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    The other health care issue: Getting costs down

    HM2VikingRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And this graphic shows it all:
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    five core nursing values. (i used this article throughout nursing school as my reference point.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15682160 core nursing values: human dignity, integrity,...
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    How long does it generally take?

    HM2VikingRN replied to penguinPool's topic in General Nursing

    I would send a very polite email asking about interviewing for a
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    Hormonal issues and getting pregnant

    HM2VikingRN replied to nrsang97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can't offer any medical advice for TOS reasons. Wish you the best of luck in finding answers to your questions. Here is a link to an internet resource that may help you in your search for answers...
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    Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Massachusetts mandate system will fail. The US has longer waiting times on average than countries with UH
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    The other health care issue: Getting costs down

    HM2VikingRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Germans seem to do just fine with a mixed public private system where everyone is covered as a matter of right. There is absolutely no reputable academic evidence that a market justice based...
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    Stedman's Medical Dictionary vs. Taber's Medical Dictionary

    HM2VikingRN replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    Tabers got me through nursing school just fine. Every place I have worked I usually see a Tabers rarely
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    Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Many employers don't proovide insurance or are pricing family coverage out of reach of
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    The other health care issue: Getting costs down

    HM2VikingRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What is especially instructive is the discussion about hip replacement surgery. In the US it is $40,000+ while in germany it ranges in cost between
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    kay, i took the time to pull up the following on a better way to care for chronic illness. http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_health_of_nations also please see the following:...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    47 million uninsured? that is a big problem. double digit health care inflation? that is a big problem. if you are serious about fixing health care the first place to go is administrative costs and...
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    California docs balk at BC Calif request for medical HX -see if they can drop members

    HM2VikingRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't understand how you can seriously defend what appears to be "cherry picking" by BC-California. Adverse selection is adverse selection. The real concern is $$ NOT patient
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thanks to spacenurse for the following quote from alternet.
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    Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks for the
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    Clinton Health Plan May Tap Pay

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jolie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is a difference between a right and a duty (responsibility). I have a right to health care but I have a concomitant duty/responsibility to help pay for that health care by being appropriately...
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    Insurance Practices: Delay, Diminish, Deny, & Blame

    HM2VikingRN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Believing in the Right to health care is an extension of core nursing
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    Advice needed from students that had todo a CNA class for their RN program

    HM2VikingRN replied to Butterfly Needle's topic in General Nursing

    Have you done physical therapy for your back? Yoga or Pilates can also help with core body strength which will help protect your back. My experience in clinical was that people were more than willing...
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    I need your help, please....I might fail ):

    HM2VikingRN replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Students

    Think everything through before clinical. Prep your meds When talking things through about patients with your instructor let her know what you think you are seeing about that patient. (It makes you...
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    Clinton Health Plan May Tap Pay

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jolie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    to bring this back to the original thread topic. building a better health care system doesn't necessarily require a public only or a private only system. it does require that everyone is paying into...
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    Clinton Health Plan May Tap Pay

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jolie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    one other thought that i had at work last night. we are currently paying for national health care but not getting it. see: administrative costs consume 31 percent of us health spending, most of it...
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    Clinton Health Plan May Tap Pay

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jolie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wasn't completely serious in my post. I was speaking to a matter of priorities. SS was never meant to be the sole source of retirement income. it was meant to provide a base part of the retirement...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FWIW dialysis is covered through
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    Clinton Health Plan May Tap Pay

    HM2VikingRN replied to Jolie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can fix SS with one act of congress. Repeal the Bush tax cuts on the upper 1% of the income distribution. (People who make more than 400,000/year) That along with raising the income cap to cover...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article that addresses moral hazard in a rather concise way. http://www.gladwell.com/2005/2005_08_29_a_hazard.html One of the reasons that we need to find a better...
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    routine mammo over $550?!

    HM2VikingRN replied to jjjoy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And by golly the Australian health service doesn't have waiting lines nor is it going broke by delivering better service at lower cost. Thanks for the info about how to make things work