Sheri257

Sheri257

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  1. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Personally ... I used to be sympathetic to illegals until the one day march/walkout. That completely changed my mind. You come here illegally, you get free healthcare, schools, ... all kinds of social...

  2. health benefits for nurses in LA area

    Sheri257 replied to lilboboxox's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah but ... you also get what you pay for. Believe me, you pay the price one way or the other. The only way that insurance is cheaper is if you NEVER get sick. My recent Blue Shield HMO horror...

  3. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's got a lot to do with racisim in the workplace and everywhere else, for that matter. We've just read instances of patients calling African American staff the N-work as an example of racism...

  4. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say all black people use the N-word. I said: Why do African Americans use that word in popular songs, movies when it has such an ugly history. That word is in A LOT of songs and movies...

  5. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    That's another thing that boggles the mind. Why do African Americans use that word in popular songs, movies when it has such an ugly history. If they don't want people using that word, why do they...

  6. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    That actually does happen. I grew up in Louisiana but, I don't sound "southern" so I was called names like that ... even though I actually was from there. I never fit into the south. I left many years...

  7. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    I and other students, very politely, asked her to keep it down. Her response was: "Excuse me for being black." It had absolutely nothing to do with her being black, and us not being able to listen to...

  8. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I don't understand. We have an African American student in our class and, last semester, she would not shut up. It's was so disruptive to the point that you could not hear the lecture....

  9. Spacenurse: Critcial Care Preceptor & Nursing Activist

    Sheri257 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta love Spacenurse. I am a HUGE fan!

  10. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah but ... people seem to forget that a lot of our parents and grandparents raised families on those wages. That's how the middle class in this country was built. There was a time ... long, long ago...

  11. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There's plenty of entitlement and whining going on with the illegals as well. Look at that one day march/walkout. They demanded "rights" as illegals. Forget about all the people standing in line who...

  12. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah ... but you're missing a big part of the picture. For illegals, this is a high wage because the value of their currencies is so low compared to ours. Many of them send that money back home where...

  13. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I can. The average price for a house in the Bay Area is $627,000. The average mortgage payment is $3,100 a month. That doesn't include property taxes, which can add another $650 a month to your...

  14. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In SoCal where, of course, we have a horrendous illegal problem ... the local news did a story on a construction project in the middle of Compton. Compton is an African American city where there are...

  15. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Consequently, more ER's will probably shut down. Then everybody loses. Nevertheless, the line has to be drawn somewhere. I often wonder how many illegals would cross the border if all of these free...

  16. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    All I can say is that one of the CNA facilities in my area got another 16 percent raise for RN's. The respiratory therapists are up in arms because new grads now make more than veteran RT's do. The...

  17. Need Help Figuring Out Commute!!

    Sheri257 replied to StephRN25's topic in California Nursing

    I'm not familiar with San Diego specifically but ... Keep in mind that in SoCal, it largely depends on what time you're going in. If you're leaving at 6 a.m. to work the 7-7 day shift, for example,...

  18. how expensive is california? CAN A NURSE MANAGE WITH HER WAGE??

    Sheri257 replied to curlysin's topic in California Nursing

    That is an interesting article. It says that when you adjust for the cost of living, real wages in California drop from #1 to #44 or from $69K a year, on average, to $46K in real wages. But, here's...

  19. Where do you look for correctional nursing openings?

    Sheri257 replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Correctional

    Well ... the pay difference is a lot more than that in my area. And, do you have a pension? Usually, you can't beat state pension benefits ... especially in California. I know many who quit the...

  20. Shake Down at HCA

    Sheri257 replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah ... I attended a job fair where they were offering cars and down payments on houses. All I could think of was ... why do they have to do that? Now I

  21. Where do you look for correctional nursing openings?

    Sheri257 replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Correctional

    The problem with private facilities, at least in my area, is that the pay and benefits is a lot lower than if you work directly for the state. Afterall, the private facilites are "for profit" and that...

  22. whiners, criers, and fakers

    Sheri257 replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    Yeah ... the problem though is that they haven't been keeping records in some of these facilities. Yikes.

  23. What do you make and how much of it do you pay in Taxes a month?

    Sheri257 replied to nursinguy's topic in California Nursing

    Here's the calculator with California taxes: http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp

  24. Shake Down at HCA

    Sheri257 replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This would explain some of the bizarre events happening at one of their facilities in California. Because of a labor dispute with the RN's, they called off all of the aides and, with the short...

  25. "I Come Into Work Sick! Why Can't You?"

    Sheri257 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I worked sick for a month because students who were expected to work as aides in addition to externships were being written up for calling out sick on their aide days but, conveniently, they weren't...