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  1. Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From the original

  2. Europe healthier than U.S.

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How about doctors and nurses persuading people to be screened? I know when I changed insurance companies I suddenly needed tests I didn't need before. Maybe it would be good for them to say, "With...

  3. Pandemic News/Awareness - Thread 2

    pickledpepperRN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Prepare for flu pandemic economic hit: U.N. Thu Jan 10, 6:30 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Governments around the world need to do more to prepare for the dramatic economic impact of the next flu...

  4. Medicare For All H.R. 676

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Being sick or injured is never wonderful. We will all die someday. All we can work for is to do the best we can to ensure Americans are as healthy as possible. I wish I had been as sophisticated the...

  5. Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oops, double

  6. Making Room at America's Inn for All God's Children

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't understand where this are suggests the kids be taken? Or what, "The kids would that they can do what they want... and the government would pick up the tab for the rest" means. Am I the only...

  7. Ever pull the wrong med from the right cubie in the Pyxis?

    pickledpepperRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. The worst was finding 14 Vicoden in the drawer for Tylenol suppositories. I notified pharmacy, wrote my manager, and filled out a report for the medication committee. The next night it was still...

  8. Uninsured health improves when eligble for Medicare at age 65

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No Insurance, Poor Health The case for providing health coverage for all Americans got even more compelling in the past week when two new studies presented the most comprehensive evidence yet that the...

  9. Europe healthier than U.S.

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking Tue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on...

  10. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    pickledpepperRN replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    A friend is still angry years later because the nurses told her there were no dogs under her bed after surgery. She is mad at me because when I visited her I actually looked under the bed and told her...

  11. Would you choose a union job or non union job?

    pickledpepperRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Because the patients need nurses to care for them and to advocate for them. When our excellent and kind administration was replaced by greedy profit driven people we nurses unionized. I think we...

  12. Arizona Patient Protection Act introduced- Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    California’s Historic RN-to-Patient Hospital Staffing Ratios Upgraded Again With New Year ...As of Jan. 1, new ratios are in effect for three specific units. They are: 1:3 in Step Down...

  13. Arizona Patient Protection Act introduced- Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't know about unionizing but according to the web site Texas nurses continue working for their Texas Hospital Patient Protection Act

  14. so is your work following the new ratios???

    pickledpepperRN replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in California Nursing

    Your hospital is in violation of the law. You should never have more than four stable monitored patients. If they are unstable you should have no more than three. This includes breaks....

  15. Uninsured health improves when eligble for Medicare at age 65

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    An American Cancer Society study found "substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage was associated with less access to care and poorer outcomes for cancer patients," as the...

  16. Whittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 87% Election Victory

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

    Friday, December 21, 2007 Whittier Hospital nurses vote to join CNA The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has another union representation victory, this one at 171-bed...

  17. Whittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 87% Election Victory

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Whittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC in Landslide 87% Election Victory LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- By a landslide 87 percent vote, registered nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center in...

  18. Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    pickledpepperRN replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ...There is no perfect way to provide health care for the entire population of the United States. Any structure that we create will by its nature be large and prone to bureaucratic snafus. There are...

  19. Nurses GET OUT AND VOTE

    pickledpepperRN replied to vivicaq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I depends on your state. Here is Minnesota: Minnesota Republican Presidential Nominating Process Precinct Caucuses / non-binding straw poll: Tuesday 5 February 2008 BPOU Conventions: Saturday 15...

  20. so is your work following the new ratios???

    pickledpepperRN replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in California Nursing

    ICU remains two or fewer patients per nurse. That was our first ratio in 1976. This is at all times, no averaging, and during meal and rest breaks. Telemetry staffing is now four or fewer patients...

  21. Lipid lowering success stories

    pickledpepperRN replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in General Nursing

    My cholesterol went from 202 to 163 in about a year. I do aerobic exercise at least three times a week and weight training about two. Mostly I follow the vegan diet like on this site (click...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only people who support single-payer are most

  23. Blackjack: 21 ways to start driving down healthcare costs

    pickledpepperRN replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Mandatory treatment of debilitating substance abuse can be life savings. It will cost but will save in the long run. (A stitch in time saves nine.) Funding chrinic disease management interventions and...

  24. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pickledpepperRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Probably because you and the nurses you work with are great caregivers! I work registry sometimes. All degrees of adult illness from SNF to ICU. Most CNAs are so very helpful when they know the...

  25. Blackjack: 21 ways to start driving down healthcare costs

    pickledpepperRN replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not the government. I never said the government owes anyone a Lexus. Has anyone? The mother was almost in shock. She was sobbing, skaking, and her teeth were chattering. She had already taken...