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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One of the things that gets bandies about is the inefficiency of government. I think that the figures from Dean Bakers Book The Conservative Nanny State really call this charge into question. Consider...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    walter reed is an army/dod hospital. the article i linked to makes a very clear distinction between walter reed and the va
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Waiting times for health care are longer in the US than almost any other industrial country. See:
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The myth of Tort costs:
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    How to invite someone to pinn me at ceremony!

    HM2VikingRN replied to futgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had my mother pin me. I did it as a surprise christmas gift. She had pinned hundreds of LPN's over the years but she was able to pin her son on the
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this is an assertion not supported by evidence:
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    see: at:
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i have posted numerous threads and links to how we can do much better under a universal health care model. here is a link to one article.......
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    Passing gas after surgery...

    HM2VikingRN replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Might be the sorbitol/xylitol in the gum... I know that those sweeteners can have a laxative
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    HM2VikingRN replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    see the conservative nanny state at http://www.conservativenannystate.org/cnswebbook.pdf . we spend far more on administration of health care in the us than any other country. 25% of our health care...
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    Health Reform is the Most Important Domestic Policy Issue

    HM2VikingRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Summary of the Testimony of Senator Tom Daschle Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, April 25, 2007...
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    I have my second interview

    HM2VikingRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Best of
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    How Norway gets it right....

    HM2VikingRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [color=#336699]notes: [color=#336699]a. data are estimates for the period specified. [color=#336699]source: [color=#336699]column 1: world bank. 2007b. world development indicators 2007. cd-rom....
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    How Norway gets it right....

    HM2VikingRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19529-michael-moore-cut-this-scene-from-sicko-because-no-one-would-believe-it
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    "You put me and my unborn child's life at risk"

    HM2VikingRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Report the incident....Doctors need to be held accountable for misbehavior just like anyone
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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

    America since Reagan is the land of opportunity only if you won the uterine lottery. See: http://www.cbpp.org/12-14-07inc.htm The point is that union workers earn an average of 20% more than nonunion...
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    LPN Union

    HM2VikingRN replied to 5mustangs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would contact AFSCME.org. I think SEIU represents some LPN's. Best of luck! In
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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

    What you are describing is urine poor management. Good managers monitor these issues and hold employees accountable for their behaviors. Good managers also help their employees find ways to succeed. I...
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    Getting turned down......unexperienced RN....

    HM2VikingRN replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

    I would apply to every new grad program in the area. If there is a VAMC nearby I would shoot an application into their new grad program. I would include a letter with your resume that explains the...
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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

    Paul Krugman is a very very smart PHD trained economist. I am not holding a gun to your head and forcing you to join CNA. I simply am pointing out that in general societies managed for broad...
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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

    The funny thing about Social Democracies is that as a group they are outcompeting the US in the world market. The Euro is trading at a 46% premiom to the US dollar as of today. I think that ome of the...
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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

    Very well
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    Phobias anyone???

    HM2VikingRN replied to danissa's topic in Psychiatric

    Heights....
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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

    we can agree to disagree. having been the victim of a mobbing instituted by a manager and her crony i have a much different experience base to draw from in forming my opinion about the value of...
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    Entitled Generation

    HM2VikingRN replied to javajaydon's topic in General Nursing

    I think that this phenomenon almost reflects a failure of nursing education more than anything else. Students need to be socialized to the demands of the job. If your clinicals are always during the...