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    awaiting exam results

    HM2VikingRN replied to BONKERS709's topic in General Nursing

    Can you check your licensure status with the provincial BON? If they have online verification try verifying your status.... Best of
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    Did not get into MDCC for nursing

    HM2VikingRN replied to surfsidebabe19's topic in General Nursing

    I would apply to multiple schools for placement on their waiting lists. Followup to the admissions committee with a letter emphasizing your ability to start in the fall as a replacement for a...
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    background check do I or not?

    HM2VikingRN replied to onmayway1's topic in General Nursing

    Can't really offer legal advice. The mods have a stock response to this type of question that essentially says that legal issues need to be addressed to the state BON. Your state BON can best answer...
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    What happened to all my strenght to pass the exam?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZeldaJane's topic in General Nursing

    Suzanne 4s plan really does seem to work very very well for NCLEX testing. I don't think I have ever seen a bummer post from anyone who has followed that plan. I followed it through the first tip and...
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    To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    HM2VikingRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    CNA/NNOC are quite active.... There are 2 legislative changes needed. 1. Pass the Employee Free Choice Act at the federal level 2. Repeal Florida's Right to Work for less laws... In
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    Is nursing a possiblity for me?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Can I B's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the start slow 2 classes at a time plan. Your awareness of your math issues is good and I don't think that it is a showstopper. (You get to use a calculator for NCLEX. Depending on your...
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    Attention Deficit Disorder/ ADHD

    HM2VikingRN replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    Thom Hartmann has some good books on Adult ADD/ADHD. Have you tried to get your son hooked up with Badgercare and DVR services? DVR may be able to help him get placed in a job and also provide some...
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the us has a higher medical error rate. at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/newsroom/newsroom_show.htm?doc_id=567035 and longer waiting times on average. at...
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The reality is that well designed choice architecture systems actually enhances personal responsibility which benefits us as a society overall. This system doesn't call for anything in the way of...
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_real_third_way The authors are not specifying which choice to make rather it is that people make a choice to participate in a retirement plan and a...
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    Crozer-Chester nurses vote to strike

    HM2VikingRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    MNA struck hospitals in MPls/St Paul a few years ago. They did win safe staffing language. Now MNA is working through the state legislature to get a statewide safe staffing
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Jolie, Messrs Sunstein and Thayer did not argue for a government program for retirement savings or health care participation. They simply argue that people must opt out of participation rather than...
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At least 25% is flushed down the toilet because of excessive administrative
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think we can all agree that the following yields benefits for society. http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_real_third_way It is time to set aside partisan bickering and build systems...
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the authors do not think that you are too stupid to manage your own life. what they specifically are attempting to address are the reasons for system failures. at...
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    in reality, our budgetary problems stem from our out-of-control health care system

    HM2VikingRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    at http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=battle_of_the_budget_slideshows
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_real_third_way The real key is to have well designed systems from the
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually there is a book by Thayer and Sunstein called Nudge. Basically the argument is that humans have a very difficult time with evaluating choice and making good choices. One of the solutions...
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    Why the middle-man? Quit keeping my pay!

    HM2VikingRN replied to Opera26's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is an example of how being unionized benefits employees. The union would have been able to show legislators how and why privatized services are more expensive. MN has a contracting law that in...
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    Why the middle-man? Quit keeping my pay!

    HM2VikingRN replied to Opera26's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What you are describing is the myth of cheaper outsourced jobs. THe "efficient" private vendors are contracted for the same net amount that a permanent employee costs. But the employees of these shell...
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    Crossing the line

    HM2VikingRN replied to elizabells's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have never known a union to fine a member. I spoke to the very real social costs that could be expected if an individual chooses to cross a picket line. Of course we could obviate the need for...
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    Crossing the line

    HM2VikingRN replied to elizabells's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Unfortunately it causes really hard feelings. Crossing a picket line tends to be viewed as a betrayal of others. She can't be kicked out of the union but being a scab is not a way to keep good...
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    Did anyone try L&D and hate it?

    HM2VikingRN replied to RNStudent123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll pass om LD. I enjoyed my student rotation but it really isn't my cup of
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    Massachusetts Nurses: advocacy in ACTION

    HM2VikingRN replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The other MNA (Minnesota) is pushing safe staffing also. North, east West all we need is
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    Government Restricted Health Care - How Much is Your Life Really Worth?

    HM2VikingRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually what this points to is one of the great virtues of single payer. Decision making processes about the cost of care and coverage levels for health care is transparent and subject to public...