heron ASN, RN

heron has 52 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Hospice.

Latest Activity

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   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   And I respect people who are experienced enough to actually do their jobs, old enough to know the difference between teamwork and lockstep, and smart enough to play chess instead of checkers.
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   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   See NrsKarenRN's last post on the election thread.
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   The election 2024 Thread

   heron replied to Tweety's topic in Talk Politics

   Yup. Speaking, as you do, of what the American People Think, it's interesting to note that trump has not won the popular vote in any election, ever.
4. 

   The election 2024 Thread

   heron replied to Tweety's topic in Talk Politics

   "Many people are saying …” Sounds familiar. Google "2018 midterms"
5. 

   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   Bingo! Old tactic, old script.
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   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   Well ... this American person sees a feeble attempt to replicate the 2015 smear campaign against HRC. It only worked once. Rather than pulling silly pronouncements out of thin air, try to come up with something substantive.
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   Privatization of Monitoring Programs: Profit Driven Motives

   heron replied to Quickstepper's topic in Recovery

   All the benefits of privatization ...
8. 

   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   Umm ... nice of you to tell me what I see.
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   What caught your attention in the world today?

   heron replied to toomuchbaloney's topic in Talk Politics

   True. A body gets tired of being bullied.
10. 

    Patient Death After Shift

    heron replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Specialties

    I want to second offlabel's remark that you're not the reason the patient died. Everyone dies - you don't get to control that. As a high-acuity nurse, your goal must be to prolong life in the hope that meaningful recovery is possible. You use yo...
11. 

    The Trump Thread

    heron replied to Tweety's topic in Talk Politics

    Yet you seem to echo so many of his claims: that the incident with Daniels never happened and that the bank fraud in New York wasn't a crime because the banks got their money back are two that Spring immediately to mind.
12. 

    That "nurse"

    heron replied to Crusades's topic in Professionalism

    Hospice doesn't pay for facility services. Is your objection that the patient is not appropriate for assisted living level of care?.
13. 

    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in Talk Politics

    It's a presidential election year, but we aren't allowed to compare the candidates. Funny how that works, ain't it.
14. 

    President Biden thread

    heron replied to Beerman's topic in Talk Politics

    Remember back in the day when conservative posters here argued that racism doesn't exist because Obama? Totally OT: who is fooling around with the site? Notifications are useless and the quote function is gone.
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    Privatization of Monitoring Programs: Profit Driven Motives

    heron replied to Quickstepper's topic in Recovery

    Aren't these mostly state-mandated services? Seems like the place to start is at the state level. Privatization can hide a multitude of sins.