nursesforchange

It is a very difficult profession. with med-surg being the hardest, IMO. I will say that it takes time to get used to it. I think the first year out is the hardest with so much to adjust to while you are learning the craft. But it does get better. If you do look for a job in another area, ask about how admin/other nurses support you. Every area has it's problems, just find the challenges you deal with more easily! Just remember the same patients are in the system if you are an NP, so that is not an easy fix to get you away from your current situation. You may interact with them differently, but there are still vast challenges.

I think there is a way to incorporate the private insurance system into health care reform that includes government sponsored insurance accessible to all, but not without significant regulation of the industry. Regulation is required to prevent people who have purchased private insurance being dropped from their plan when they get sick, monitors the mechanism of denying people coverage, and monitors premium increases. This is somewhat the basis of Obama's plan for reform, though his plan is sketchy on the details of containing the costs of care.

I would pay more taxes to see fewer uninsured, but I want to see serious efforts to regulate the private insurance industry and contain costs. i would not want to pay more taxes AND have my private premiums continue to rise. if we went with total universal health care, i would have that coverage. but it looks like we are more likely to see a mix of public and private payor insurance.

Any time I hear this from a patient, they are usually right. And despite our best resuscitation efforts if they desire, they usually die.

The question of success is not just how successful is the program, but what would happen if we didn't have it? Is having Medicare a better outcome than the cost of not having it? Showing you the money is complicated because you have to recognize that you are paying for people that are uninsured through rising private insurance premiums and rising costs of care. So those costs need to be contained and part of containing them is through intelligent implementation of coverage for the 47 million uninsured in this country. Are you willing to pay taxes to support it, and see rising private insurance and health care costs controlled so you will not be at the mercy of the private insurance industry? It is not a question of who will pay IF we implement expanded coverage, but how we will pay. Whether we implement coverage or not we are going to pay. I'd rather pay and see more Americans with access to quality coverage than see my private premiums and deductibles rise exponentially.

I'm amazed at how divided nurses are on this issue.