herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Restructuring: A View from the Bedside

    herring_RN replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this was 13 years ago. it happened in the united states too. we now know that replacing registered nurses with unlicensed assistive personnel is short sighted, harms patients, and creates a shortage...
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Unfortunately some seem to think it should be this way. Owning an IPod and no insurance would be a capital
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    Insured RN Suffering from Incurable Disease

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am glad your son received the care he needed without bankrupting your family. It is good you have insurance that works well for your family. I hope your family remains secure. I hope the same for...
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    BCBS acts up in North Dakota (another reason for insurance reform)

    herring_RN replied to Moogie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We are not discussing the plan in Oregon in this forum yet. Do you want to start one here? Or in the Oregon
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    What Obama Will Say on Wednesday about health care reform

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Steph: The article was not about nurses who agree with the President. It is about nurses who want Medicare available to all Americans. Second best would be for the "public option" to be the same...
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    the ANA supporting this idea for health care reform?

    herring_RN replied to James Garrity's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you Karen for posting facts on the ANA position and how it was arrived
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    Apparently a Single Jab Will Do Ya

    herring_RN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not planning on getting an injection of Novartis vaccine because it includes an
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    Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    herring_RN replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this happened in both canada and the united states in the 1990's. we need to work to get national rn ratios passed to prevent hospitals cutting staff and harming patients....
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Her mother and partner did choose to fight with cutting edge technology and medical care. Thankfully they had no problems. Medicare never denied any
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am NOT Ok with
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    the ANA supporting this idea for health care reform?

    herring_RN replied to James Garrity's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are several bills. Here are the main ones being discussed: HR 676 is the Single Payer bill, not supported by President Obama - http://www.fiar.us/HR676.pdf HR 3200 is NOT single payer....
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think I got the minimal facts straight. Barbara Wagner was denied an expensive chemotherapeutic medication in June of 2008. There was news coverage in many newspapers and on nationwide TV news....
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    California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More than one of every five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a patient's physician, are rejected by California's largest private insurers... ...PacifiCare...
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    Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    herring_RN replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We did get one Canadian RN as a travel nurse at my hospital in the ninties. She was a fine nurse and friend who went back to Toronto after six months. This was just a year after 30% of our RNs were...
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    What Obama Will Say on Wednesday about health care reform

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [color=#333333]america's registered nurses to obama: [color=#333333]public option should be access to the congressional plan, but best solution is to expand medicare to everyone......
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Widow Settles Suit Over Husband's Surgical Care Death at VA Hospital... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532580,00.html Of course by the time a person is dead a lawsuit will not bring them back....
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    Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    herring_RN replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's worse than that...it's
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course i know. I am smart enough to be a nurse. I was responding to the post just previous to mine: Originally Posted by K98 You obviously have never been a government employee. I have. There is...
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I worked at the VA. Blew the whistle on theft. Some employees took linens, silverware, even TP home. I think lobbyists, multimillion dollar salaries, marble fountains, and such are wasteful when...
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    Health Care is a right

    herring_RN replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Private insurance has even more
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    What Obama Will Say on Wednesday about health care reform

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [color=#333333]i believe my daddy died because he signed up for a care america plan instead of regular medicare. [color=#333333](this was against my advice) [color=#333333]the "gatekeeper" would...
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    What Obama Will Say on Wednesday about health care reform

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    obama's health speech: california nurses say more is needed at a conference for registered nurses in san francisco, geri jenkins watched president barack obama's televised speech with several others...
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    Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    herring_RN replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    discussion of poverty rates in tangental to health insurance for sure. it does noy include those who are denied care by the insurance company they have been paying. still it is
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    Declining coverage-The worst is yet to come

    herring_RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So sorry to be so dumb. Are you saying that the Europeans, Japanese, Australians, Kiwis, and other people who live in countries without fear of bankruptcy have no ambition? Or that students only study...
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    Declining coverage-The worst is yet to come

    herring_RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why did the professor tell them, "no one would fail and no one would receive an A." and then FAIL them all? He taught them that professors lie. I would get it in writing. How did he get permission to...