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While it is true some nurses who live and work in rural areas have less choices, the same cannot be true for city hospitals. I've always felt that if you don't like what you do or where you work, change it. And while it is very noble of you to worry ...

Sorry if I never felt the need to stand on a picket line, when I can go to 50 more places to get a new job at the drop of a hat...What other profession allows you to get a job by simply walking into a facility and doing a background check and filing ...

When you feel you are incapable of sticking up for yourself.. When you feel you need someone else to fight your battles... When you give up your right to work hard for advancement and replace it with advancing people with more senoirity....When you t...

I can work very directly with my manager, and have on many occassions. But what I can't do is make a sweetheart deal for myself at the expense of a co-worker. At the risk of being very unpopular on this thread, I have to question the statement above...

Kudos to Sheluke for reminding everyone that there are 2 sides to every story. I gotta tell you, I have Blue Cross and I have never had a problem with coverage.. I've always found them very easy to deal with and easy to contact. Now I will admit I've...

"it would involve tough choices, but the bottom line would likely come down to what we all face in malpractice suits and other litigation-- what the hypothetical "reasonable and prudent" individual would do under similar circumstances." and what is...

"if every individual who wants to live wild and free would sign a "do not treat", dnr, and organ donor card, i'd light their joint and buy 'em a tank of gas...." kinda of a tough statement.. where do we draw the line.. ie: you ate too many cheese bur...

Here is a link to the letter sent by Blue Cross: http://www.calendarlive.com/media/acrobat/2008-02/35508226.pdf also from medical news today: "In a statement released on PRNewswire yesterday, 12th February, Blue Cross of California said that its acti...

You need to read what the article says: "Blue Cross of California is sending physicians copies of health insurance applications filled out by new patients, along with a letter advising them that the company has a right to drop members who fail to dis...

Once again a news article is painting the insurance company as the the big bad corporate bully. You guys really have to take a breath and not believe everything you read. This article is really slanted in one direction. Large national health insuranc...

First off, if you have good management, why do you need a union? I differ on being demotivated by a shift change.. People often need to work a certain shift, either due to health reasons, family or social reasons. And I don't mean to be insensative t...

"Recent studies suggest that there is less economic mobility in the United States than has long been presumed. The last thirty years has seen a considerable drop-off in median household income growth compared to earlier generations. And, by some meas...

If you live long enough you realize that everything runs in cycles.. Sometimes the US is doing better and sometimes it's another market. Do you think the guy you are quoting at the bottom of your statement plays lotto? I gotta tell you, I'm for extre...

Here you assume all management is imcompetent and we all want the same thing when it comes to the work environment and our individual needs. Many years ago, I was working as a per diem for a small local hospital which decided it needed a union. As m...

I don't know, life is like that.. You win some and you lose some.. I try to teach my kids there are no victims just poor choses. I do realize there are some of you out there that see life as being unfair at times and see yourselves as victims of an ...

Wow, Lindarn, I really don't think I have my head in the sand.. I have worked at many hospitals both union and non union and personally I like to fight my own battles. I've always felt and still do, that raises and promotions should go to the people ...

A long time ago I worked in a hospital that brought in a union in hopes of better wages and benefits for the RN's that were working there. What I found was people I had been working with for years, taking sides against each other, which left a bad ta...

Hey Cocoa girl....None of us at the big bad insurance company decide on patient care... the only desicions that are made are whether to PAY for procedures, hospitalizations, etc.. An insurance policy is a product that is sold to a consumer.. It's lik...

"On Dec. 14, Hilda Sarkisyan was told by the hospital that a healthy liver was available, but because CIGNA had refused authorization, the family would have had to make an immediate down payment of $75,000 to proceed, an amount the family could not a...

Hey Angie and Space nurse.. here's a link for you: http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/12/20/cancer.uninsured.ap/index.html

I can't believe you are all educated nurses!.. OK, do you have any idea how many people there are in the USA awaiting organ transplants?.. Do you know how long the average wait for a matching liver is?.. Considering the girl went into failure the beg...

Excuse me, space nurse, but do you have any idea how many of the members I review have preventable bedsores?...lets not pretend bedside nurses are all Mother Teresa.. that being said, I was a bedside nurse for 20 years and I know how difficult and de...

I feel I have to respond back to Angie.. Take a good look around you where you work.. Want to know why your premiums are so high?.. Do you realize the waste and lack of continuing education towards the lastest medical trends that goes on in most acut...

We all like to blame the insurance company, probably because it is face less and represents what we see as money oriented and less than human. The truth is, if this proceedure was needed in the doctor's eyes as life saving, why wasn't the procedure d...