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  1. Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    Freedom42 replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have heard a lot of dissatisfaction about the healthcare system in Canada, from Canadians. Most complain about the rationing, the need to wait for diagnostics and procedures. You sister was...

  2. First name or surname?

    Freedom42 replied to Scooter321's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think I'm unsympathetic. For years, I couldn't get umbrella liability coverage due to my previous profession. Companies deemed me too high a risk because people were likely to exact revenge....

  3. First name or surname?

    Freedom42 replied to Scooter321's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand what degree of security is afforded to someone who declines to reveal his or her last name to a patient. That patient already knows who you are and where you work. At the risk of...

  4. Still a student, my heart set on ER...

    Freedom42 replied to karleigh's topic in Emergency

    Karleigh: I'm with you. I need adrenaline. Although I'm still a student, I think I'd like to work in the ER. So I asked my faculty advisers how to prepare. To a person, they all urged me not to do any...

  5. Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    Freedom42 replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The sources you cite include the opinions of a landscape architect (whose statements you've selectively edited), the opinions of several bloggers, the opinions of an agenda-driven organization that...

  6. Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    Freedom42 replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Great site, Ingelein. Thanks for posting the link. I do disagree with the coalition's contention that under a single-payer system, we will not see wait times for health care. I think increased waits...

  7. Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    Freedom42 replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  8. Socialized/Universal/Single Payer/Government Funded Health care....why?

    Freedom42 replied to MBANurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  9. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Price controls -- in the form of fixed reimbursement levels, be they government or private sector -- have been in place for decades. The issue isn't hospital salaries. It's the obscene profits taken...

  10. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    brought to you by the same people who insisted al gore claimed to have "invented" the

  11. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck finding it. I've searched high and low and have been unable to pinpoint it. I've concluded that it's apocryphal. If you do find it, I know a lot of people here would appreciate your posting...

  12. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    One other point: Perhaps cops, firefighters and teachers are required to have the same level of education as an RN where you are, but that is certainly not the case elsewhere. In my home state, police...

  13. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Without doubt. Many if not most of us -- with the exception of overpaid athletes and celebrities, for example -- are only paid a fraction of what we're worth. (Of course, there are always exceptions....

  14. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    Freedom42 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, "HotStud," are wages suppressed in your town's "socialized" fire and police departments? Are you worried about the "socialized" education programs you've been supporting for years with taxes? And...

  15. Nurses salary vrs teacher's salary

    Freedom42 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand what you mean by this. The OP was comparing teachers' salaries to nurses' salaries. It wasn't the other way around. Can you clarify? How are teachers using nurses' pay to get "even...

  16. New director is a nazi

    Freedom42 replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    Exactly. A crowd who considers the "best part" of the meeting is when she has an emotional breakdown in front of her staff.

  17. New director is a nazi

    Freedom42 replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    I agree, it does sound like there might be some bullying going on. I have to wonder if some staff members are pulling a passive-aggressive number on the new boss. Perhaps the OP will share some more...

  18. New director is a nazi

    Freedom42 replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    In defense of the OP, I don't think s/he realized that throwing around a word like "Nazi" is offensive to many. If that sounds silly, consider the "Soup Nazi" episode of "Seinfeld." It's unfortunately...

  19. New director is a nazi

    Freedom42 replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    Well said, jnette, from start to finish. I'm really troubled by the way some people blithely trivialize the word "Nazi." As for the OP, how about looking at some of the annoying habits among the staff...

  20. Am I too conservative?

    Freedom42 replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I'd take this a step further. Not only would I tell her that I don't want to hear it, but I'd tell a supervisor. You don't know how many others she's harassing. She's a potential liability. I'd make...

  21. Nurses' Unions

    Freedom42 replied to nursemike's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So apparently nurses who insist on knowing what raises they'll receive and when -- as well as being guaranteed that their benefits won't be taken away from them on an employers' whim -- are meek....

  22. Help! Accused of verbal abuse.

    Freedom42 replied to nurse.pammy's topic in General Nursing

    I understand how and why an employer might suspend or fire an employee accused of verbally abusing a patient. But I don't understand the suggestion that a lawsuit could be in the offing. What are the...

  23. holiday pay

    Freedom42 replied to Peppermintmocha's topic in General Nursing

    I'm tempted to say you've got to be kidding me, but after reading this board for more than a year, I've seen all too many posts detailing the terrible wage packages offered by hospitals like yours....

  24. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is an addendum to my original post at the beginning of this thread. I'd just had blood drawn by an MA who initially identified herself as a nurse. Today, roughly six months later, I went back to...

  25. This may seem like a dumb question, but they always say there is none

    Freedom42 replied to nububare's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting. You're right about not reading too much into questions; I simply meant that it would be part of a nurse's routine work to help a patient into a particular position. I'm using the Taylor...