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    Improving Your Social Life Online

    HM2VikingRN replied to Julie Davis's topic in General Nursing

    And
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    Just got BA...is being a CNA "below" me?

    HM2VikingRN replied to kix86's topic in General Nursing

    You can tell a lot about the character of a person by the way they view/treat the little person. That said the NA often knows more about the patient than the assigned nurse. Anybody who says "they are...
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    What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    HM2VikingRN replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank the deity that I am not expected to use these canned speeches in my
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    Do You Know Anyone Who Has Gotten Rid of Mandatory OT?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I know MNA took a legislative approach in MN. Now OT cannot be mandated if the nurse says that they are too fatigued to practice
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    or paying for medical errors that result in direct harm to
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Discussing critical thinking skills was not meant as a pejorative rather that on occasion people vote on emotions rather than after careful reflection about the impact of their electoral choices on...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I believe that I have quite consistently argued for a pattern of smart spending on this and many other threads. I wasn't belittling the import of fixing problems in medicare reimbursement as they are...
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    ER or Medsurg first?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Marette S.'s topic in Emergency

    I tend to be from the school of thought that you should follow your passion......My top 3 choices were psych, ER, Extended Care (Rehab). I ended up being offered a position in psych. (ER was not an...
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    Choose your words wisely....

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Its one of the reasons that I won't work LTC. I can't in good conscience provide care to patients in an unsafe
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is no evidence presented that an effort was not made. (The other point is that the bad actors were eventually caught.) One of the central underpinnings of society is honesty. I think that when...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I apoplogize for my snarkiness. I violated my personal rule of never posting when any of HALT applies. I merely meant to point out that I do provide links to the other information that are addressed...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    BRAVO
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    and my point has been that the waste in administrative health care costs for "efficient" private insurance far exceeds the value of "mismanagement. in ffs medicare" we waste far more money in health...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You deliberately missed/ignored the point that a large part of your success as an individual can be directly attributed to the investments that taxpayers put into you as an individual through direct...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    a picture is worth a thousand erroneus words......(of course if you can't interpret a graph i usually post a link to the source so you try to understand the
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    walmart has an employee in each store whose job it is to effectively steer their employees to using the equivalent of medicaid etc. walmart's business model is built top to bottom on not paying a...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are many people who have worked equally hard and yet they are just barely scraping together body and soul. You have been extremely fortunate in life and you should thank your deity each and...
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    Nurse Residency Programs

    HM2VikingRN replied to boykinm's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    sorry, i have to disagree. the va system would be better for a new grad. at http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_health_of_nations
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can think of at least 3 states that have achieved near universal coverage through enlightened policy. (MN, WI and IA.) On the federal level we have Tricare, Veterans Health care system and FEHBP....
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    Starting Salary.

    HM2VikingRN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    57675 in MPLS MN (sans differentials and
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Commonwealth Fund has studied the various UHC models extensively. Believe it or not the best overall system is the NHS of the UK. We don't need to study this issue to death. THe evidence is...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    immigrants are not eligible for welfare. to argue otherwise is both a gross misstatement and demonstrates a real ignorance of the law. at http://www.cbpp.org/8-1-07health.htmmedicare is quite...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nor am I....Sen. McCain's health care proposals would increase the number of
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Philosophically they are from the same branch. (Most) student loans are taxpayer subsidized. Scholarships are usually a combination of tax payer support and private fundraising. In reality the problem...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    HM2VikingRN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There isn't one person who has posted on this thread who has not received tax payer support at one time or another in their lives for infrastructure, health care and/or