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  1. Registered Nurses Rank Number One In Job Growth

    roxannekkb replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Most hospitals are not unionized. Only about 12% of all nurses are unionized, so in reality, this affects very few nurses. And unionized hospitals do get around it. One hosp. in DC, which is...

  2. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The problem is not Filipino nurses, or Indian nurses, or Chinese nurses, or whoever. The problem is that by importing foreign nurses to fill our staffing holes--most of which are made by American...

  3. Registered Nurses Rank Number One In Job Growth

    roxannekkb replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well if hospitals can hire enough foreign nurses, then they can lower the wage for everyone. And when American nurses quit, just hire more foreign nurses and new grads. There is no law which...

  4. The Return of Hilarycare:

    roxannekkb replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Drug resistant TB is still a major problem here, and while the number of cases have dropped overall--there are still cities and states where cases have risen. I just spoke with an infectious disease...

  5. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well Dplear, I posted those articles up so readers on the board could see that some people consider the international migration of Filipino nurses to be a problem, even if you don't. As I have already...

  6. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this is just a great paragraph that i found in one of the studies i'm reading, about global movement of nurses, and the ethics of aggressive recruitment from developing nations. i think it just about...

  7. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The answer is simple: Because we can! We do whatever we want, because we can do it. It is a lot less "bothersome" to import nurses who are jumping for joy to be here, and who won't rock the boat, no...

  8. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here's another article about it. Health experts, nurses call for policies to curb effects of migration on local health system by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium LOCAL health experts...

  9. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One of the problems in "mass producing" schools is that they do not meet the standards of accredidation, and students are not passing the boards in the Philippines. They cannot get licensed to work in...

  10. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here is just one article from the Manilla Times, from last March. Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Global congress to tackle nursing crisis in RP By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, OFW Journalism Consortium A...

  11. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I do have to disagree with you, and can send you information on it if you wish. I am in fact, writing an article on the subject of "nurse poaching" right now. The Philippine economy depends heavily...

  12. What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

    roxannekkb replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is a misconception. The PHilippines is being depleted of all of its experienced nurses. It is becoming a very big problem, as more nurses are leaving the country than are graduating each year. In...

  13. RNs Performing Housekeeping Duties!

    roxannekkb replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. No housekeeping for me. In the last job I worked, nurses were still pulling trash in the NICU at night--because housekeeping, for some reason, didn't come in to do it. I absolutely refused....

  14. Who are the Uninsured?

    roxannekkb replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My goodness, Fergus, what ever gave you that strange idea. :eek: Don't you know that public health automatically equals care by quacks, felons, misfits, and any other who couldn't get into a...

  15. Who are the Uninsured?

    roxannekkb replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Kitkat, I am not advocating a single payer plan. Quite honestly, I don't know what the best plan would be. But obviously, what we have now doesn't work. Germany has an interesting system in that...

  16. Baby born with extra head

    roxannekkb replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    They said it was the first time anyone had ever attempted this type of surgery, because the condition is so exceedingly rare. Hopefully, the docs were able to learn something from the surgery, which...

  17. Who are the Uninsured?

    roxannekkb replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sigh.....You just don't get it Kitkat, or just don't want to get it. Or just want to continue to fan the flames and antagonize people. How many times does it have to be repeated to you? For many...

  18. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    roxannekkb replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing (BSN) was one of the most highly ranked by NLN when I attended, and I thought much of it was ludicrous beyond comprehension. They trained nurses for a hypothetical world of healthcare that...

  19. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

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

    Well it has to start somewhere. I only worked in a unionized hospital (per diem) for about a year or so, right at the end of my bedside nursing career. Interesting that most of the nurses never went...

  20. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

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

    Kevin, you are so right. I agree with many of the points you raised.. Nurses are in a position to wield a lot of clout, but don't. I don't know how many times I have encountered that whiney, "but what...

  21. Bedside is Best

    roxannekkb replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has always been about the patient, even if you go back thousands of years. And bedside or direct care nursing is the heart of it. When Florence Nightingale campaigned to reform nursing, her...

  22. Do you need to get vaccinated to become a nurse?

    roxannekkb replied to LoriG's topic in General Nursing

    The only vaccine that I was required to get was a hep B, and the measles/mumps/rubella if I had a low titer (which I didn't). However, I had a really bad reaction to the first hep B vaccine, and my...

  23. Being Lured to the US

    roxannekkb posted a topic in International Nursing

    This is for an article I am writing for the Lancet about "nurse poaching." I am looking for nurses who have come to work in the US from abroad and have had a less than positive experience. Perhaps the...

  24. I gotta get outta this place, can you help?

    roxannekkb replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I actually worked in telephone triage, and it was certainly not top dollar. The pay was lower than for clinical nursing. And in my particular job, it was almost as stressful as hospital work...

  25. Did any of you leave nursing for another profession?

    roxannekkb replied to guest27716's topic in General Nursing

    I left nursing and work as a health/medical writer. It took me a while to get completely out of nursing--as I made more money with my writing, I cut down my hours of nursing. I have to say, I was...