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  1. We don't need over-priced insurance - we need Guaranteed Healthcare.

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Originally Posted by spacenurse I looked and looked and cannot find any suggestions, ideas, or ways to improve healthcare in the United States. I really like your garden idea. It would improve...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I haven't seen the film so it is impossible for me to have an opinion. MY opinion on healthcare comes both from personal experience and published statistics. This is for anyone reading this thread. Do...

  3. Why Cuba is exorting Healthcare to the US

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I tried the web site of the organization. : http://www.canf.org/ . Here it is! - http://www.canf.org/2004/principal-ingles.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/cuban-american-national-foundation I'm...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I didn't watch Oprah:

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is a film. Of course it doesn't cover everything. In the 3rd quarter of the 20th century I took speech. Did you? Or English? Remember the "Persuasive speech" assignment? Or a similar assignment...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have not seen the film so don't have any facts on which to base an opinion. Perhaps the film does have

  7. Obamacare proposal

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    He said he still wants the insurance and pharmaceutical corporations to "have a place at the table." I think since they will fight why even let them and their dirty political contrubutions participate...

  8. Why Cuba is exorting Healthcare to the US

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A friend visited Cuba in the 1990's when he was in his ninties. Fluent in Spanish he walked around several Miami neighborhoods. A nurse lived on every block. Like a PHN they easily do case finding....

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Untruthfulness and hypocrisy: http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/ http://find.bcc4health.com/ca/?lpid=caland1&roiid=3144 http://www.anthem.com/home-visitors.html http://www.healthplans.us.com/...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I assume it means "you" plural? I haven't seen the film so cannot possibly know what is in it. Even when I do see it i know that I don't know enough about health care in other countries to be...

  11. Balanced Vegan Diet

    pickledpepperRN replied to LaceyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The American Dietetic Association on Vegetarian Diets:

  12. Balanced Vegan Diet

    pickledpepperRN replied to LaceyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The basic food groups: * Whole Grains: 5 or more servings a day * Vegetables: 3 or more servings a day * Fruit: 3 or more servings a day Legumes: 2 or more servings a day * Legumes: 2 or more...

  13. Balanced Vegan Diet

    pickledpepperRN replied to LaceyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here are some good sites with lots of information. I am not vegan or vegetarian. I do go months without eating meat. Weeks without cheese. http://www.vegan.org/...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The pharmaceutical industry received reports from Cannes, according to Ken Johnson, senior vice-president of the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), who says a friend...

  15. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Is there a particular article on this topic here?

  16. Nurses not doing assessments

    pickledpepperRN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I know I am impressed with the skilled kind nurses I work with. They are from every continent except Antarctica. And England, Ireland, and New Zealand. We have a common purpose and body of...

  17. Nurses not doing assessments

    pickledpepperRN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have doctors working on the units along with nurses? Are they present all the

  18. Nurses not doing assessments

    pickledpepperRN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with nurses from countries where the doctors work shifts with the nurses. They start the IVs and perform much of the assessment that is the responsibility of the RN here. I have also...

  19. Nurses not doing assessments

    pickledpepperRN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    This is not acceptable. If you are certain please talk with a clinical nurse specialist (CNS), your manager, or other RN in

  20. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How about required education for people on welfare? Not just hand outs because too many don't read well. Seems all the sources recomment beans. I love beans! They do need a grain such as rice or...

  21. Daytonite: Provides expert advice to students and those considering nursing career

    pickledpepperRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    So great to have Daytonite in the spotlight. I learn from your posts after all these years. I've copied the Critical Thinking Algorythm and Care Plan example for students and new nurses. Those who...

  22. We don't need over-priced insurance - we need Guaranteed Healthcare.

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not much in English but I did find some information on line. A nurse who works with us worked in a Paris ICU for six years. She told us that acuities are more variable. A fresh open hear stays until...

  23. The End of the Code

    pickledpepperRN replied to msdobson's topic in Cardiac

    Most of our physicians ask this too. Once when I responded to a code on the telemetry unit a certified nursing assistant said, "Once in the ER they gave calcium and the patient survived." The doctor...

  24. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Imported foods such as inexpensive canned sardines from Norway can't be purchased with food stamps. How about including low nutrition foods that are mostly sugar and/or fat? No soda, chips, or candy?...

  25. Relocate to Sunny California?????

    pickledpepperRN replied to JaVisRN's topic in General Nursing

    Fruits, nuts, and