december

All the candidates are now being dogged by all the news services, and they in turn, only report on tabloid-style information geared to appeal to the 5th grade level. There might have been plenty of substance in that 2 1/2 hours only the public will not know it. The producers cut it all out. It's "boring" and we're all too "stupid". That's my take on it. News networks and cable TV thinks it's what we want. If Hillary just wanted the photo op, she would have spent 15 minutes there.

MSNBC had it's own agenda by having reporters on stating Hillary is doing a makeover. It's called inciting the viewers for the sake of ratings. How does anybody really know it's a photo op for her? How could it be genuine and otherwise? If MSNBC told you otherwise?? She answered a question about finding another job after losing one. It was just a common sense answer. It's what we'd all do. Socialized medicine had nothing to do with it. Guess what folks? USA is way below all industrialized nations for preventative healthcare AND morbidity, mortality, including INFANTS. Look at the World Health Organization data. We've had this untruthful mantra for decades that we're the best. IF police protection, fire protection, education and even MAIL is federally run, why isn't basic healthcare a right for all? Don't be spooked by the word "socialized." That's just a throwback from McCartney years. Too bad it's still going on and people believe it's the devil. Medicare (except for the atrocious medication "benefit" package passed by Bush and cronies that doesn't let the federal gov't barter for pharmacy fees) has worked well. Instead of 15% of fees going to administration of the private companies, it only uses 3-5%.

Hillary is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. I think this is exactly what the candidates should be doing, and that is getting to the grassroots level of the populace. Everything she does now is followed by a crew of cameras and security. So what will NOT be a photo op when all actions are scrutinized? Hillary has always supported nurses. When she first came to New York she did. This is just a continuation of it.

Nurses in our unit administer Versed, Fentanyl, and Valium for these procedures and we've found that atleast 50% of these procedure patients are inadequately sedated, no matter the dosages used. These are patients that are diaphoretic, need restraint during the procedures and become tachycardic with hypertension. We simply can't get them to a good level of sedation for a safe procedure. Please let me know what your units are doing. Do you experience the same? Are you using propofol instead (by anesthesiology)? Are you using a different combination of drugs that provides a safe procedure?