pickledpepperRN

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  1. National system would fix health care crisis

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you remember the name of that insurance company? With full disclosure I think employees would just put the $325.00 in the band. But HOW can they call it insurance when any serious illness will cost...

  2. HUGE: Fake CA Health Reform is DEAD

    pickledpepperRN replied to lizzyj's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/

  3. Vent settings and documentation

    pickledpepperRN replied to Lizziefive's topic in MICU, SICU

    Here is the site. Really good!

  4. Vent settings and documentation

    pickledpepperRN replied to Lizziefive's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is a good thread on the subject. Look at the link to ICU FAQs.https://allnurses.com/forums/f15/vent-settings-122919.html Document the Mode: The way a breath is delivered. Assist Control: A/C...

  5. Any Market for Handmade Scrubs?

    pickledpepperRN replied to KentuckyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    I know a man who has his tops made. He wants them with a collar, to button down the front, and with lots of pockets. I think a lot of people would like to choose the fabric and order their

  6. Safe Staffing, long but pls read

    pickledpepperRN replied to oualie20's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You describe some very sick patients so acuity is clearly an important issue. I think to protect your individual licenses keep a diary and record every time you informed your manager or supervisor...

  7. SCHIP polls

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The bill was passed by members of both parties and independents of the House & Senate. I think most people want children to have healthcare. Here is an opinion

  8. So-Cal Folks, pls. help me decide which school

    pickledpepperRN replied to vivasmom's topic in California Nursing

    For excellence in education and professors and instructors exemplifying kindness toward students, patients, and each other I know Glendale Community College is supurb. I know a fine RN graduate of LA...

  9. Ice Breakers: reducing the tension between finance and nursing

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Patients and nurses are blessed that you were able to teach the CFO and that he or she was willing to

  10. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry. it posted twice as my computer shut down. I don't know

  11. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you Steph for answering. I truly had no idea what you were thinking of. Did McCain/Feingold take away your ability to participate in the election process? Or any other citizend right to freedom...

  12. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don’t who these tyrannical people are. Who is trying to take away our right to speak? How are they doing

  13. Labor & Healthcare-The Issue of Our Time

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

    Please tell me what I am missing. Lots of good people are philosophically opposed to organized unions. A great friend of mine, a Seventh Day Adventist does not pay dues for religious reasons (her...

  14. Ice Breakers: reducing the tension between finance and nursing

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry but the fact is that the product of hospitals is nursing care. Executives whose yearly pay is more than a nurse at their facilities will be paid in a lifetime are not fooling me when they claim...

  15. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sarchasm :. (sär'kăz'əm) 1. (n.) The abyss between the creator of witticisms and the intended recipient who does not find the humor in it. Origins: The combination of sarcasm and chasm. While...

  16. National Health Care, Your Thoughts

    pickledpepperRN replied to Medic15251's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am glad these are affordable BUT I know 40 something man who is not insured. He paid for the eye exams at a store. Turns out he has normal pressure glaucoma so bad he cannot drive. It happened so...

  17. National Health Care, Your Thoughts

    pickledpepperRN replied to Medic15251's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nation's healthcare crisis gets personal I write a lot about healthcare reform. Now it's personal. I was diagnosed this past week with diabetes. As of Friday, I was injecting myself with insulin,...

  18. OPRAH "Sick in America: It can happen to you"

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Did you watch Oprah? Sick in America: It can happen to you: http://www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml Healthcare crisis:

  19. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    pickledpepperRN replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Your ratios look good. i am very glad you and your father received excellent care. I was only believing my colleagues who left after several years as registered nurses in Alabama. They tell me it is...

  20. sedation policies vs practice where you are

    pickledpepperRN replied to mosin46's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our Board of Registered Nursingadvisory

  21. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    pickledpepperRN replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    The excellent and kind nurses I work with attended Auburn. I read the studies coming out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They've done important research that has helped my patients. I...

  22. Reform is coming to US healthcare

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What do you think of this opinion from the Financial Times of

  23. Would you like nursing unions in Alabama?

    pickledpepperRN replied to fronkey bean's topic in Alabama Nursing

    That is exactly what nurses in Texas are doing: http://www.calnurses.org/nnoc/texas/ Probably if you get a few nurses together you can start working on asafe staffing ratios, patient advocacy, and...

  24. OPRAH "Sick in America: It can happen to you"

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    With Single Payer the multiple providers remain the same. Private and public, profit and non-profit hospitals, nursing homes, rehab facilities, clinics, doctors, pharmacies, laboratories etc. But...

  25. OPRAH "Sick in America: It can happen to you"

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oprah, 9-27-2007 1) http://youtube.com/watch?v=R5rXxXyeOY8 2) http://youtube.com/watch?v=_GcM2FV9oK8 3) http://youtube.com/watch?v=r11aHfdRl3k 4) http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4QyCy2EycI 5)...