herring_RN ASN, BSN

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    Obama's health plan takes shape

    herring_RN replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In late 2004 it was an NP who frightened and then took the time to educate and motivate my daughter to improve her health. She could have just ordered antihypertensive medication. Now DD has lost...
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    Bi-partisan Vote to Permit State Single-Payer Laws

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ...Recent reports from both the Department of Health and Human Services and the prestigious medical journal Health Affairs have documented that compared to people with private insurance, Medicare...
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    Architect of Canadian health care system wants private health care

    herring_RN replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you have a link to this post? I was under the impression that to Canadians Tommy Douglas is Canada's 'Father of
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    Virginia Hospital Accidentally Kills Patient

    herring_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the curlin medical 2000 cms, 4000 cms, 6000 cms and painsmartpumps were tested by ecri and were found to have serious defects that can potentially lead to over-infusion. engineers at ecri found that...
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    Nurses: NorCal center lacks proper swine flu gear

    herring_RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    The Associated Press Posted: 07/14/2009 10:56:23 AM PDT VALLEJO, Calif.--Nurses at a northern California hospital say inadequate masks and air-filters have resulted in medical staffers becoming ill...
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    Obama's health plan takes shape

    herring_RN replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Better to take the time to get it right. Or at least the best Congress can
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    Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    herring_RN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When asked if it bothers them that when they rescind people's policies on technical grounds, some of those people will die, the gist of their answer was: YES: We rescind people for technical...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that since I pay my insurance company they have a moral and ethical obligation to use the money to ensure I am not deneyed the healthcare I'm paying
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    Wasted premium dollars.....1.4 million a day on lobbying

    herring_RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is the money we pay them for our
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    Why we learn to calculate drip rates

    herring_RN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the pump could malfunctin, electricity can be lost, or an order is wrong. We literally cannot always count on
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    Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

    herring_RN replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    greed and sleaze or choice and freedom by donna smith ah, independence day. we americans love our freedom and our freedom to choose. but when it comes to our healthcare system, it seems we’ve...
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    How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    herring_RN replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I know it is OK to go off topic in ALLNURSESCENTRAL.I explained my personal belief. It was not how I do my best to comfort all patients. Atheists and
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    How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    herring_RN replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    You are so right. I went off
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    How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    herring_RN replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I like to think that at the moment of Death God gives us the truth. Only if we then reject it and are we condemned. Of course this is a personal belief, not scientific
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am not in favor of the government running the hospitals and clinics. I am in favor of We the government paying, much like Medicare does for our least healthy seniors and disabled people. In the...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It WAS my computer. Not sure why. Working OK now. First there is no deadline. I think Congress MUST debate as long as it takes. Our lack of any healthcare system for all Americans is horrible but I...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe it is my computer. I can't even open the links to sites I just looked at. And this is what I got: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/the_ugly_face_of_liberalism.html Not about healthcare at...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The link won't work. Can you explain the few short regulations that will cover 99% of the population? Maybe my links will work. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=245...
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    NP discusses MJ on national TV ????

    herring_RN replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I don't getr it. If this is true then privacy is not the purpose of HIPAA. So if I care for a patient in the home and was hired by word of mouth I can tell a tabloid about the patient? Of course it is...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My father made the mistake of giving up his Medicare and signing up for the CareAmerica HMO. He trusted his "gatekeeper" because the MD was also a musician. His PSA was elevated and rose every year....
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    How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    herring_RN replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Twice i made promises that gave comfort to dying non religious patients. One I didn't know well. He said, "If i die tonight tell my wife i love her." He seemed to relax when i promised to do so. He...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    herring_RN replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The link had a typo. Here is one that works.
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    Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How can anyone, including the President, read these stories and think the insurance companies should remain in charge of OUR
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    Obama's health plan takes shape

    herring_RN replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm
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    Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    herring_RN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    insurance does not = healthcare! please keep in mind that the author is not a nurse or health