Simplepleasures

Simplepleasures

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  1. Nursing and unionization...

    Simplepleasures replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hear, Hear!! There ARE nurses out there who can tell folks first hand about how great it was to have a union and the laws of the NLRB behind them when they became involved in a emloyer/employee...

  2. Legislating Assistive Personnel to Administer Medication

    Simplepleasures replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i think having med techs is fine,especially in nursing homes, but i agree that the training is very much lacking, and needs to have a comprehensive program that gives the graduate of this program a...

  3. Nursing and unionization...

    Simplepleasures replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sherwood, are you paid as a union buster?Or has a union hurt your feelings somewhere down the road and you do this for free? I cannot understand why a so called nurse would be SO against...

  4. Nurses' Unions

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

    There is a mistaken belief that a non unionized nurse can protect herself/himself from an unscrupulous employer. THINK AGAIN.There have been nurses on this forum that have been wrongly terminated for...

  5. California Nurses Association Loses in 2nd attempt to organize Western Medical Center

    Simplepleasures replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    WHO is this person, Sherwood? What is his agenda

  6. Nurses' Unions

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

    Who would you place your trust in to see to it that you are treated fairly, the CEO of the corporation or the Union? Simple

  7. Medicare for All: The Only Sound Solution to Our Healthcare Crisis

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, Grace that is SO wonderful to hear, the folks who argue against Universal health care, always say that those countries who have it get poor health care, I am SO glad you set this false notion...

  8. Canada's health system is as good or better than the US new research suggests

    Simplepleasures replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Absolutely my own experience when talking to my German and Canadian reletives about their health care. They cannot understand how such a rich , intelligent country cannot set up a universal health...

  9. A little confusion re: some people's thoughts about LPNs

    Simplepleasures replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking from 27 years of experience as an LPN in LTC, I say an LPN in LTC has exactly the same duties and responsibilities as an RN that works the floor.Most LPN's are now being required to be IV...

  10. shootings and mental health

    Simplepleasures replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    My first job right out of nursing school was in the county mental institution, shortly after the chronically mentally ill started being dumped out on the streets. They would come back to the facility...

  11. Canada's health system is as good or better than the US new research suggests

    Simplepleasures replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes lets just cut out all social programs altogether, and we could use the money for corporate welfare instead. The sick and poor are of no consequence anyway, hey

  12. Least Healthy States

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    T be really honest would be to recognize these folks are probably not Democrats either, chances are they have never voted, most likely they are so busy trying to keep afloat that politics is the last...

  13. Real People Denied Healthcare

    Simplepleasures replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health care IS a moral right, and there are those out there that are proposing an amendment to make this right a legal

  14. Healthiest US States

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sheesh! Havin' a bad day, a little

  15. Nurses' Unions

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

    Hmmm... I wonder how many CEO's have been charged with corporate crimes in that time

  16. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Isnt it interesting that these so called "socialist" countries are top in technological innovation. Maybe it takes some of that innovative spirit to make a universal health care sysytem work for the...

  17. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Also, some posters use very descriptive terms to refer to members of our federal government, like "stormtroopers" and "cabal". Wow this actually reminds me of the hippy days when such terms were used...

  18. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The US standings in world order has been posted before several times and even though it is very telling and shameful, this data seems to be discounted by some folks. And right you are to point out...

  19. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    BRAVO!! Exactly so, "limited" is SUBJECTIVE, subject to ones own interpretation.If we avoid extremism in all things it would be a better

  20. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ah ha! Joining together for the common

  21. Another idea

    Simplepleasures replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Somehow, I dont think that ANY proposals that deal with reform will be accepted by those who choose to be blind and deaf to reason, to good old fashioned common sense. Again, there are so many...

  22. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh, for goodness sakes, universal health care or any reforms of our country's social programs are not socialism, THAT IS my opinion, and I agree that by ME saying so does not make it so in the minds...

  23. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why we must be aware of a movement to stop efforts at progress in our society, which includes positive reforms of health care, education, living wages, social security, medicare, medicaid, etc, etc....

  24. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health Care Costs Hitting Middle Class http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/LIFESTYLE03/704050364/1040 "Premiums are absorbing a larger and larger portion of family budgets and...

  25. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    Simplepleasures replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    some call it health care http://watchingthewatchers.org/news/1195/some-call-health-care survey results from healthcare industry, 200 hospital and insurance company executives and 1,000 consumers.the...