[aknottedyarn]

I would love to see an article contest about How animals have impacted the health of your patient/patients".

[paddlelady]

In the good old USA we have many people that are not covered with health insurance. I would like to see an artical regarding how do nurses feel about health care coverage for all and how do we go about it. If we do not pool our resources together soon we again will be dicatated by governement and the insurance companies. Nursing input is important.The mention of health care for all makes me a bit nervous as coverage can mean anything from high deductibles to only catastrophic. This is a good topic for those that work in socialized medicinie to share with us how your system works both pros and cons. That in itself is another article. I went to a nursing school on the south side of Chicago were there were people who couldnt afford to heat their houses. We had kids walk into the ER and just wanted food. We never turned anyone down and treated all. The hospital is still in business and now has health mobile going around the neighborhood performing well child exams and giving immunzations, doing paps etc. That is my suggestion regarding article or articles.

Paddle lady paddling through the currents of water and life.

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Originally Posted by paddlelady

In the good old USA we have many people that are not covered with health insurance. I would like to see an artical regarding how do nurses feel about health care coverage for all and how do we go about it. If we do not pool our resources together soon we again will be dicatated by governement and the insurance companies. Nursing input is important.The mention of health care for all makes me a bit nervous as coverage can mean anything from high deductibles to only catastrophic. This is a good topic for those that work in socialized medicinie to share with us how your system works both pros and cons. That in itself is another article. I went to a nursing school on the south side of Chicago were there were people who couldnt afford to heat their houses. We had kids walk into the ER and just wanted food. We never turned anyone down and treated all. The hospital is still in business and now has health mobile going around the neighborhood performing well child exams and giving immunzations, doing paps etc. That is my suggestion regarding article or articles.

Paddle lady paddling through the currents of water and life.

This would be a good article based on hard facts, IMO. There are many who don't have health insurance by choice; my own son being one of them at a time in his life in his early 20s. And some church people who don't believe in it, who pay out of pocket.

[NurseAlwaysNForever]

How about an article on Who your nursing role model is and why?

IE

Mother/other family member, kind nurse you had in the past, etc.

[Thepurplenurse]

I think that the topic for articles should be; How political correctness is subverting patient contact and empathy.