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  1. Nursing is pathetic...

    :) To date this thread has approximately had 388 replies and an interesting 12462 views...I opened the thread 9-18-99 and apparently it has drawn some attention. :) I find it interesting in fact, just how much attention the thread has gotten and I al...
  2. Nursing is pathetic...

    ShandyLynnRN, I appreciate your reply but again I disagree. Unfortunately, I am not a missionary and I have too many other responsibilities that prevent me from giving every aspect of my life to nursing as appararently you do. (By the way do you get ...
  3. In todays post 9/11 climate I'd say that bioterrorism education/preparedness and immunizations are as important in healthcare and the nursing profession as a pair of rubber gloves when administering a soapsuds enema to a morbidly obese patient with a...
  4. SARS in Toronto!

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisp...section=general http://www.nbc10.com/health/2085589/detail.html http://www.unionleader.com/articles...l?article=19702 http://www.tribune.co.mp/index.cfm?Display=yes&ID=27235 http://reuters.com/financeNews...
  5. Poll: Have you been vaccinated?

    Cindy, Do they offer any benefits to those who get vaccinated in the event they get sick from the vaccine?
  6. Poll: Have you been vaccinated?

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisp...section=general http://www.nbc10.com/health/2085589/detail.html http://www.unionleader.com/articles...l?article=19702 http://www.tribune.co.mp/index.cfm?Display=yes&ID=27235 http://reuters.com/financeNews...
  7. Nursing is pathetic...

    ShandyLynnRN, Thanks for your reply and for your commitment to the ill. Unfortunately, I don't see eye to eye w/you when it comes to taking risks... To put it bluntly I don't believe in playing Russian Roulette with the well being of my wife and kids...
  8. Poll: Have you been vaccinated?

    http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-pox20.html http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030328smallpoxhealth4p4.asp http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030327poxshotsheap2.asp https://allnurses.com/news/jump.cgi?ID=1689 http://ww...
  9. Nursing is pathetic...

    http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030327poxshotsheap2.asp http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-pox20.html https://allnurses.com/news/jump.cgi?ID=1689 Kind of like being a baseball player without a glove, or maybe a fisherman withou...
  10. Nursing is pathetic...

    Special salary increases - These aren't for everyone - only special people (who don't have many bills to pay...) http://data.bls.gov/servlet/NCSOutputServlet?jrunsessionid=1040629288226279519 Data from US Dept of Labor...
  11. Nursing is pathetic...

    SPECIAL!!! "Analysis of census data shows that between 1994 and 1997, RN wages across all employment settings dropped by an average of 1.5 percent per year (in constant 1997 dollars). Between 1993 and 1997, the average wage of an RN employed in a ho...
  12. Nursing is pathetic...

    From the Cal nurses organization: ..."Today's hospital nursing shortage is the direct result of a decade of failed policies of market-driven medical care, characterized by reckless restructuring, downsizing, displacement of RNs by unlicensed staff, a...
  13. Nursing is pathetic...

    In response to lasvegasrn... I'm still here... In response to others(mimi2rn et:al) who want to know how to improve the nursing shortage... "quit". - Yup, quit your nursing job, go part time, cut down on your hours, call off sick. The less nursing ...
  14. What happened to "Nursing Is Pathetic?"

    Try clicking another link Furball...
  15. Nursing is pathetic...

    http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/ (do you know what the above is? - Shame on you if you don't!) http://www.voa.gov/special/d...