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I am an older bedside nurse (> 50 years old) who is going to go back to college. I could go to the community college, where my bill would be paid for because it is by far the cheapest route but my...

I used to bring a set of earbuds and an iPhone with Netflix, a downloaded movie, or HuluPlus. I was hoping to graduate to an iPad. But iPads have a huge fee for watching movies unless you download...

It is all the ridiculous statistics that go along with this and the glowing testimonials that we all know are lies. If any people group on the planet has been taught to think critically, it is...

My dad sent this to me today. I thought it said it so well that I would pass it on to my nursing friends. I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my...

Regulating people like this does not create goodness. Laws do not make people good and honorable. People who want to be yucky will take your boundary and find a way around it. And what in the world...

You don't necessarily need to be a nurse to be a member of this board. Nobody checks to make sure. Please be careful of people that might very well be plants who are obviously giving fallacious...

Who in America is ever denied health care because of money? If you are truly sick and need care and can't afford it, the government here does pick up the tab. It happens all the time. In our...

I found a solution that I think is working. With this one group that is nice in my face and mean in other ways (which proves they really aren't my friends) I am being nice in terms of any pertinent...

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Kasandra, I grant you that I didn't do the best job explaining myself. I admit that. I don't want to do that because a) it would be too long and b) it would be too much information for this list....

It's probably not as many as you think. Surely few children go without healthcare. I have seen some children who are chronic that use plenty of tax payer dollars. Medicare pays for the elderly. ...

Thank you to everyone who responded. I am done. Obviously, nobody has experienced this type of thing or has any answers. But I thank you for your rebukes and challenges. I will be sure not to say...

ruby, i have read your posts in the past and trust me, you are the complete opposite of passive aggressive.

I am wishing I hadn't mentioned the birthday gifts. They were irrelevant in terms of getting gifts. What I'm concerned about is the way I am being treated professionally. Did you know that a gift,...

Hmmm, I can't imagine what you could be talking about.

In America, you are not allowed to discriminate against those who are older. If there were such a trend where senior nurses were fired and new young nurses were brought in, the hospital could be...

I make more than that. I know those who have worked a long time make a lot more than that. Does your hospital have a benefits department? Ours does and they are hired to work on our behalf for...

I appreciated this post. I had to work last night which is why I didn't respond. On purpose, I didn't share many pertinent details because I am always concerned that someone out there might be one...

Thank you. If you have never dealt with this type of thing, you have no idea what I'm talking about. I am going to take the time to read through this carefully.

See, and this is why I write a book when I share because I knew someone would say this. I know I am asking you to trust me. But it's the truth. The stories happened. The way they happened was...

She tried to actually get me fired by writing me up, which totally backfired because it was proven that what she said wasn't true. It's a long story but let me put it in a nutshell. We have a nurse...

One more thing, unions are a huge expense that we as nurses have to pay for. I want that money for myself. I believe that another way to interpret what you're seeing is that the doctors are able to...

I only know that Medicaid and Medicare will only pay a certain dollar amount for a nurse per patient in home health. Unionizing nursing will only ruin what we have here. It gives certain people...

I have a charge nurse that is not out and out mean to me. Instead, her meanness is subtle. In my face, she smiles. But then she is constantly doing things that later I realize were done to be mean...

I believe a great deal of this has to with the changing trends in insurance payouts, hospital costs, and the way we as nurses expect to be paid. I say that because in home health at several points,...