StNeotser ASN, RN

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    "The Healthcare Crisis"

    StNeotser replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting article; http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml And an excerpt; A recent study by Harvard University researchers found that the average out-of-pocket medical debt for those who...
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    "The Healthcare Crisis"

    StNeotser replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    I see the OP lays no blame at the door of HMO's nor drug companies. I've even posted profits here, which funnily enough, have risen about 80% for a certain HMO along with the 80% rise in healthcare...
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    Are you my waitress today?

    StNeotser replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    "No, but if I see a waitress l"ll let you know" In all seriousness, I tell them no, I am a nurse. Then I ask them what they need. As the shift goes on I tell them what nurses do. Sometimes it gets...
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    "Just" a 2-year degree

    StNeotser replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Took me 3 1/2 years to get a "2 year
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    Who's The Priority?

    StNeotser replied to Mizzyfrufru's topic in General Nursing

    ABC is the golden
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    I didn't know this actually happened

    StNeotser replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When my waters broke it was a Friday evening around 5:30pm. My husband was overseas (military). My mother was on a train home from work. My father was unreachable. My brother was unreachable. My...
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    *koff* *gasp*

    StNeotser replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah think of the upside of nursing. Just when you think you've seen it all.............keeps the job interesting anyhow.
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    Is there power in the color white?

    StNeotser replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    No, I think the disrespect has to do with management inviting patients and family members to treat us this way. Any time there is an incident or a complaint, the form we have to fill out says "What...
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    Are Most Workplaces Like This to Newcomers?

    StNeotser replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    It's their problem but don't let it become yours. Some facilities can be like that, others no. People on my floor are not a problem but when I used to float I used to receive receptions such as...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    StNeotser replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Day shift nurse gives report saying she doesn't understand why newly inserted foley isn't draining. I said I'd take a look. Foley did not drain because it was inserted into
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    One thing I'd wish I'd known before going to the USA......

    StNeotser replied to RGN1's topic in United Kingdom

    :rotfl: I wish I'd known about the germanic sense of humour. And that Americans do not spend a lot of time taking the michael out of one another. They just think you're being serious. Ah, anyway...
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

    StNeotser replied to NurseyPoo's topic in General Nursing

    I remember one night not being able to find a filter needle for love nor money. My charge nurse said oh well, don't worry about it. Years ago we didn't have filter needles and everything came in...
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    Disney Culture in Hospitals

    StNeotser replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    And that $500 per employee could have been used for extra staff to create the same effect - that the hospital actually has the staff to take care of the patients! Grrr! Banditrn, when you say some of...
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    Missing Duragesic Patch, where is it??

    StNeotser replied to Party-of-Five-NY's topic in General Nursing

    I have come across this more than once. We have to check patch placement q shift. If it comes up missing, do an incident and record it so you can watch for a pattern of missing duragesics. Just say...
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    Socialized Medicine sure is scary.....

    StNeotser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    OK, so here's a report from our friends at United Healthcare http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/invest/2006/UNH_AR05.pdf You'll have to get to page 20 of 28. Meanwhile, this is happening in my...
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    How do you get on with foreign nurses?

    StNeotser replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

    I have even though I'm a southerner. Jack Duckworth used to ask Vera to stop "mithering" him on Coronation St.
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    Please help me to not burn out...

    StNeotser replied to tara.danley's topic in General Nursing

    I intend to go back at some point to get my BSN so I can have a desk job when I'm old and
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    Socialized Medicine sure is scary.....

    StNeotser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What I would like to know from Timothy or anyone else that supports the private healthcare industry in the USA is are they happy with things the way they are? When I moved to the USA in 1999 we both...
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    Where were u 9/11/01?

    StNeotser replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I too was in my first fall semester on the way to a dosage calc class. We didn't have the TV on in the mornings because we had a rule not to as it distracted my daughter from getting ready for school....
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    Nurses Being brought in from another country

    StNeotser replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    Generally, I find Americans welcoming. I came to the USA seven years ago when I was not a nurse. I came here because I married an American in the UK and after five years of marriage he really wanted...
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    Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    StNeotser replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're right, and I think such collective organizations of workers are normally called
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    Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    StNeotser replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What have you personally done to improve your country? I don't mean in the sense of how you have changed your own circumstances, but the whole country. I find that statement a little strange as, if...
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    Uninsured Adults are 25% more likely to die Prematurely

    StNeotser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, uh, you missed this then?
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    Uninsured Adults are 25% more likely to die Prematurely

    StNeotser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks for those links
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    Uninsured Adults are 25% more likely to die Prematurely

    StNeotser replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, it's a sorry state of affairs when the mortgage payment on my house is actually less than what it costs to insure a healthy family. Having dealt with the US government, I would have to say I...