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    Advice on certificate vs masters in nursing informatics

    UKRNinUSA posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I was recently knocked back for an informatics position that favored the candidiate with the formal informatics education. I have a Bachelors of Nursing and Master of Science in Bioengineering and...
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    Advice on certificate vs masters in nursing informatics

    UKRNinUSA replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Informatics

    5 years later I can answer my own question: To get through the door, become a superuser. Lots of RN informatics jobs are coming up due to the Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Program which provides...
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    What Do You Expect of A Preceptor?

    UKRNinUSA replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I am precepting a senior student at the moment (for the first time) and it has been helpful to read your comments. I have been wondering if it is possible to teach "multitasking" or does this just...
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    New to ER nursing....wondering if I made a huge mistake?

    UKRNinUSA replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    It seems a bit soon to leave you in triage all by yourself -in the facility where I work, you have to be an ER nurse for a year before you are even precepted to triage. Let your preceptor know that...
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    Consumer group sues Anthem Blue Cross over policy changes

    UKRNinUSA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Amen to that, speaking as a CNA member and a parent of a child with a deadly disease -the last thing you need/want to do when your child is sick, is fight with your insurance company. I would violate...
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    Where do most of the uninsured live?

    UKRNinUSA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not a personal attack, an observation ( I admit the comment was a little satirical) Originally Posted by lamazeteacher "Well, "whodat1986", you have a typical American educated person's understanding...
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    Be careful of what you ask for....

    UKRNinUSA replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    re UK nursing salaries -I believe they have more to do with what I remember to be pathetic nursing union representation than the "demon" universal
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    Where do most of the uninsured live?

    UKRNinUSA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you are too kind Lamaze
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    Big Pharma's Newest Fake Disease

    UKRNinUSA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder if any of the folks in Haiti are wondering where they can get help for their FSD, RLS, ED or balding
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    What is a "foreign-trained nurse"?

    UKRNinUSA replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    "Foreign-trained (although I prefer the word educated) nurse" here. I came over in the early 90's when there was a nursing shortage, but had to pass the NCLEX first. I was underpaid, compared to...
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    UKRNinUSA replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am against futile care and believe that hospice care is very much underutilized in the USA. Yes I have seen patients in the states that you describe above, and I don't like it either. I have had...
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    UKRNinUSA replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where is your compassion? I find your flippancy offensive. I hope that none of the nurses currently caring for my daughter with leukemia have that kind of attitude. Oh and don't worry. We have...
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    UKRNinUSA replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do not like your hostile tone. Why I came to the United States is none of your concern and irrelevant to the
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    Is it ok to work in different specialties of nursing?

    UKRNinUSA replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing job mobility is the solution to nursing burnout. I have worked in many different specialties over the years and have found that skills/experience gained in one job/specialty leads to...
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    All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    UKRNinUSA replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    with profits of $315 billion in 2007, I believe that is quite
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    What made you decide to do ER Nursing?

    UKRNinUSA replied to MallysMama's topic in Emergency

    I took an inventory of work activities I enjoyed - they all seemed to point to ER nursing. I had already been an RN for 18 years when I switched and had always thought that it would be too stressful,...
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    The future of Obamacare

    UKRNinUSA replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'd rather pay a little more in taxes than the exorbitant premiums, copays and prescription costs that I currently pay with the risk of getting cut off if I cost the insurance company too much money...
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    Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    UKRNinUSA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    one American's experience with the UK NHS "Why I love Britain's socialized healthcare system" By Stephen Amidon...
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    The future of Obamacare

    UKRNinUSA replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think you just made a good point for single payer health
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    H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

    UKRNinUSA replied to StatBlues's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So tell me -has he been on the Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity shows
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    H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

    UKRNinUSA replied to StatBlues's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It may well be, that it is why I try to fact check as much as possible on websites like
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    H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

    UKRNinUSA replied to StatBlues's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you mean Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and the rest of the FOX "news" presenters? The significant injustice is that their audience believes the lies/scaremongering they peddle as "news" when it is...
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    The future of Obamacare

    UKRNinUSA replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm confused -what has a fork and a stick got to do with healthcare
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    Socialism Is the Best Medicine

    UKRNinUSA replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Funny- I
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    The future of Obamacare

    UKRNinUSA replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    or is it? Public Option Rides Again -- $100,000 In 24 Hours