herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Healthcare deductables

    herring_RN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm pretty sure a Medicare Advantage plan killed my Daddy. He once told me his "Gatekeeper" primary physician told him his PSA was elevated. The following year it had gone up significantly. (He had no...
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    Healthcare deductables

    herring_RN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I like to read opinions from the Cato Institute. Sometimes I agree with them. This time I got this far: I have had Medicare for several years. My husband began using Medicare as his health...
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    No 1:1 sitter for fall risk patient

    herring_RN replied to RNKX's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are repercussions if the failure to implement an order results in a tragedy. In this situation The hospital was cited by the state and fined $75,000.00. The nurses were not held responsible...
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    National Nurses United Announces Donation to International Medical Corps for Ebola Respons

    herring_RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    National Nurses United (NNU) today announced a donation of $40,000 to the disaster relief organization International Medical Corps, which is on the front lines of the Ebola response, for its...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    herring_RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a member of CNA and NNU. It takes a LOT of nurses working together. I think it is well worth the struggle. To contact NNU find out it there are already represented nurses in your...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    herring_RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    It IS illegal. For acute care hospitals that admit Medicare and/or Medicaid patients the MUST abide by CMS requirements. This is so whether or not they pay the Joint Commission or have a free...
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    Nursing Pride and Admiration

    herring_RN replied to allnurses's topic in Nurses Rock

    Your Daddy knows. Thank you for advocating for your father. And now for your patients. Here was my Dad with my son. My son is now almost 45 years
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    Nursing Pride and Admiration

    herring_RN replied to allnurses's topic in Nurses Rock

    sirI and Esme: Thank you! We are blessed to have had the love of a father. We are also blessed to be nurses. Our work is important. My Dad at age 13. In his fifties with fellow musicians. In his...
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    Nursing Pride and Admiration

    herring_RN replied to allnurses's topic in Nurses Rock

    My Daddy was a jazz and classical musician and public school music teacher. He also worked as a studio musician. Because there are big staff expenses for studio recordings there are no rehearsals or...
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    Nurses' union says settlement ends its dispute with Kaiser Permanente

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

    Kaiser RNs Begin Voting on New 3-Year Agreement 1/20/15 ... As the largest RN contract in the U.S., this agreement is expected to elevate nursing standards and workplace conditions across the...
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    To RNs, what are your thoughts about the mandated nurse-patient ratio?

    herring_RN replied to kchilla's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here are links to research concluding that safe staffing improves outcomes and is cost effective. RATIOS: Evaluation | National Nurses
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    Nurses' union says settlement ends its dispute with Kaiser Permanente

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

    Not easy, but worthwhile, in my opinion. Thousands of nurses attend meetings, CE classes, and demonstrations. Hundreds are leaders at their facilities. National Nurses United - CNA/NNU 101 -- 2013...
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    To RNs, what are your thoughts about the mandated nurse-patient ratio?

    herring_RN replied to kchilla's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For now you are probably correct. I think now is the time for nurses to learn as much as possible about ratios and begin planning to educate people, especially members of Congress. The first time our...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Last summer, with Obamacare's initial troubles fading from view, The New Republic's Brian Beutler noted that certain problems with the healthcare overhaul won't ever go away because they're inherent...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry, I missed the word hybrid. Single payer wouldn't include Blue Cross/Shield, or other payers. Single does not mean more than
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From your article it is also clear that one man, who campaigned on implementing single payer decided he would not. What he claimed was too expensive was NOT single payer. Definition of Single Payer...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Saturday, January 10, 2015 What Happened in Vermont: Implications of the Pullback from Single Payer Gov. Peter Shumlin's Dec. 17, 2014, announcement that he would not press forward with...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A couple years ago my husband had a hernia repair. There was a 14 week wait because the surgeon only operates on one day of the week and the surgery center didn't have an opening until then. Because...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Socialized medicine is a system in which doctors, nurses and others work for and are paid by the government. Hospitals are owned and managed by the government. The Veterans Administration and the...
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    seems like the union isn't doing anything

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

    Your hospital is in violation of California law unless they provide a competent RN to take report and take over your patients so you can go on your breaks.Fill out the form each and every time you...
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Please let me explain my posts. Here is the
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    A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Billing and insurance-related administrative costs in United States health care: synthesis of micro-costing evidence A simplified financing system in the U.S. could result in cost savings exceeding...
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    stressful times Bayelsa state

    herring_RN replied to Oyinz24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Welcome to allnurses.com! I am neither male nor young. Many years ago I was a nursing student in Los Angeles, california. Nursing is an art and a science. You will learn the physical and biological...
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    2015 Taxes

    herring_RN replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The penalty for not having health insurance, at least for 2014, is up to $95 per adult and $47.50 per child or 1 percent of your taxable income — whichever is greater. It does go up...
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    Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A Hedge Fund.Prime Healthcare is a for-profit that had made promises to keep charity care, ERs and other specialties open for five years. CNA/NNU RNs asked the Attorney General to require ten years...