Sara BergenholtzMay 14, 20236 min readWhy MeOkay, so, why vote for me. Simple question. Maybe simple answer. Probably not though. So, let me share some ideas I would like to...
Sara BergenholtzAug 3, 20233 min readAll Bleeding Stops EventuallyNurses are a unique bunch in a lot of ways. As with first responders they are not the ones who seek shelter, the ones who move away from...
Sara BergenholtzJul 20, 20233 min readWhy a Union Should Not be Run as a Corporation I should start this with saying this isn't really about capitalism, not explicitly. Yet, it is about how how the principals of...
Sara BergenholtzJul 14, 20235 min readThe Results Are In By now the members of WSNA should know the results of their state elections, including the fact that I did not succeed in my bid for...
Sara BergenholtzJun 24, 20238 min readWhat's Love Got to do With it?It's no great secret how I feel about unions. They have the potential to do such good for their members that their flaws often seem so...
Sara BergenholtzJun 7, 20233 min readStrike and...You're OutThe fight for labor equality and workers rights has been part of the US since the days before that US existed. The first strike in what...
Sara BergenholtzMay 31, 20235 min readAway from the Bedside: School NursesI could never be a school nurse. A lot of nurses have been trying to move away from the bedside over the last few years. It's no secret,...
Sara BergenholtzMay 28, 20237 min readA New Kind of LiteracyIn nursing school I was taught to teach to the level of a fith grade education when helping the people in my care. I was taught not to...
Sara BergenholtzMay 27, 20234 min readIt's All in the NumbersI have been told that organizing a hospital with less than 100 nurses is a futile effort. It seems that while it may be easier to get the...
Sara BergenholtzMay 26, 20233 min readWhere are all of the nurses?Nobody really understands what we do, except other nurses. If you haven't said it, I am fairly confident in stating that you've heard it...
Sara BergenholtzMay 23, 20233 min readPatient Safety, My Old FriendThe other day I found myself in a meeting with hospital administration, negotiating for how the position of Break nurse would be...
Sara BergenholtzMay 18, 20234 min readA Mandatory Issue, Nurse StaffingAh staffing, we love you, we hate you. If only we could be with those lucky souls in California with their mandatory ratios and lovely...
Sara BergenholtzMay 14, 20234 min readA Union for the People...A union by the people, for the people. It's a nice thought, and I am sometimes comforted by the knowledge that the founders (okay, at...
Sara BergenholtzMay 12, 20233 min readThe Unscripted NurseI haven't been a nurse all that long really, only six years in July. July 11th, to be exact as that was the day I woke up late and...