herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, HR 5924

    herring_RN replied to alan headbloom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I work with many excellent nurses who graduated in other countries. Most are US citizens now. But increasing the number of slots in nursing programs and improving conditions are the only real...
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    Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, HR 5924

    herring_RN replied to alan headbloom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it is just as important to improve the conditions in our healthcare facilities. Safe staffing and whistle blower protection from retaliation for staff, patients, and families will be a start....
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    Compton college has low passing rates. should i be worried?

    herring_RN replied to tina55's topic in California Nursing

    It is your choice. I have worked with excellent RNs and LVNs who attended Compton College. Check the safety record of the school. Do they have security that keeps people out who have no reason to be...
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    Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, HR 5924

    herring_RN replied to alan headbloom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It must have been a different but similar bill. This one has been introduced and sent to committees. That's it so far.
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    florida unionized?? can it work?

    herring_RN replied to CodeQueen's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Where I shop members of this local seem to like their union. It is not a nurses union.- http://www.ufcw770.org/ They are the United Food and Commercial Workers:...
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    Discussion- Urge Congress to Support HR 5924: Legislation to Address Nursing Shortage

    herring_RN replied to lawrence01's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Most nursing schools have waiting lists. Professors of nursing are generally paid less than they could earn at direct care. (I think "publish or perish" contributes to this) I kno nurses who left due...
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    Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, HR 5924

    herring_RN replied to alan headbloom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here is the text of the bill:
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    Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, HR 5924

    herring_RN replied to alan headbloom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can tell his goals are excellent. He understands without details the importance of nurses. I'll have to study the bill before deciding whether to support
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course no one here wants to accept fraud and curruption. Not falsely charging the governmant or in surance companies. Not denying healthcare by companies that people pay for that care if they need...
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    Soap/Sanitizer usage competitions amongst hospitals

    herring_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    This was not HPPD. Direct care nurses save lives. I find our infection control nurse invaluable because she insists management do what will prevent the spread of infection. That is NOT counting soap,...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    (bolding my own) what does "evidence based" mean? i have seen no scientific studies that scripting, computerized charting, pyxis, omnicell, nursing care plan software, wireless tracking devices,...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    top oil executive was paid on average $144,573 per day http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/15/bug78i9f0v1.dtl profit means after taxes and
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    Nurses seek more help, fewer patients

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses seek more help, fewer patients July 18, 2008 A local group of nurses is part of a movement supporting proposed legislation that would set a mandated ratio of nurses to patients in Texas....
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    Nurses seek more help, fewer patients

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    working conditions worry nurses, weaken quality of care [color=#474747]there is more to the nursing shortage than meets the eye, say judy lerma and diana pirzada, two san antonio registered nurses who...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    what does "evidence based" mean? i have seen no scientific studies that scripting, computerized charting, pyxis, omnicell, nursing care plan software, wireless tracking devices, vocera, clinical...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    dave: grover norquist is wrong. i invite you to start a thread in the current events forum to discuss his writings and actions. a little information: ps: my grandfather was a "tree surgeon"....
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The president who started this resigned during his impeachment
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is the point! I stated that they are accompanied to urgent care. NO ER is required to treat non emergencies. If people without insurance or money cannot get chemotherapy and other cancer...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In our ER the triage nurse can and does refuse treatment. The patient can then chose to be accompanied to urgent care. Certainly there is no legal obligation to provide an elective pregnancy test in...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I pray nothing catastophically expensive happens before you or DH get a job with insurance. OR that we get single payer healthcare. YOU are very productive. But I think we all deserve life and...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This will be US giving ourselves single payer
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    "It's Health Care, Not Health Insurance"

    herring_RN replied to imanedrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Make original Medicare the foundation for health care reform As Medicare celebrates its 43rd birthday this week, it's time to take stock of one of the most popular government programs of all time that...
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    Patient to Nurse Ratio

    herring_RN replied to suma109's topic in California Nursing

    Didtrict offices you can report violations to: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/facilities/Pages/LCDistrictOffices.aspx It is best to include the date, facility, unit, shift, and other information such...
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    If You Had To Do It All Again Would You Go Straight For RN Instead?!

    herring_RN replied to Batman24's topic in LPN to RN

    I would have started with the RN but was on all nursing school waiting lists in the area and the LVN program accepted me first. I was 40 when i finished my ADN and 49 when finally a BSN. Lots of...
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    Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    herring_RN replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One man tells how he paid for maternity