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1. ADVICE, PLEASE: RN with a Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders??

   dianabay replied to dianabay's topic in Developmental Disabilities

   Hi medictoRN: There is no formal education in autism forRNs; I know...I searched and searched. I took the certificate program at JMU (James Madison University) in Harrisonberg, Virginia. The courses...

2. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   :chuckle I like your sense of humor,

3. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Originally posted by Forrester: "I'm not demonizing anyone for anything! I merely point out that being concerned only with your self interest does nothing to address the global concern over patient...

4. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Baby heart: First, I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am that your family has had to endure such a nightmare. It is cruel to put parents of a chronically ill child through such additional stress....

5. Pregnant felons in prision!

   dianabay replied to KAYBDT6's topic in Correctional

   OOps just noticed this thread was a while

6. Pregnant felons in prision!

   dianabay replied to KAYBDT6's topic in Correctional

   That sounds like a well-thought out program. Wish it could always be like that. Of course others have a point about the expense. But I think we may pay either way, as Deyo suggested. Do we pay up...

7. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   "I had all these tests done including an MRI and the insurance company denied all my claims saying that the employer never submitted the correct paperwork for me. I had to pay it all myself and lost...

8. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   "If your healthcare is free there is no incentive not to use the ER or take an ambulance to the hospital." If your health care is free, there is no incentive not to go to your primary doctor for...

9. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

   dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   You're welcome, Sehille. Indeed, you are right- if you can't pay, you don't get care. I volunteer at a clinic for the uninsured and under-insured; good, hard-working people who caught a bad break...

10. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is true, CRNA, that we do end up paying for some who have made poor choices. But, take me for an example. I came from poverty. My summers as a teenager were spent working in a fish plant to save...

11. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My husband and I "EARNED" our health insurance for years and years. But then he lost his job (and thus our affordable group health insurance). Call me crazy, but I have never, in 30+ years of...

12. From the Other Side of the Bed Rails - When the Nurse Becomes the Patient

    dianabay replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Take good care, and please let us know what happens. Sending positive energy and thoughts your way....

13. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "if they budgeted they could afford to have it" We do not have the best insurance, we don't have the worst. But at nearly ten thousand a year for 3 healthy people...... If our household income was 20-...

14. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Healthcare should be a human right, not a privalage!" You speak my language, Gerry. For those of us stuck with individual heath insurance, here is the reality: For a family of 3: $700/ month X 12 =...

15. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    dianabay replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dear rollyp80: I'll try. I keep hearing nightmare stories about how it will be like Canada where everyone waits 6-9 months for treatments, surgeries etc., etc. I have never had to wait for anything,...