EnduringFaith

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  1. Hi Mianders, Actually, I have heard of this. I believe what you are referring to is DRGs (diagnostic related groups). I hope I am on the same page. I receive traditional Medicare and yes, I am stranded with lots of medical bills I still can't pay for...
  2. i ask you for a moment of your time...and i thank you ahead of time for it. i have twenty cents to offer here as well...not just as a potential colleague but as a patient with lots of experience after already having had 22 surgeries, multitudes of di...
  3. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    i ask you for a moment of your time... i have two cents to offer here as well...not just as a potential colleague but as a patient with lots of experience after already having had 22 surgeries, multitudes of different insurance plans and being uninsu...
  4. Hello everyone, I apologized ahead of time if you've been inundated with questions like this and what I am about to share. I have been accepted to a BSN nursing program set to begin this fall. I have always wanted a medical career since I was young, ...
  5. Burnt out and not even there yet!

    Hello, everyone and thank you for reading this post. I am having a dilemma. I was accepted to a BSN nursing program beginning in Spring 2007. In the meantime, I am having second thoughts about pursuing it. Besides the frequent interactions I've had w...
  6. Treated badly in ER of hospital I work at!

    missmolly, so sorry to hear about your adventure! i hope you feel better soon. i am not yet a nurse (trained as an emt-basic some time ago), but a very experienced patient. i know about pain down there..i myself had bilateral endometriomas the size o...
  7. where are the nursing shortages?

    I don't get it either..there are so many nurses here, and if our "shortage" needs to be addressed so badly, why are we going to Canada?
  8. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    :redlight: I am not sure if this one has made the site yet, but popular in EMS: Raisin Shuffle: The relocation of old farts between departments or hospitals/nursing homes, often for non-emergent reasons. :chuckle
  9. The future of Nursing and our healthcare system

    Hello again, No, I don't have benefits through my employer. I don't work enough hours, and the employer doesn't usually provide enough hours to even get and keep benefits. I am not yet in nursing, but in another area of work. I believe I am like many...
  10. Question about the future of nursing

    hello zacarias! thanks for responding. lol about the ethics class! i took an ethics class already and the instructor was always anticipating my papers--he just loved them. i think ethics is fun. as for closures, riots, etc....you sound a lot like me...
  11. The future of Nursing and our healthcare system

    Hi Delight, Thank you for your response and insight into the issue. I have been especially curious as I am also part of the working poor. Access to care has been a nightmare for me. For example, I can't get access to dental care where I am. No insura...
  12. Question about the future of nursing

    Hello, I am new to this site today and I am trying to ask others out there in the Nursing profession a burning question. I am trying to research the issue, but cannot seem to find information to answer my question. We hear of and know of the current ...
  13. Hello, I am trying to ask others out there in the Nursing profession a burning question. I am trying to research the issue, but cannot seem to find information to answer my question. We hear of and know of the current nursing shortage. (Or as I have ...