pickledpepperRN

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  1. Cheney would "probably be dead by now" if not for his federally funded health care

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Remember when the Vice President got his ICD on a

  2. Real People Denied Healthcare

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Real People Denied Healthcare David Welch is an RN and a patient who was denied health insurance because of minor skin cancer on his nose. This story, of an upper middle class white male nurse, shows...

  3. Real People Denied Healthcare

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Janet Stephens was an RN for 17 years but after being diagnosed with several incurable diseases she went on disability and struggles to cover the cost of her healthcare. She's a talented pianist and...

  4. Working with groups: Predicting and Preventing Project Failure ...Time Management

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you Karen. I wasn't able to open it either. After reading the article I think there is a reason nurse managers accept the job of implementing a project such as new technology knowing it is a...

  5. What is in the future of the USA's health care system?

    pickledpepperRN replied to jael98's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Like with medicare I think most hospitals and providers will choose the care for the patients. And I doubt EMTALA will be

  6. Nursing as a Science and Religious Consideration in Healthcare

    pickledpepperRN replied to MQ Edna's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This thread explains why no computer softwear can duplicate the nursing process. Thank you all who posted. I recently met a man in his late eighties who was hospitalized last summer. He remembers a...

  7. Healthcare burden growing

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our tax paid expenditures for healthcare are hidden and quite

  8. Healthcare burden growing

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This change is identified in the

  9. What about Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville and Harlingen

    pickledpepperRN replied to extreme's topic in Texas Nursing

    Inspection to require changes for VBMC A federal agency that accredits hospitals has recommended improvements at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen and Brownsville as a result of a recent...

  10. Nurses' Unions

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

    One of the authors is from the anti union Organization of Nurse Executives. Read the study and you will find they try to find another reason for the data. These are not union people. And the funding...

  11. Nurses' Unions

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

    I haven't seen such a study done by a union. Here is an article about a study. I cannot attach the study because it is too

  12. No nurses, pt died.

    pickledpepperRN replied to mandi131's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Of course this is wrong. It should be reported to the agency that licenses hospitals in your state. Usually it is the department of public health or the department of health

  13. Nurses' Unions

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

    The study is too large to post so here is an article about

  14. Nurses' Unions

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

    I think it is pure madness that in my home state of Oklahoma patients suffer needlessly. Both the planned poor staffing and loss of fine nurses from inpatient hospitals. Why do the truly good, kind,...

  15. Australia has a new Government!

    pickledpepperRN replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

    Please keep us updated on the changes. Thank you all for

  16. Just Off Insular Senate Floor, Life of the Uninsured Intrudes

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When my grandfather died of lung cancer my grandmother sold her home and worked many years to pay the medical bills. She felt a moral and ethical obligation to ensure that the doctors and hospital...

  17. Nurses' Unions

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

    It is very sad. I worked at my Los Angeles hospital nearly 20 years without a need to unionize. But I consider it more unprofessional to have to tell a family their loved one is dead and do post...

  18. From Hippocrates to Hypocrisy

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Article in the Sedona Observer From Hippocrates to Hypocrisy This is not just a story about health-care horrors. Nor is it a series of anecdotes written by exasperated Americans, insured or not, under...

  19. Why can't the other 49 states get ratio laws?

    pickledpepperRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they ARE breaking the law and they know it! When someone "covers" a break that nurse has a double patient assignment. The ratio law clearly states "at all times" Fill out a form every time...

  20. Working with groups: Predicting and Preventing Project Failure ...Time Management

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where did thi assumption that there MUST be constant change? "If it ain't broke, break it!" is their

  21. HEY GOP: Attacking Hillary Isn't a Health Plan

    pickledpepperRN replied to lizzyj's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Attacking Hillary is NOT a Health Plan. What is your candidates plan? I don't like the plans of any of the "major" candidates. They all keep us dependent on the useless health insurance industry. What...

  22. Health Reform is the Most Important Domestic Policy Issue

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do NOT like the idea of tax money going to insurance

  23. Why can't the other 49 states get ratio laws?

    pickledpepperRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Every patient in the hospital MUST be assigned to a registered nurse. The ratio is the maximum number that may be assigned to a nurse. Therefore if you have seven patients your hospital is violating...

  24. Health Reform is the Most Important Domestic Policy Issue

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A gap in GOP candidates' healthcare proposals Giuliani, McCain and Thompson are offering plans to help the uninsured -- but their aversion to regulations would mean that many of their fellow cancer...

  25. A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know a young man whose ESRD was originally diagnosed when he had a physical for college football. Thanks to Medicare he is an employable CPA. He is dialyzed 3 times a week. If he hadn't worked as a...