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  1. Who are the Uninsured?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    First may I respectfully suggest the possibility that members of this BB who live in the UK, Canada, and Australia are honest nurses who know more about their system than a publication? If anyone IS...

  2. Who are the Uninsured?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [/url] > What premiums pay for > U.S. Urged on Universal Health Insurance http://www.sjs-vitamins-shop.com/li...ancy_stats.html World Health Organization Reports Life Expectancy By...

  3. Who are the Uninsured?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion... Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly...

  4. King/Drew nurses were ordered to lie and key drugs weren't given. Criminal inquiries

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.latimes.com/la-me-mlk30jan30,1,4930739.story January 30, 2004 By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers Report Assails Hospital Lapses U.S. inspectors find that King/Drew...

  5. NHS versus Kaiser Permanente in California

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So true. Kaiser patients by definition pay for health insurance. NHS provides care to all. Why California ONLY for the Kaiser

  6. Liberals and disability rights: Why don't they get it?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    THIS LIBERAL worked with our beloved city councilman, father of the current mayor, to make curbs at all intersections in the city of Los Angeles wheelchair and baby stroller accessable. I don't...

  7. Liberals and disability rights: Why don't they get it?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.unison.org.uk/help/index.asp http://www.unison.org.uk/disabled/index.asp Disabled people experience discrimination at work. UNISON challenges discriminatory actions and campaigns for a...

  8. Blame Congress for HMO's

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    kitkat24: If you had a magic wand to be used to create your ideal health care for the USA what would it

  9. We love Jnette!

    pickledpepperRN replied to ChicagolandRN's topic in General Nursing

    Me TOO! Thank you all for this

  10. Blame Congress for HMO's

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    kitkat24: I understand you don't like HMOs. You don't like the Canadian system. What do you think would be the best way for healthcare to be organized, provided, or offered? Would you keep Medicare...

  11. NHS versus Kaiser Permanente in California

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have first hand experience with the finest and most greedy sides of Kaiser. The patients are truly from the middle, working people. Nice to go through the registry and care for those patients who...

  12. NHS versus Kaiser Permanente in California

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The registered nurses of the California Nurses Association can take some credit for Kaisers quality of care. The RNs refused to agree to a "partnership" that would gag their ability to advocate for...

  13. fed up NJ RNs take action

    pickledpepperRN replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses and the NYSNA have my admiration! Thank you for letting us know! Shame on Somerset Medical Center

  14. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The nurses at this hospital and on the committee are more than 50% Filipino. The nurse standing on the left of the picture, Hilda Paraiso is on the Board of Directors of the CNA....

  15. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

    pickledpepperRN replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You said it! I work on a unit of ICU/CCU nurses who are united and strong. Other units where the majority are as you described put up with short staffing, no breaks, and the patients suffer from...

  16. Good hospitals in OC, CA.

    pickledpepperRN replied to ManEnough's topic in California Nursing

    This forum had some information of Orange County hospitals.

  17. Midway RNs Vote by 93% to Join CNA

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    http://www.calnurse.org/cna/press/2404.html Midway RNs Vote by 93% to Join CNA Los Angeles election is first under CNA-Tenet agreement Vote seen as especially significant with pending hospital sale...

  18. What would we do without Nurses

    pickledpepperRN replied to Mazieks's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Your words are so appreciated. To so many of us our favorite words are, "Thank you,

  19. Why is meeting the "minimum standard of care" good enough?

    pickledpepperRN replied to stevierae's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Seems many barriers to quality care versus minimal care are level of competence, understaffing, and attitude. I was told the same when bathing patients on the night shift. "Don't do it when it's quiet...

  20. Liberals and disability rights: Why don't they get it?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.electrical-eggs.org.uk/history_lesson.html As a volunteer participant I know many of these people. Many are politically liberal, other political opinions I am not aware of because we are...

  21. Liberals and disability rights: Why don't they get it?

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Find this show on a Pacifica station or streaming on the http://www. http://www.kpfk.org/ HOSTS: Henry Slucki, Jolie Mason (not pictured) and Shawn Casey O'Brien EMAIL: Henry Slucki: [email protected]...

  22. Tired of the grocery strike, back to Albertson's

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    These times are hard for those who care as well as the people being forced into poverty while working full time. As you said the media does not get the story correct, or we only get part of the...

  23. Taking away your Time and a Half!

    pickledpepperRN replied to efy2178's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From the latest edition of Critical Care Newsline, the electronic newsletter from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. "AACN is pleased with the funding increases for nursing programs...

  24. Tired of the grocery strike, back to Albertson's

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry to have communicated poorly. I did not berate anyone and am sad if my posting gave that impression. If it seemed I was challenging your choice I am sorry. I was explaining my reasons for...

  25. Tired of the grocery strike, back to Albertson's

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am sorry to read that. Working with the public IS a skill. I support the people who have been polite and helpful to me for many years. Our church has a schedule to drive those who want a ride to...