My name is Linda, I am a nurse, and I live in Tampa, Florida.

I have been involved in the healthcare field for 30 years. I believe that nurses today are called upon to do more than a reasonable amount of work each day, and that increases the potential for errors, and their associated serious consequences. When nurses are expected to provide medication for 30 to 35 people a day, the potential for an error grows. The stress involved might lead to medication mistakes.

I also believe that healthcare workers themselves need better health benefits. I've seen too many healthcare workers report to work sick. They feel that that they may lose their jobs if they call in sick. Of course, when sick healthcare workers are in continuous contact with patients the chances of them passing along their infections, etc., to their patients, can have extremely serious consequences.

I believe that healthcare workers need to come together for the good of their patients, for themselves and their families. So-called "chronic complainers" too often lose their jobs, when what they are doing is voicing the real concerns they feel. Healthcare workers need to unite to improve their working conditions in order to bring about the changes that are needed for the benefit of everyone.

Please join us, and together we can make these needed changes.

Thank you!
- Linda