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1. Affordable Care Act Users Guide for Nurses

   mbdirt replied to Jb4564's topic in Activism

   This article belongs in the Opinions, as it is just that. I love most of the ACA, wish it were National Healthcare/Single Payer. But I don't sell insurance and I don't think my agent does bedside care.

2. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

   mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Union

   Looks like only one, Idelson, is employed by a union HQ. As for the nurses marching, I saw only one picture with some SEIU scrub tops in it. I have 3 NNOC scrub tops and an AFL-CIO T-shirt. Does that make me a communist? My minister and employer wo...

3. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

   mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Union

   Nice pictures. Did you see any nurses marching there?

4. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

   mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Union

   So was Peninsula Hospital's closing a result of a nurse's union contract or poor management by Medisys, who owned it? The article doesn't say, does it? And what of the public hearing that was to be held in July to address the lack of health care fa...

5. Question about BP control in your ICU

   mbdirt replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU

   My ICU typically sees more hyPOtension than HTN. I had a patient recently who was in A.Fib/Flutter with HR in 150's. BP was 170/80's. We gave IV metoprolol twice, NTP, lasix, diltiazem, hydralazine. Finally got him more normalized on double his hom...

6. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

   mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Union

   Ok, so ONE person, a communications director, may or may not belong to the communist party. Does that mean that all 150,000 nurses belonging to the NNU are communists or promote communism? I don't think so. What about the other nurses' unions? ?Are ...

7. Nurses with depression

   mbdirt replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Stress 101

   Grandmawrinkle, I guess you can see from the pages of responses that you are not alone, not defective and not unique in your difficulties. It is amazing to me that depression is as much looked down on by medical professionals as it is the general pub...

8. Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

   mbdirt replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

   How many people are mangled, killed or disabled for life in car accidents, boating accidents, bicycle accidents, swimming or even war? A lot. Does that stop people from doing these things? Nope. If you ever went to Europe, I think you would be surp...

9. Being Sued / Losing License

   mbdirt replied to Meraki's topic in Professionalism

   Been a nurse for 26 years. Never known another nurse to be sued. Never known a nurse to lose license over anything except drug related (theft/abuse) issues. My friends who are nurses do not carry malpractice insurance, saying that it draws attention ...

10. Discouraged by Nurses who hate their job

    mbdirt replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Pre-Nursing

    "The only thing that bothers me is EVERY nurse I have spoken to tells me they hate their job and if they could take it back they would have went into a different profession." Well, what does that say? That maybe a majority of nurses are unhappy...

11. Intensive Prayer Unit

    mbdirt replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality

    Butterfly, Are you from TN? I am. TNRN4NNOC

12. cutbacks at work due to economy

    mbdirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Check www.calnurses.org and look up NNOC history. Are you aware of the movement now to allow unions to operate in every state without interference of hospital administrations? There is a Employee Free Choice Act being discussed by Obama's supporters...

13. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    mbdirt replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    If this is not breaking a hospital policy, then it most likely is violating Dept of Labor rules as well as fraudulent behavior of the manager and the nurse she swipes for. A nursing license might be at stake, not just a job. I would address it cautio...

14. cutbacks at work due to economy

    mbdirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I see nothing wrong with your attitude. You are frustrated and tired of carrying other people's loads. I know. I feel the same way. While I work in a government hospital that will probably not cut back on supplies, we have opened a new bed when our n...

15. Roll Call

    mbdirt replied to Tweety's topic in Men

    Tom, I also work in an ICU. Where do you work? I see you are a veteran. I work with veterans here. TNRN4NNOC