ffearme12

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1. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

   ffearme12 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

   Recently, last week, when president Obama addressed the AMA he made a statement that there are a number of countries who have Universal Health Care aka socialized medicine, where the system worked very well,but he never went on to name any. I wrote...

2. The future of Nurses in Obama's Health Plan

   ffearme12 posted a topic in Emergency

   Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I have seen very little comment or concern re Obama's plan for health care by Nursing. The AMA has issued their position and they want a say in the plan. What about us???? We're busy talking about local to...

3. When coworkers make prejudiced statements

   ffearme12 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work in South Florida and we have a large Hispanic and Caribbean Island population as well as a large African American population. I haven't read any of the other posts but the bottom line for me on response is that a patient is a patient is a pa...

4. What a terrible way to start off the new year

   ffearme12 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

   I'm 57 years old and have been a nurse over 30 years. I'm older than most nurses and I've been a nurse longer than most nurses have been alive. I wouldn't change it for the world...

5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   ffearme12 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Three girls were clubbing and one lifted an acrylic and called rescue to bring her to the ER. When she got there she was PO'd Because she was sent to triage:nono:

6. Enraged (venting)

   ffearme12 replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

   I give you all the credit in the world for maintaining your cool. I've been doing this for 34 years and it's just been recently that I was punched in the face, head, and chest by a Baker Act patient. I maintained my cool as we restrained him but w...

7. Hershey's Chocolate moving to Mexico affects all ER nurses

   ffearme12 posted a topic in Activism

   Setting aside the fact that most ER nurses like chocolate, the Hershey's chocolate company has decided to close all its American and Canadian factories and relocate to Mexico, laying off thosands of American workers. Do all of the ER nurses realize ...