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  1. Universal coverage for pregnant women and children = 9 days of DOD spending

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Uberman, just a thought. Quoting radio personalities, particularly when those personalities are as rabid as Savage, is not a particularly good way to get your point

  2. Universal coverage for pregnant women and children = 9 days of DOD spending

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've been wanting to ask this, and this is a good post to lead in: Why this hatred for the wealthy? I'm not wealthy, though as a CRNA I make a pretty good living. Why the vitriol? In most cases,...

  3. Low income women out of luck?

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry, but I think you missed my point. This isn't a liberal versus conservative issue. Neither is it an issue of who we will or won't protect. It is an issue that nurses need to be concerned with,...

  4. Low income women out of luck?

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mandatory. In theory I think this is a good idea. We already mandate certain vaccines for children in order for them to register for school, why not include this vaccine? However, let me play the...

  5. Protect your profession...

    passgasser replied to markdanurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Mark Mostly, I agree with what you write, but would like you to be aware of a few things: 1. You are correct that the first full time anesthesia providers were nurses. But nothing there has been...

  6. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But, as someone else pointed out in another thread, a national healthcare system would serve only to expand that which admittedly frustrates

  7. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OK, first of all, liability issues. Someone here claimed that liability insurance for healthcare providers would actually fall under a universal healthcare system, since people would be reluctant to...

  8. CRNA Programs w/ Clinicals in one local area?

    passgasser replied to AdonaiLoveable's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Newman University, Wichita Kansas. All clinical sites in

  9. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More later on other points, but did want to address this. I'd be more inclined to accept this argument if there was a strong nurses' union in the US. In many parts of the country, there are no nursing...

  10. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Have not blown the discussion off. Lots of call in the last few days has reduced my online time. I'll be

  11. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One other point. I tend to think more in concrete terms, rather than the abstract. So, I do not view "redistribution of wealth" in the abstract of "leveling the playing field." I see it in the...

  12. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Most of this response will be directed at the comments made by Bluesky, though I will also include what others have written. Forgive the length of this post. You claim that most of my points are...

  13. ripivocaine toxicity?

    passgasser replied to SNRCM's topic in General Nursing

    whoever told you this was wrong. this patient was suffering from etoh withdrawal, not ropivacaine toxicity. overdoses of local anesthetics do not lead to this kind of behavior, they lead to cardiac...

  14. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Arguments (or lack thereof) before notwithstanding, consider what would possibly be the worst effects of creating a national healthcare program. Think of the federally administered programs now in...

  15. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Neither. Also a very poor debating tactic. You claim my arguments are erroneous, yet fail to demonstrate a single error. So, since you can't debate the points, you attack the one who made the...

  16. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Who said anything about eliminating medicare? But your second post was more telling. You listed the salaries of CEO's in four major health insurance companies. Are those salaries exorbitant? Perhaps,...

  17. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One other issue: If you think I painted a bleak picture for nursing, consider the situation for physicians and nurse practitioners. We too will see a reduction in salary. On top of that, folks like...

  18. Uninsured=financial ruin

    passgasser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OK, I have to weigh in on this. To paraphrase the manta of the conservatives during the Clinton administration, if universal health care is the answer, the question must have been exceedingly stupid,...

  19. CRNA anything like nursing?

    passgasser replied to whatnext's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Absolutely correct. In fact, I work so little that I now have no stress in my life. I don't even need to sleep anymore. I don't lift patients, I don't run through the hospital to codes. Heck, most...

  20. we're pregnant

    passgasser replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For those not quite as fast on the draw, this is exactly my point. Normally, I don't care about spelling mistakes. But, in the same vein, perhaps when a man says "we're pregnant," rather than being...

  21. we're pregnant

    passgasser replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would guess it would make you just a little less angry after working with me for one day on call. I do epidurals for pregnant women and girls every week for whom the only contribution to the...

  22. Do Endo RN's give anesthesia ??

    passgasser replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Gastroenterology

    While the article posted does seem to give a balanced perspective without taking sides, it also demonstrates exactly why I and other anesthesia providers know RN administered propofol sedation is such...

  23. Do Endo RN's give anesthesia ??

    passgasser replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Gastroenterology

    Your first error is to assume that you may use propofol for "conscious sedation." In any clinically useful dose, propofol renders the patient unconscious and unresponsive, and therefore exceeds the...

  24. Do Endo RN's give anesthesia ??

    passgasser replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Gastroenterology

    The simple answer to your question is yes, in many places Endo RN's are administering anesthesia. The fact is that any time you give propofol IV push to a non-intubated patient, you are administering...

  25. Elective Primary C/S

    passgasser replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    tntrn First of all, rational or not, your fears are real to you. As an anesthesia provider, I recognize that fact, and have dealt with this very situation several times. I would not dismiss your...