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  1. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i complimented you and it was genuine. i only said the following point about you picking and choosing because it's what i observed, and at times it doesn't feel fair to hear you clump my country in...

  2. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    LaughingRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I few things I missed Patient is not supposed to leave the room but technically impossible to enforce because of patient rights. Equipment that is limited on floor must be cleaned with approved...

  3. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    LaughingRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital that I referred to, if a patient swab comes back positive isolation precautions are put in place. The patient is either moved to a private room or cohorts with another patient that is...

  4. I think peri/rectal swabs are a humiliating 'welcome' to the hospital

    LaughingRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the hospitals I did my clinical hours at required us to do swabs at both ends... but only for patients that had been previously admitted in the last 6 months, if they lived in a long term care...

  5. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I really appreciate the fact that you research issues before posting. However sometimes it seems that you clump all UHC systems into one entity, and selectively pick and choose which negative...

  6. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Talaxandra- I am on the same page as you :wink2: I just included some aspects that aren't covered, to show people that may not realize that UHC in our countries isn't "free

  7. Need your help - trying to change school policy

    LaughingRN replied to CrystalShip's topic in General Students

    Some food for thought. It may not help you to question what other school's pass % is. My school actually has a very low fail (60%) compared to yours, however the school purposely curves marks so that...

  8. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think that there has been a lot of very good points brought up from both sides of the discussion. I love the idea of our health system, but like I have said it is broken. I have tried to mention...

  9. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Target times are target times. Not actual times. They were created for the public because the huge current and ongoing problem, and of course they sound reasonable. Target times are still not being...

  10. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's part of the problem with the idea of universal health care It wasn't free, nothing in this world is free, somebody had to pay for

  11. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks for pointing this out. I think I was just trying to say that socialized health care is far from perfect. Some people don't understand that, especially after watching the Michael Moore movie....

  12. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As someone who has always lived in Canada, I think that some people don't realize some of the consequences of having a socialized healthcare system. I am known to simultaneously praise and hate our...

  13. dismissed from my ADN program HELP

    LaughingRN replied to Laura77598's topic in General Students

    I just wanted to add a big (((hug))) I just watched a student in my clinical group get let go from our program. We are at the end of a long 4 year BSN program. Right before she gathered her stuff and...

  14. Cheaters in my med/surg class

    LaughingRN replied to brandy1215's topic in General Students

    I am assuming that you have no direct proof, or you probably would have included that information in the original post. I am strongly opposed to the idea of people making accusations. Hearsay doesn't...