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  1. Affordable Care Act Users Guide for Nurses

    mbdirt replied to Jb4564's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This article belongs in the Opinions, as it is just that. I love most of the ACA, wish it were National Healthcare/Single Payer. But I don't sell insurance and I don't think my agent does bedside...

  2. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Looks like only one, Idelson, is employed by a union HQ. As for the nurses marching, I saw only one picture with some SEIU scrub tops in it. I have 3 NNOC scrub tops and an AFL-CIO T-shirt. Does that...

  3. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nice pictures. Did you see any nurses marching

  4. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So was Peninsula Hospital's closing a result of a nurse's union contract or poor management by Medisys, who owned it? The article doesn't say, does it? And what of the public hearing that was to be...

  5. Question about BP control in your ICU

    mbdirt replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU, SICU

    My ICU typically sees more hyPOtension than HTN. I had a patient recently who was in A.Fib/Flutter with HR in 150's. BP was 170/80's. We gave IV metoprolol twice, NTP, lasix, diltiazem, hydralazine....

  6. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    mbdirt replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Ok, so ONE person, a communications director, may or may not belong to the communist party. Does that mean that all 150,000 nurses belonging to the NNU are communists or promote communism? I don't...

  7. Nurses with depression

    mbdirt replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Grandmawrinkle, I guess you can see from the pages of responses that you are not alone, not defective and not unique in your difficulties. It is amazing to me that depression is as much looked down on...

  8. Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    mbdirt replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    How many people are mangled, killed or disabled for life in car accidents, boating accidents, bicycle accidents, swimming or even war? A lot. Does that stop people from doing these things? Nope. If...

  9. Being Sued / Losing License

    mbdirt replied to Meraki's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Been a nurse for 26 years. Never known another nurse to be sued. Never known a nurse to lose license over anything except drug related (theft/abuse) issues. My friends who are nurses do not carry...

  10. Discouraged by Nurses who hate their job

    mbdirt replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "The only thing that bothers me is EVERY nurse I have spoken to tells me they hate their job and if they could take it back they would have went into a different profession." Well, what does that...

  11. Intensive Prayer Unit

    mbdirt replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Butterfly, Are you from TN? I am.

  12. cutbacks at work due to economy

    mbdirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Check www.calnurses.org and look up NNOC history. Are you aware of the movement now to allow unions to operate in every state without interference of hospital administrations? There is a Employee...

  13. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    mbdirt replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    If this is not breaking a hospital policy, then it most likely is violating Dept of Labor rules as well as fraudulent behavior of the manager and the nurse she swipes for. A nursing license might be...

  14. cutbacks at work due to economy

    mbdirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I see nothing wrong with your attitude. You are frustrated and tired of carrying other people's loads. I know. I feel the same way. While I work in a government hospital that will probably not cut...

  15. Roll Call

    mbdirt replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    Tom, I also work in an ICU. Where do you work? I see you are a veteran. I work with veterans here.

  16. Roll Call

    mbdirt replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    Got room for one more? I'm a Southern Boy so I'm kinda slow at these here things. I seen you only been around here about 3 years, so I reckon I'm not too dang late. Count me in. I do the MICU thing...