Simplepleasures

Simplepleasures

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  1. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The government,the people we VOTED into office.Different government, different

  2. CNA troubles

    Simplepleasures replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmmm,Im not quite so sure that's

  3. CNA troubles

    Simplepleasures replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    my "situation" has not made me bitter, working in ltc and seeing that after almost 30 years, it as bad or worse could make a person who deeply cares about the ltc population bitter. i can honestly say...

  4. CNA troubles

    Simplepleasures replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some of these women do a wonderful job and are truly a God send, BUT there are so many coming from this sector and some not from this sector into healthcare jobs , in which they have no business being...

  5. New grad, shoud I take this position?

    Simplepleasures replied to missdeevah's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    sounds like fate rescued you, be thankful you escaped, although not having to pass meds is a great thing, but i bet that they promise a med tech , then you never actually get one. same old, same old....

  6. CNA troubles

    Simplepleasures replied to montinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A few people posted that the nursing homes are hiring unsuitable people to be trained for this valuable position. It seems as if the hiring/firing process and screening of these CNAs is not adequate.I...

  7. showers on nightshift and time for residents to get up in the morning?

    Simplepleasures replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    #9 people for two CNAs to get up all before days gets there?!!Oh my things have gotton even worse since I left LTC two years ago. Pathetic.Just goes to show how much the nursing home owners really...

  8. Advice needed

    Simplepleasures replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh you poor dear, I know what you must be going through right now.Sounds like you are being made a scapegoat.You actually dont have alot of options right now, if you chart what the MDS nurse said to...

  9. Transforming Care at the Bedside

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have had these types of new wonderful innovative ways of nursing introduced before, but they never could get off the ground while the REAL nurse was running her butt off and pulling her hair out in...

  10. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can only trust a government by the people for the people, not a government by the special interests for the corporate elite, your

  11. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do not endorse a mandated system in which people can not opt out of UHC.Health care access cannot be trusted to private endevors as is shown in the links Ive posted, BUT those who do not want UHC...

  12. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medicare need reforms too, if we had a good single payer plan it would cover all.I will go to the AARP website , I know I have read many heated debates about privatization of medicare and the HUGE...

  13. Quitting...are they all the same??

    Simplepleasures replied to nhelkhound's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just curious, how many patients did you have on the night

  14. Quitting...are they all the same??

    Simplepleasures replied to nhelkhound's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I imagine that some nursing homes have less acuity than others on any type of unit.Last LTC I worked, two years ago,I had 67 people, and 4 CNA's tops, sometimes three. On a noc shift during flu...

  15. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Those who are working on the "hopes" of myself and millions of Americans are CAPEABLE of coming up with a American plan that may just suit the majority of Americans, those who would opt out , could...

  16. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would hope that there would be no out of pocket costs, or very little at worst. I would also hope there would be no "caps" on coverage expenses, or that there would be no more medical bankruptcies....

  17. Do many nurses resent their patients?

    Simplepleasures replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Never really resented my patients for being demented or brain damaged, but I cant say the same for some of the managment Ive worked

  18. Healthcare burden growing

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Is that 10% in addition to the cost of having private health insurance? Why have private health insurance if it denies you

  19. Nurses' Unions

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

    I think there is ALOT more to this saga . Thank Goodness for the

  20. My clinical experience at LTC

    Simplepleasures replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes it is very sad at times and can be depressing for the patient and the nurse, both of whom usually end up taking anti-

  21. Nurses' Unions

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

    I would actually like to hear what the CNA has to say about all this. Maybe the CNA or thier representative would post some clarification here.Something does just not jive

  22. notifying families

    Simplepleasures replied to Liberty Bellpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe a day will come in which the LTC nurse will be free to chart truthfully, forthrightly, maybe they wont have to be punished by management when they use so called "flag" (ie: using the word...

  23. notifying families

    Simplepleasures replied to Liberty Bellpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I left nursing two years back at the facility I worked in, we did not report med errors to family, most likely would have been fired, or in deep doodoo.It is the right thing to do, afterall it...

  24. Nurses' Unions

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

    Sherwood has been so kind as to post the Brief of his and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation's case to be heard in the US Supreme Court . Here is some info about this case from the...

  25. Here comes Santa Claus

    Simplepleasures replied to gagezoie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OMG!!:icon_lol: What a sight that would have been!Poor