Comments on: Goldbricking teacher’s unionist feeding at the public trough http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Sun, 26 May 2013 02:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: NPH http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-810036 NPH Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:36:30 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-810036 In reply to Notorious, hospitals now do exactly that. With computerizing of records, they can measure how patients perform under every staff member, and use these metrics to make personnel decisions. They also are trying to outsource more jobs to lower-wage or subcontracted personnel, like janitorial, clerical, bookkeeping, and cafeteria functions. The measurement of nurses (and doctors) output is doable with computers, because they allow the necessary statistics to be done easily. Each patient may be under the care of four doctors and fifteen nurses over a two-day stay, but by crunching the numbers of who is on shift and comparing them to other staff with similar positions, they assign nurses and doctors to retraining or promotion, depending on the results. -- NPH (Note: the info above comes from a good friend of mine who works at a nurse at a large VA hospital.) In reply to Notorious, hospitals now do exactly that. With computerizing of records, they can measure how patients perform under every staff member, and use these metrics to make personnel decisions. They also are trying to outsource more jobs to lower-wage or subcontracted personnel, like janitorial, clerical, bookkeeping, and cafeteria functions.

The measurement of nurses (and doctors) output is doable with computers, because they allow the necessary statistics to be done easily. Each patient may be under the care of four doctors and fifteen nurses over a two-day stay, but by crunching the numbers of who is on shift and comparing them to other staff with similar positions, they assign nurses and doctors to retraining or promotion, depending on the results.

– NPH

(Note: the info above comes from a good friend of mine who works at a nurse at a large VA hospital.)

]]> By: Matt_L http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809916 Matt_L Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:53:09 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809916 Thanks for the link to that wonderful tribute. I am proud to be an educator, and to come from a family with a tradition of working in public schools and now state universities. I hope that the tradition of public service embodied by Molly Palsgrove Davis can continue in the face of current difficulties. I hope my own contribution can measure up to hers. Thanks for the link to that wonderful tribute. I am proud to be an educator, and to come from a family with a tradition of working in public schools and now state universities. I hope that the tradition of public service embodied by Molly Palsgrove Davis can continue in the face of current difficulties. I hope my own contribution can measure up to hers.

]]> By: Rose http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809884 Rose Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:12:35 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809884 In memory of Molly Palsgrove Davis, and in honor of the thousands of Ohio teachers who lost their collective-bargaining rights last week, thank you, Historiann! In memory of Molly Palsgrove Davis, and in honor of the thousands of Ohio teachers who lost their collective-bargaining rights last week, thank you, Historiann!

]]> By: Indyanna http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809754 Indyanna Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:26:40 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809754 Nothing much to add to the comments here. To read through the litany of anti-worker, and really, anti-American, screeds and proposals in just today's issue of the New York Times alone--coming from a certain needless to be named segment of the nation's political class--is truly to be stupefied. But that was a genuinely touching tribute in the first link above, for which, thanks. Nothing much to add to the comments here. To read through the litany of anti-worker, and really, anti-American, screeds and proposals in just today’s issue of the New York Times alone–coming from a certain needless to be named segment of the nation’s political class–is truly to be stupefied. But that was a genuinely touching tribute in the first link above, for which, thanks.

]]> By: Z http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809744 Z Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:17:56 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809744 We should all Tweet this post everywhere, or something, it's really important. We should all Tweet this post everywhere, or something, it’s really important.

]]> By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809657 Historiann Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:57:29 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809657 HA-ha. Good one, Notorious. HA-ha. Good one, Notorious.

]]> By: Notorious Ph.D. http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809656 Notorious Ph.D. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:56:21 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809656 Well, KoshemBos, we aren't called public <i>servants</i> for nothing. Well, KoshemBos, we aren’t called public servants for nothing.

]]> By: KoshemBos http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809655 KoshemBos Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:52:31 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809655 What is less funny is that all these ideas will soon become reality. In short, slavery is knocking at the door. What is less funny is that all these ideas will soon become reality. In short, slavery is knocking at the door.

]]> By: Bardiac http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809649 Bardiac Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:12:24 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809649 I'm pretty sure those ideas were hidden somewhere in the infamous budget bill that legislators didn't bother to read before voting on. I’m pretty sure those ideas were hidden somewhere in the infamous budget bill that legislators didn’t bother to read before voting on.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.historiann.com/2011/04/01/goldbricking-teachers-unionist-feeding-at-the-public-trough/comment-page-1/#comment-809600 Nicole Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:48:52 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=14729#comment-809600 Don't show that to our governor, I'm fairly sure ze will think they're brilliant ideas and our state legislature WILL vote to implement them. And I *like* having my waste disposed of in a landfill instead of hidden somewhere. Don’t show that to our governor, I’m fairly sure ze will think they’re brilliant ideas and our state legislature WILL vote to implement them. And I *like* having my waste disposed of in a landfill instead of hidden somewhere.

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