jyoung1950

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1. UPMC cost cutting, especially at Presby and Shadyside

   jyoung1950 replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania

   OK, so the hospitals cut back on ancillary staff, such as food service, housekeeping service, central supply personnel. I don't know about you but I wonder who will pick up the slack to pass the trays around, empty the garbage, get supplies and so f...

2. Need to find weekend CNA job quickly

   jyoung1950 replied to genaluvya's topic in General Nursing

   Call all of the nursing homes in your area and ask to speak to their hiring department. Ask them if they need a weekend CNA and if so, would they consider hiring you. Other than that, I don't know what more you can do.

3. My First CNA Job!

   jyoung1950 replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations! Welcome to the world of healthcare and medicine. Don't feel like you are too old. After having worked in a 9-5 Monday through Friday world of office work all my life, I went to work as a CNA when I was 51. I thought about going i...

4. Medicare: "Hospital-Acquired Conditions" and "Present on Admission"

   jyoung1950 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   I work in the ICU at our hospital and we swab on admission, on discharge and every Tuesday morning we swab all the patients.

5. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

   jyoung1950 replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism

   healthcare is never "free" if it's supported for by tax revenues. i have noticed that when posters write about their excellent healthcare system in canada, australia, france, etc., they often add that people can elect to buy private insurance in ad...

6. A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

   jyoung1950 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

   I have wondered how a government run health care system would affect salaries. If hospitals and all are still private, and take care of their own administrative policies and procedures, I foresee either cuts in healthcare workers' salaries or a long...

7. Pittsburgh jobs for LPN's

   jyoung1950 replied to djohn12d's topic in Pennsylvania

   www.upmc.com - go to careers. They show all of their job openings at all upmc locations.

8. Immigration Status Questions To Expand To Healthcare?

   jyoung1950 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism

   i do.

9. Immigration Status Questions To Expand To Healthcare?

   jyoung1950 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism

   Please don't suggest that those of us who recognize that this issue can cause hardships down the line for Americans are uncompassionate. I really am tired of people telling me that since I don't want to open the doors to let people take things that ...

10. Immigration Status Questions To Expand To Healthcare?

    jyoung1950 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism

    . . . . . I don't know how many people y'all have talked to, but all the illegal immigrants I've met, worked with, talked with, etc. would MUCH rather be here legally. But under current immigration law, they have no realistic chance of doing so. . . ...

11. Immigration Status Questions To Expand To Healthcare?

    jyoung1950 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism

    . . . . .The only question is how much we owe our undocumented immigrant workers. First, those who do not remain to enjoy the benefits of old age in America will have to be reimbursed for their contributions to Medicare and Social Security, a . . . ....

12. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    jyoung1950 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I am all for using marijuana for medical use. After all, so many of our medicines are derived from plants. Morphine is an opiate, isn't it, and isn't that from poppies?

13. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    jyoung1950 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    And why people continue to think that universal healthcare is "free" is beyond me. That old saying, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" comes to mind. If a service is going to be supplied by the government it has to be paid for somehow. And that ...

14. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    jyoung1950 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    I spent some time on the url you posted and read about MM's contribution of $12 grand to help the wife of the owner of the moorewatch site. The owner - I believe his name is Jim - wrote further down on the website that many, many people (some with ...

15. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

    jyoung1950 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    (because i believe there are accredited reputable schools that don't take a dime of taxpayer money or assistance), north of pittsburgh, pa is a college called grove city. doesn't take any federal or state monies.