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  1. Staffing....What are guidlelines / formulas for it

    We only do emergency GI procedures at nigh in our ICU. Conscious sedation needs to be 1:1. The nurse must not have any other duties until that RN has determined the patient has recovered from the...
  2. Uninsured=financial ruin

    Insurance companies exist to make profits. They not longer contribute any useful work. Nice smart people figure out ways to deny "out of network", "Experimental", and other care. "Pre-authorization"...
  3. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    http://www.calnurses.org/healthcare/legislation/?print=t
  4. Can (do) nurses unions help improve patient care

    Registered Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes. ...The significant finding in this study is that hospitals in California with RN unions have 5.7% (.84-the RN union coefficient from Model...
  5. Benefits of Medicare for all!

    http://www.calnurses.org/healthcare/
  6. Uninsured=financial ruin

    These are not primary care providers, or hospital employes providing care. It is all waste. None of these people do anything useful for our tax money. The USA spends twice as much per person for...
  7. Uninsured=financial ruin

    Who wants to eliminate
  8. Uninsured=financial ruin

    The non productive administrative costs are way too high. Insurance companies make a LOT of money and don't provide ANY care. It is all
  9. Causes of diabetes and other myths

    I did a paper on this. The genetic component is only part of the picture. Pima people before modern times lived long health lives if the didn't die in accidents or as infants. They ate a very low fat...
  10. Typed from pdf on website. Top 10 Reasons For Enacting a Single Payer Healthcare System Top 10 Reasons For Enacting a Single Payer Healthcare System 1. Everybody in, nobody out. Universal means...
  11. Single payer vs. Universal healthcare?

    More than sad it is morally wrong. This is the richest country. I don't think the question should be "Should everyone have a single standard of high quality healthcare?" The question should be "HOW?"...
  12. Causes of diabetes and other myths

    I think anecdotal beliefs should be explored. The hormones associated with stress can cause
  13. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Phenomenon: You can to this! You made it through nursing school and passed boards. That proves you have self control Good luck. I hope you don't mind prayers because they are being silently
  14. California Labor Laws . . . Can you help me?

    Here is a start from the California Labor Code. I think it is different for government workers such as county and state facilities. 511. (a) Upon the proposal of an employer, the employees of an...
  15. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    I work with a womderful nurse whose first nursing job after more than a year was with us. For several months, as a condition of licensure, she was not allowed access to controlled substances. Our unit...
  16. Dumped in America

    In downtown Los Angeles there are "hotels" that rent rooms for about $100.00 a month! A former patient, Korean war ver lives in one. He says, "I have a bed, a chair, a table, and lamp in my room. We...
  17. Dumped in America

    Seems since it is a societal problem our society has failed too many people. She was 63. If she were 65 she could be cared for by Medicare. Many hospital social workers get Medicare based on...
  18. Katrina - Need Info on Charges Against Nurses

    There was much discussion about this:
  19. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    People become wealthy in this country by using tax supported services. they use our infrastructure more. They benefit from the public education that prepared their employees to produce the goods and...
  20. Dumped in America

    Diana Bonta apologized. She did not make an excuse. Kaiser advertises, "We want you to live long and thrive." I heard on radio news that she has a diagnosis of Alzheimers. How is she going to turn...
  21. Dumped in America

    Kaiser owns and runs its own hospitals. The woman was dropped off in the street. No bed had been arrainged. NPR : Kaiser Faces Charges for Dumping Homeless
  22. Dumped in America

    Thank you Viking! Healthcare Index
  23. Mandatory overtime

    I let the supervisor or manager know that I am too fatigued to provide safe patient care after working a 12 hour night. I will care for my patients to the best of my ability until unable to stay...
  24. OC Koreatown info?

    There is a Vietnamese Nurses Association in Orange County. The area near the music store is mostly Korean speaking people. They have a custom of blunt honesty I really
  25. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    I am a liberal and have no problem with anyone being rich. I do have a problem with corporations breaking our labor laws. Health and safety, OSHA regulations, minimum wage, and hours of work laws...