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  1. Union or non?

    jeolsz replied to bagatelle800's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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,...

  2. Union or non?

    jeolsz replied to bagatelle800's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  3. Union or non?

    jeolsz replied to bagatelle800's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  4. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  5. Blue Cross Rejects Critical Surgery for Orange County ICU Nurse

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  6. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jeolsz replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "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...

  7. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jeolsz replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "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...

  8. California docs balk at BC Calif request for medical HX -see if they can drop members

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  9. California docs balk at BC Calif request for medical HX -see if they can drop members

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  10. California docs balk at BC Calif request for medical HX -see if they can drop members

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  11. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  12. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "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...

  13. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  14. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  15. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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...

  16. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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,...

  17. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    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,...

  18. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  19. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "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...

  20. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hey Angie and Space nurse.. here's a link for you:

  21. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  22. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  23. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...

  24. 17- year-old girl needs liver transplant, CIGNA denies

    jeolsz replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    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...