford campus.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)The coaches' families cannot afford to live anywhere near PA and the they end up leaving after a very short time in order to keep the family together.
The whole deal is really kinda sick, when you think about it.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I scarcely even need to point out that Stanford definitely leans repuke, what with the Hoover Institution and Kinda Sleazy Rice and all.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)We had an understanding that I would construct 14 custom water features, one for each home. When I was ready to do the install, he had Trophy Wife call me and inform me that they had "decided to go in a different direction".
When I threatened to take action, he just said, "So, sue me", knowing full well that there was no way I was going to spend $50K to try and retrieve the $40K that he screwed me out of.
Then he said, "Or spend the money on a decent haircut".
Did I mention the fact that he is an asshole?
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, etc. all vote heavily Democratic. Only tiny Atherton has a tiny edge for Republicans and that advantage has been shrinking for years now, Portola Valley recently lost it's Republican advantage in voter registration.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)they do not want to mess with the California Nurses Association.
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yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)on-call doctors and residents.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)uppityperson
(115,679 posts)want a hospital that made a bit more profit?
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)I'm not familiar with the on call nurse concept.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)"on call" means you need to be there a few minutes after you get paged.
Sadly, this is not uncommon in the Bay Area, especially for people with moderate incomes. Some Silicon Valley workers commute from the Central Valley (Stockton and Modesto), 80 miles away!