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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    HM2VikingRN replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    there are approximately 200 documented distortions by mr. beck. see: beck characterized letter criticizing al qaeda as "surprising," because "the man who wrote it is a muslim" thursday, november 16,...
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    HM2VikingRN replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    His most famous comment was his questioning Keith Ellisons loyalty as a US Congressman because of Mr. Ellison's being a Muslim. With that question he lost all credibility as a commentator in my eyes....
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    Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Access to affordable haelthcare is not charity. Insurance is a social product by
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    HM2VikingRN replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    On a good day he is incoherent.....This is
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here is a very powerful argument in support of single payer based on the efficiency of the SS system: All of you have heard politicians and pendants refer to Social Security as a problem. Far from...
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    Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    SCHIP is not premium free....(Its not "given" to them.) I agree that families should be responsible for health care but we need to make sure that it is affordable. Decent family coverage is now...
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    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Files to Decertify the CNA

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

    Unionization is not incompatible with being a professional or
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    Scandinavian Nurses

    HM2VikingRN replied to FinNurse's topic in Immigration Advice

    Count me in with a Screen name like HM2Viking I am definitely
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    Questions.....

    HM2VikingRN replied to sarahlh's topic in General Nursing

    Monticello and Rogers are both nice areas to
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    HELP Returning to work after 18 years!??

    HM2VikingRN replied to goldenlover's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered public health or school
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    Would you choose a union job or non union job?

    HM2VikingRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Another reason to support unionization: January 4, 2008 Arizona Patient Protection Act Introduced - HB 2041 Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios, Ability for Nurses to Advocate for Urgent...
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    Usphs?

    HM2VikingRN replied to fmrnicumom's topic in Government, Military

    Check out the COSTEP program through
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    Medical DQ question for military nursing

    HM2VikingRN replied to GeorgiaBoy61's topic in Government, Military

    It is waiverable. In the Navy Manmed there is a rather broad clause that says to the effect that older candidates may be approved for enlistment as minor dq conditions would not impede your ability to...
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    Unexcusable

    HM2VikingRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I would make a vulnerable adult act report to the PD and/or Adult protection.... AND GOOD
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    To be an RN or RT..Help!

    HM2VikingRN replied to deebee12's topic in General Nursing

    Can you get on the waiting list for other schools nursing programs? I think being cross trained as an RT would be a wonderful set of skills as a
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    Fed up of losing working hours

    HM2VikingRN replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a union contract they cannot "freeze" PTO. It is a negotiated benefit that can only be modified through the collective bargaining process. If you aren't in a union hospital this is a good...
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    Would you choose a union job or non union job?

    HM2VikingRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    There is something like a 20% wage premium for working in a union hospital over a non union hospital. Plus thanks to MNA: Saying no to extra hours Nurses employed at state facilities will have the...
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    Would you choose a union job or non union job?

    HM2VikingRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    After being targeted by a bully boss I was very glad to have union representation.... As for me I am a union
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    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Files to Decertify the CNA

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

    Here is another reason to support the labor movement (From Minnesota): Saying no to extra hours Nurses employed at state facilities will have the same ability to say no to overtime as those in the...
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    Take a deep breath, and read

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    see (Hockenberry and Wilson 2007 p 1373) Evidence based treatments are improving the outlook for affected
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    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Files to Decertify the CNA

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

    Much more eloquently put than my one
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    Good old Flo was a smart cookie

    HM2VikingRN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I gave the same book to my daughter for
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    Take a deep breath, and read

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that the evidence from the medicaid program says otherwise. Kids who live in poverty tend to have worse health status. I haven't heard of care for expensive chronic diseases being denied for...
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    Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Files to Decertify the CNA

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

    It goes to show that management can win by stonewalling a fair contract and not negotiating in good
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    Likely healthcare reform next year and how it will impact health care professionals

    HM2VikingRN replied to ssambakd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would take a dateline report with a grain of salt. The reality is that access to health care in the US is only marginally better on the time dimension than Canada. Other countries with universal...