All the candidates are now being dogged by all the news services, and they in turn, only report on tabloid-style information geared to appeal to the 5th grade level. There might have been plenty of substance in that 2 1/2 hours only the public will n...
MSNBC had it's own agenda by having reporters on stating Hillary is doing a makeover. It's called inciting the viewers for the sake of ratings. How does anybody really know it's a photo op for her? How could it be genuine and otherwise? If MSNBC told...
Hillary is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. I think this is exactly what the candidates should be doing, and that is getting to the grassroots level of the populace. Everything she does now is followed by a crew of cameras and security. ...
Nurses in our unit administer Versed, Fentanyl, and Valium for these procedures and we've found that atleast 50% of these procedure patients are inadequately sedated, no matter the dosages used. These are patients that are diaphoretic, need restraint...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1498890 Trauma care shortage critical Studies call transfer delays life-threatening By STEVE BREWER Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Some of the most seriously injured patients showing up in Houston-...
This is the first time I have heard of this. I think this is so dangerouos. It seems the free-market in healthcare applies to everyone except nurses. I know what happened in Chicago, but this is different. Much different. State regulation!!!???!!! If...
I wish I could find the article I had read about this legislation. Basically, the ANA said that it was a start and that it brings the problems of the nursing profession to Washington. The article said it wasn't an intention to cure any of the large p...
Wildtime88, Could you please back up the above statement with some data? "Flooding the market" and "taking away the nursing shortage" are not the conclusions I'd have come away with, with the information I have about the nursing shortage and the impo...
"--$57 million for mid-career training and for grants to improve working conditions for nurses. " http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-nurses21.story?coll=bal%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines The bulk of the senate bill goes to improving working...
Wildtime88 and nurse4kids, I would like a reason not to unionize or join ANA and am hoping you can provide a historical lesson of the successes of nurses in this country that have not. Surely there are instances of nonunionized/nonANA nurses making a...
I found this on the Spectrum nursing bulletin board: http://tampabay.bcentral.com/tampabay/stories/2001/12/24/tidbits.html Tampa General Hospital wants nurses, offers doctors Tampa General Hospital may think sex sells, but nurses say they aren't bu...
Interesting topic and I'd like to make a few points. Average wages for teachers (k-12) is around $40,000.00/year. Average wages for nurses is $44,000.00/year. This is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1999 http://stats.bls.gov/oes/1999/oes_nat....