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    What's behind your name?

    HM2VikingRN replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    Stacking credentials is obnoxious... I used to work with a PSYD who required DD patients to address her as Dr.... I have a friend who is working on his PSYD right now. He is seriousl considering going...
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    Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Part of the solution to the uninsured is bringing people into the system....There are a variety of ways to accomplish this goal. Assuring equality of health care access is hardly equality of...
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    again not from a referenced academic website.... my original point
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not one of these is a reputable research based academic
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    academic referenced sites? blogs are questionable as they represent the opinion of the writer.....i have a bias towards single payer because it has been shown to work better through the experiences of...
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    my challenge has been and remains for anyone to demonstrate with research driven and academically supported data that a consumer driven health care system for the us could deliver equal health...
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    Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Way way way far afield...... Markets are amoral. Health care managed for the profit of investors has shown itself to be pretty inefficient and expensive. When (not if) we the people decide that a...
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    Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    HM2VikingRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We ration health care in the US by ability to pay NOT on the basis of
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    Single Payer System does NOT provide all treatments

    HM2VikingRN replied to azhiker96's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not supportive of government denying claims. I am supportive of evidence based practice. See: There is a myth that, with national health insurance, the government will be making the medical...
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    Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    have you used tricare for you and your family? when i was agr i used it. i thought it was a fine program. there is absolutely nothing wrong with a large group system for health care. 25% of our...
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    U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    HM2VikingRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think salary is like real estate its location location location. My wife is an ECSE teacher. With 8 years in her profession she equalled my salary in 6 years and passed me in 8 years. As a new grad...
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    U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    HM2VikingRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is what PNHP has to say about salary structures under single payer: There are three reasons why the U.S. health care system costs more than other systems throughout the world. One, we spend 2-3...
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    Huntington's Disease

    HM2VikingRN replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

    I have a cousin who died from it. I have another cousin in the late stages of the disease. It isn't in my genetic line thankfully. Some topics to include in your presentation could be: genetic...
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    What is Your Christmas Wish ??

    HM2VikingRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    For peace and safety for our troops abroad.... For safe travels for all on the roads today... for happy families and marriages... Merry christmas to
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    Do you carry liability insurance?

    HM2VikingRN replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I plan on carrying both a professional liability policy and an umbrella policy through my homeowners insurance. My wife is a special education teacher and I will be a licensed nurse. I think it it is...
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    Exempt Policy

    HM2VikingRN replied to chris4777's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be looking. Don't stay where you are not
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    Meal and Potty Breaks

    HM2VikingRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I would never ever work off the clock. I tell people I am hitting the head and that is it. I don't always eat but I won't give up head call as
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    Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think what was missed was this quote from Ms. Edelman: There is something wrong with the structure of our economy when 25% of our children are being raised in poverty. They are the seed corn for...
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    17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I find it difficult to defend the actions of a multibillion dollar company given the apparent timeline of
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    Nurses' Unions

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

    my challenge to you is to get involved. if you don't like the way your local runs show up for meetings. organizations are run by the people who show up for meetings. if we are interested in improving...
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    Healthcare burden growing

    HM2VikingRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The point of insurance is to spread risk across a larger
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    The Real Danger of Socialized Medicine

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    mba, lets build an effective system. the va can teach the rest of the system some lessons about quality. http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_health_of_nations while the va system...
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    17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ths simple fact is that our health care system ranks SIXTH overall of SIX. The UK ranks second on the "right care dimension" , spends 40% of what we spend and is number one overall for quality. I have...
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    Single Payer System does NOT provide all treatments

    HM2VikingRN replied to azhiker96's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I thinnk the goals of any system need to be patient centered, fairness, equity and evidence based care. The prostate cancer issue relates to evidence of effectiveness issues: I think that with a...
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    17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    HM2VikingRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why work for this? The reality remains the following: We spend 2.5 times that of the UK and have worse health outcomes. Cost related access problems contributed to the death of this