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  1. Nursing or Occupational Therapy ?

    lindarn replied to sarahcurzon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would choose Occupational Therapy over nursing in a heartbeat. Nurses are treated like dirt, our salaries and working conditions are on the whim of abusive management, workloads are impossible, I...

  2. GOP releases healthcare plan; actual plan not included

    lindarn replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Has anyone suggested to all of these congressional fearmongerers, that MAYBE THEY SHOULD JUST PUT ALL AMERICANS ON THE HEALTH CARE POLICY THAT THEY ENJOY- YOU KNOW, THE CADILLAC OF HEALTHCARE! Why...

  3. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    lindarn replied to rebean's topic in California Nursing

    I beg to differ with the above opinion. For starters, why should nurses feel that they need to be able to "hit the ground running", the day after they graduate. Do physicians, "hit the groundg...

  4. Nursing Faculty Shortage and Salaries

    lindarn replied to Rhilogan's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone ask these colleges how much they pay the Football and Basketball Coaches?? No one ever died because the foot ball team lost the Rose Ball, but how many patients have died because there...

  5. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    lindarn replied to rebean's topic in California Nursing

    Would someone explain to me, WHAT OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, GRADUATES FROM THEIR PROGRAM, AND THEN IS EXPECTED TO WORK FOR FREE?? Physicians are required to do an internship before starting to...

  6. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    lindarn replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I could be mistaken, but I don't think that the Constitution offers us, "socilized public education", or, "socialized police departments", etc. The Constitution (and our laws), were written to allow...

  7. Obama's health plan takes shape

    lindarn replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I fully support a single payer system. Medicare for all would be great. I have been thinking about all of the government run health care plans- Medicare, Medicaid, VA, Tricare for military personnel....

  8. Nurses in society

    lindarn replied to vnuwish's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had a medical resident who would always just jump in and help- lifiting patients up in bed, placing foley catheters with out even a blink, etc. It turns out he was a medic in the Army, had...

  9. Obama's health plan takes shape

    lindarn replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have some news for everyone. This should come as no surprise- the AMA is single payer system that does not include the insurance companies. Surprise, surprise. Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN Spokane,...

  10. mandatory overtime

    lindarn replied to Kim Mohun's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Its about time that nurses stand up to the abuse that we are subject to. You should come here to Washington State, where there is a nursing school, it seems, on every corner. To make matters even...

  11. Talking to patients about the health care debate

    lindarn replied to bluesnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Without a doubt in my mind, the insurance companies are running scared. They know that the majority of Americans favor a single payer system. The general public is tired of insurance companies,...

  12. How's the job market for new graduate in Washington Area?

    lindarn replied to mitcornsus's topic in Washington Nursing

    I believe that hospitals in the Tri cities are hiring new grads. I know that they have a new grad internship in Kadlec Medical Center, as did Southwest Hospital in Vancouver, Washington, which is down...

  13. How's the job market for new graduate in Washington Area?

    lindarn replied to mitcornsus's topic in Washington Nursing

    I believe that hospitals in the Tri cities are hiring new grads. I know that they have a new grad internship in Kadlec Medical Center, as did Southwest Hospital in Vancouver, Washington, which is down...

  14. UCSD nurse to testify for single-payer system

    lindarn replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Tell me, what difference does is make? If only ONE person is unable to obtain insurance, goes uninsured, and is unable to access care when they need it, does it really make a difference if it is one...

  15. Medical privacy violator gets 1 year- what do you think?

    lindarn replied to petunia2016's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the crime should be taken into context. No one was physically harmed. Yes, HIPPA is important. And medical privacy is important. However, drunk drivers who kill people, don't even serve a...

  16. Unions. What do they do for us?

    lindarn replied to diane227's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You must belong to WSNA. They are here in Spokane, and all over Washington State. Trust me, the nurses here have gotten NOTHING from them! We need to get the NNOC and the CNA here in Washington, to...

  17. Englewood Hospital & Medical Center Locks Out Nurses

    lindarn replied to Dalton's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nurses have tried for years to, "speak for themselves", concerning working conditions, wages, benefits, etc. All they have to show for it, is being the lowest paid group of healthcare professionals,...

  18. Vacation - We need to find our own replacements

    lindarn replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    It never ceases to amaze me how easily employees are intimated by employers. It is your LEGAL RIGHT, to form a union, if you all desire to do so. How many of the individuals in the dietary department...

  19. Vacation - We need to find our own replacements

    lindarn replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    Folks, this IS the hospital's agenda- prevent the nurses from taking their accrued vacations-pto, and then take the hours away by not allowing them to cash in the hours not taken. A win-win situation...

  20. Emergency Nurse Relief Act 2009- Update

    lindarn replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  21. Need research for locked ICU doors

    lindarn replied to KoenigCNA's topic in General Nursing

    It never ceases to amaze me, how upper management thinks its OK for the nursing staff to maintain an, "open door policy", while they are locked in offices in the bowels of the hospital basement....

  22. Emergency Nurse Relief Act 2009- Update

    lindarn replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have nothing against Philippine nurses. But seeing what is going on in the US, wouldn't it be a better idea all around, if the Philippinno nurses took control over their profession? Demanded that...

  23. R.n. Employment at ramstein ab, germany

    lindarn replied to RNURSE's topic in Government, Military

    On a side note, Ramstein AB is a beautiful base! And the surrounding area is also great. German cofffee is better than Starbucks. Ramstein Village has several coffee shops that sell German coffee....

  24. Decided to go back to the corporate world....

    lindarn replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Could you perhaps get a job with a free clinic, one that is run by a church, or non profit organization? Here in Spokane, we have the Christ Clinic, a free clinic for the poor. You could work in one...

  25. Emergency Nurse Relief Act 2009- Update

    lindarn replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are many new grads (and older experiemced nurses like myself), who cannot find work. That is not stopping Swedish Medical Center in Seattle from sending recruiters to the Phillipines to recruit...