Chico David

Chico David BSN, RN

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  1. Least Healthy States

    Chico David replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just went and checked my post from a few minutes ago - not quite right - one exception - New Mexico. All of the others are in the "right to work"

  2. Least Healthy States

    Chico David replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    People have mentioned a number of common factors among the states listed. But there's another that no one has mentioned yet. I haven't looked it up, but at a quick look I am pretty sure that all of...

  3. Unions and Hourly pay vs. Salaried

    Chico David replied to rnrn10's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's a little more complicated than that. While many unions do have some form of "at large" membership, there is limited value in it if you work in a non-union workplace. So whether you join a union...

  4. New nurse (RN) with doubts; advice needed soon!

    Chico David replied to BonnieSc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Here's my answer as a 27 year RN who has mentored a lot of nurses over the years: Your first job will set the tone for your whole career. Go where you have to go and do what you have to do to get a...

  5. Is it ethical for nurses to go on strike?

    Chico David replied to ManuelaBeltran's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually, since we have a governor in place who does not believe in enforcing the law, many of the state laws to protect nurses and patients have become essentially moot in California the last few...

  6. NY RNs fighting unfair management tactics and unsafe patient conditions

    Chico David replied to GypsyOrchid's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The first concrete suggestion is to find out what your state law is. I have no idea what the landscape in Indiana is like as far as your state nursing association. Some are effective and aggressive at...

  7. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually, I find the persistant use of the term "dude" more offensive. It makes a grownup who uses it sound like an uneducated teenager and makes it sound like you are being deliberately...

  8. Nursing Unions

    Chico David replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I would add a note of mild disagreement with a couple of the prior posters on unions protecting bad nurses. I'm chief nurse rep - what many unions would call a shop steward - at my hospital in...

  9. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For any nurse who takes the attitude that "people who want health coverage should go to school and get a good job, like I did", let me just offer a few thoughts: 1. There are and always will be a lot...

  10. New study on unions and wages

    Chico David posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    this is a study of all woman workers, not nurse specific, but is still pretty thought provoking - and nothing really new as it is similar to numerous other studies over the years. here's the brief...

  11. New study on unions and wages

    Chico David replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Just for a couple of doses of reality here: if you get a break, if there are laws and regulatory agencies to protect workers, it is because unions fought to create those laws and agencies. They did...

  12. New study on unions and wages

    Chico David replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The actual fact is that UAW has been making concessions for years to management. In their last round of bargaining they agreed to make retiree health benefits a union responsibility rather than...

  13. Cutting salaries, taking vacation time...are they free to do as they please?

    Chico David replied to cathlabnurse83's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I realize this option is less available in many parts of the country, but... A few years ago the hospital where I had worked for many years got a new CEO with a very "bottom line" mentality. One of...

  14. An Associates Degree Isn't A Real Nursing Degree...Vent!!

    Chico David replied to Newbie Nurse SMP's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The fact that this subject is still, after all these years, a live controversy with lots of threads devoted to it is a pointer to what is wrong with nursing. I'm a BSN grad, and there is value to the...

  15. Cutting salaries, taking vacation time...are they free to do as they please?

    Chico David replied to cathlabnurse83's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually, the UAW has been accepting pay and benefit cuts for years and has accepted more in the latest mess. A few southern senators are determined to completely break the UAW as the price of helping...

  16. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "UHC, patients over 70 do not get treated for an MI because they are not tax paying productive citizens. Do you have parents? Grandparents? That's where were headed. Maybe not in the early years but...

  17. Patient claims abuse (sorry Long!)

    Chico David replied to core34's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have definitive answers, but a few thoughts You appear to have made a good start by making a detailed written record of the chronology. This is something I highly recommend to nurses whenever...

  18. The cost of doing nothing about health care

    Chico David replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good point. Now add to that the fact that we are already paying more for healthcare than any other country in the world and that dozens of countries paying far less manage to cover all their citizens....

  19. U.S. Conference of Mayors Backs Single-Payer National Health Insurance

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One always gets these bald assertions from the opponents of real health care, just ignoring the fact that all other developed countries have some form of national healthcare, all of them get results...

  20. Why is single-payer health reform not viable?

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    By the way here is a link to a very good posting on this subject on the blog "Dalilykos"

  21. Why is single-payer health reform not viable?

    Chico David replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When one is thinking of doing something that has never been done before, it is reasonable to speculate about what "might" happen, or what logic tells you is likely to happen. When one is thinking of...

  22. Why Universal Healthcare is unquestioningly necessary for America

    Chico David replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here's a simple formula I have for thinking about this stuff. If you think of three possible "goals" for healthcare reform: 1. provide everyone with quality care. 2. control costs to an affordable...

  23. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    Chico David replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "But you cannot deny the question, where is the money coming from? Health care is a huge part of France's budget every year and granted they aren't spending much on defense, but still..... There are...

  24. Why Universal Healthcare is unquestioningly necessary for America

    Chico David replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    super post. You've done an outstanding job of laying out the case. Moving on to the next stage in the debate, we note that the media and political elites have all pretty much given up on defending the...

  25. NY RNs fighting unfair management tactics and unsafe patient conditions

    Chico David replied to GypsyOrchid's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The constant effort by the industry to replace RNs with less costly - but also less qualified - caregivers is a never-ending fight. Every year in the California legislature, we have to beat back a...