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

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    nursemelanie I hope you hang in there until you graduate. We need you in nursing. If the workers striking and locked out prevail perhaps the companies will not try the same thing in the north. I...

  2. Senator John Kerry (Democratic Prez Candidate)

    pickledpepperRN replied to live4today's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.michaeljacksontalkradio.com/Michael_Jackson_StayTuned.html January 21, 2004 Earlier this week the Vice-President Dick Cheney predicted in a newspaper interview that President George W....

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Albertsons and Ralphs workers are NOT on strike. They were LOCKED OUT by the companies! They were willing to comprimise on partial payment for health insurance. Thety did insist on new hires...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am just leaving to participate in an event in support of the grocery workers at the Forum, near LAX. Several hundred nurses and nuns will be with our group. I do walk into the store without buying...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps there is criticism of that union because an ALL RN union has been working to improve patient care and the working lives of nurses for more than a century. http://www.califnurses.org/ The...

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

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More than one RN told me she left because her union did not even respond to reports of dishonest management Nurses who tried to go through the chain of command became targets. One nurse said she was...

  7. nurses were ordered to lie and key drugs weren't given. Criminal inquiries could be l

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    I am very upset with the Count Board of Supervisors. This and the problems at La County- USC (AKA "Big County) with not having dialysis nurses available on weekends and nights. We NEED the trauma...

  8. nurses were ordered to lie and key drugs weren't given. Criminal inquiries could be l

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    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...

  9. No lift policy

    pickledpepperRN replied to PaulG's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I like the "slide sheet/move tube" idea but have never seen one. Is it useful for lifting those who slide down in bed? Regarding your "wardsmen' there is an ad recruiting licensed nurses showing...

  10. nurses were ordered to lie and key drugs weren't given. Criminal inquiries could be l

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    The part that got me was: "Confidential interviews revealed that nursing staff were prohibited from assigning patients a classification of IV," the most critical level of sickness, the report said....

  11. For Sale By Tenet

    pickledpepperRN replied to Gomer's topic in California Nursing

    Many Tenet facilities give care that is equal or better than other hospitals. I think it is because the nurses, doctors, and other employees will not allow it. Accepting work at a Tenet facility still...

  12. Senator John Kerry (Democratic Prez Candidate)

    pickledpepperRN replied to live4today's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.michaeljacksontalkradio.com/Michael_Jackson_Journal.html Wednesday, January 28, 2004 I've always respected Sen. John Kerry and felt that he had all the attributes to make a chief...

  13. nurses failed to adequately examine the patients

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    November 8, 2003 - Times Headlines Hospital Blamed in 2 Deaths By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, Times Staff Writers A state report finds that one King/Drew patient's heart stopped and another...

  14. nurses failed to adequately examine the patients

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mlk30jan30,1,6084361.story?coll=la-home-headlines January 30, 2004 By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers Report Assails Hospital Lapses...

  15. For Sale By Tenet

    pickledpepperRN replied to Gomer's topic in California Nursing

    Sorry lizz: Your band didn't work. I like it! http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tenet28jan28,1,5444018.story?coll=la-home-headlines Tenet to Sell 19 Hospitals in State By Lisa Girion and Don Lee,...

  16. For Sale By Tenet

    pickledpepperRN replied to Gomer's topic in California Nursing

    Hope it's OK to combine these. https://allnurses.com/t55745.html lizz Senior Member Registered: Nov 2003 Location: southern california Posts: 359 Tenent Selling California Hospitals Sorry that I...

  17. Mount Saint Mary's Traditional BSN Program

    pickledpepperRN replied to michellemybelle's topic in California Nursing

    There seems to be something special about that school. Whether it is the admission decisions, quality of education including clinical experience, or the role modelling of the professors and...

  18. A Doctor Talks About Why US Health is in Decline

    pickledpepperRN replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So true. The author did write it is a matter of relative wealth compared to others. My folks grew up during the great depression. They suffered through WW II as enlistees or waiting at home. Ration...

  19. A Doctor Talks About Why US Health is in Decline

    pickledpepperRN replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    First please let me praise you for finding the articles by physicians because they present fresh ideas we can all benefit from. Nurses are doing great work too. Perhaps a similar pshchology affects...

  20. Actual Article: "Socialized Health-Care Nightmare"

    pickledpepperRN replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here in the USA we pay for all full time government employees whatever insurance plan they choose, elected officials have health insurance for life, the Veterans Administration is another system with...

  21. Corporate Healthcare nightmare

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Tip of the iceberg: http://www.calnurse.org/cna/watch/tenet/tenarch.html http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_386.htm http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/08/news-ireland.php...

  22. 220 nurses showed up

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2004/01/19/story6.html EXCLUSIVE REPORTS From the January 16, 2004 print edition Agency bogs down as nurses rush to register Kathy Robertson Staff...

  23. Corporate Healthcare nightmare

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.redding.com/top_stories/local/20031001toplo018.shtml Redding doctors will take the Fifth in civil trial Self-incrimination feared in ongoing RMC investigation ----------------...

  24. Corporate Healthcare nightmare

    pickledpepperRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hospitals and HMOs are cutting care to make record profits. Patients are paying the price. Just ask any registered nurse who provides direct care. We're the health professionals patients call on...

  25. Uncharitable Care: How Hospitals Are Gouging and Even Arresting the Uninsured

    pickledpepperRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.democracynow.org/static/healthcare.shtml Uncharitable Care: How Hospitals Are Gouging and Even Arresting the Uninsured By The Staff of Democracy Now! What do the Emir of Kuwait and the...