december

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1. Sen Clinton walks a day in a nurse's shoes

   december replied to bethin's topic in Activism

   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...

2. Sen Clinton walks a day in a nurse's shoes

   december replied to bethin's topic in Activism

   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...

3. Sen Clinton walks a day in a nurse's shoes

   december replied to bethin's topic in Activism

   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. ...

4. ERCPs, EUSs and sedation

   december posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   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...

5. It's becoming life-threatening

   december posted a topic in Activism

   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-...

6. The 1965 Entry Into Practice Proposal - Is It Relevant Today?

   december replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   fab4fan, It's a challenge to find postings where Karen "belittles diploma/non-BSN nurses." I think you'd be hardpressed to back up your point here.

7. Alert!

   december posted a topic in General Nursing

   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...

8. What do you think a CEO or AHA think about pending legislation?

   december replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

   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...

9. ANA membership

   december replied to pbrn's topic in Activism

   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...

10. What do you think a CEO or AHA think about pending legislation?

    december replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

    "--$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...

11. ANA membership

    december replied to pbrn's topic in Activism

    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...

12. "Get a load of this"

    december replied to december's topic in General Nursing

    Hope some of you all email the hospital about this advertisement. It's kind of repulsive, isn't it?

13. "Get a load of this"

    december posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

14. Unions

    december replied to Whisper's topic in Union

    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....