Joe Hill

KitKat, you quoted the preamble, and the enumerated rights that are provided in the constitution but the fountainhead of our rights is really in the ninth admendment of the bill of rights... It is here where we are able to secure the unenumerated rights guarenteed to us if we wish to persue them. It is here where we can find the right to gun ownership ( The second if you read it is about a well regulated militia) privacy abortion rights medical marijuana the right to marry the right to unionize Historically, since we secured our liberty in the revolution, our fight is to secure our rights. If you want to give politicians and lawyers nightmares, just say "Ninth Admendment." Joe Hill

What we continually forget is that in this country, the government is: of the People by the People for the People We as a people must take the responsibility and decide how much of our resources will go to care for one another. The problem is that we are not a truly compassionate society, we just like to think that we are.

On a busy Med/Surg floor the doctor stops the nurse to brief her on a patient's condition. "This patient is a fellow physician and my favorite golf partner. His injury is serious and I fear he will not be able to play golf again unless you follow my orders exacty." The doctor then began listing orders: "You must give an injection in a different location every twenty minutes followed by a second injection exactly five minutes after the first. He must take two pills at exactly every hour followed by one pill every fifteen minutes for eight hours. He must drink no more and no less than ten ounces of water every twenty-five minutes and must void between. Soak his arm in warm water for fifteen minutes then place ice for ten minutes and repeat over and over for the rest of the day. Give range of motion every thirty minutes. He requires a back rub and foot rub every hour. Feed him something tasty every hour. Be cheerful and do whatever he asks at all times. Chart his condition and vital signs every twenty minutes. You must do these things exactly as I ordered or his injury will not heal properly, and he will not able to play golf well." The nurse left the doctor and entered the patient's room. She was greeted by anxious family and an equally anxious patient. All asked the nurse what the doctor had said about the patient. The nurse started, "The doctor said that you will live." Then quickly reveiwing the orders, the nurse added, "But you will have to learn a new sport." :roll :dance: :dance: :dance: :roll

To paraphrase Winston Churchhill, a unionized hospital is the worst kind of employment except for all those others....For example, in a unionized hospital you have a legal contract protecting you, which cannot be changed without negotiations. In a non-union hospital you are an at will employee, not only can your working conditions be changed without notice, but you can be let go without cause. I work in a unionized facility, and I pay about $0.37 per hour dues. This an small price to pay for better pay, benefits and peace of mind. To quote my father, a veteran of the River Rouge Strike, (yeah, I know this makes me an old person) "A Union can only be as strong as it's members!" It takes work and some dedication from the union membership to accomplish anything.

call me a luddite, but the first three paragraph of this nyt article on the nursing shortage sends shivers down my spine. it portends the end of nursing as a viable career!! the physician inventor of penelope the or robot is hoping that his one-armed robot will replace the nurse who hands the surgeon the instruments, freeing the nurse to give postoperative care ! you don't have to pay robots wages, health benefits, they don't complain about the pt load or organize unions. management must be salivating. i don't think that they will be good pt advocates, comfort a dying child's family, you know all the good things we do that keep us working.

Murphy, a lawyer, bribed a man on his client's jury to hold out for a charge of manslaughter, as opposed to the charge of murder that had been brought by the state. The jury was out for several days before they returned with the manslaughter verdict. When Murphy paid the corrupt juror, he asked him if he had had a very difficult time convincing the other jurors to see things his way. "Sure did," the juror replied. "The other eleven wanted to acquit." :roll :roll :roll :roll

A very wealthy lawyer retreated for several weeks each year to his summer home in the backwoods of Maine. Every summer, he would invite one friend or another to stay with him there for a week or two. One summer he invited a Czechoslovakian friend to visit him. The friend, happy to get anything free from a lawyer, eagerly agreed. When the time came, they spent a wonderful time, getting up early every morning and enjoying the great outdoors. One morning, as the lawyer and his Czechoslovakian friend were picking raspberries and blueberries for their breakfast, they were approached by two huge bears -- a male and a female. The lawyer noticed them in time to run for cover. His friend, however, was not so lucky. The male bear reached him and swallowed him whole. Seeing this, the lawyer ran back to his Mercedes and raced for the nearest town to get the local sheriff. The sheriff grabbed his high-powered rifle and raced back to the berry area with the lawyer. All the while, he was plagued by visions of lawsuits from his friend's family. He just had to save his friend. Luckily, the bears were still there. "He's in THAT one!" cried the lawyer, pointing to the male. The sheriff looked at the bears, leveled his gun, took careful aim, and shot the female. "What did you do that for?!" exclaimed the lawyer, "I said he was in the other bear!" "Exactly," replied the sheriff, "and would YOU believe a lawyer who told you that the Czech was in the male :roll

A doctor and a lawyer in two cars collided on a country road. The lawyer, seeing that the doctor was a little shaken up, helped him from the car and offered him a drink from his hip flask. The doctor accepted and handed the flask back to the lawyer, who closed it and put it away. "Aren't you going to have a drink yourself?" asked the doctor. "Sure, after the police leave," replied the attorney.

It's well known that clown fish on the coral reef have adapted to be able to survive the poisonous sea anemone's sting, which gives them a safe place to hide from predators. What isn't so well known is the story of the single fish that decided to be different. One day he swam away from his pretective anemone, in search of some other hiding place. A first, he swam into a small crevace in the rock, but he very quickly swam out of there, chased by an eel. Then he decided he could hide inside a shell, so he found a nice big one that he liked, but had to retreat from the crab that had got there before him. Finally, exhaused, he swam into the coral beds, and hid among the brilliant coloured fern-like fronds of the corals. The next day, when he hadn't come back to the anemone, some of the other fish decided to go out and look for him. The hunted everywhere for him, but they couldn't find him. Eventually, just as they had given up, they heard him calling to them. They looked around, but they couldn't see him anywhere - he was perfectly hidden by the coral. Finally, he showed himself, and they tried to persuade him to come back home, but he refused - the coral was too good a hiding place to leave. "After all," he said, "with fronds like these, who needs anemones?"

Very astute observation, Karen, you sure know pts! :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

a minor correction: a graduate nurse thinks psych patients are interesting. an experienced nurse thinks all patients are crazy.

After a really hard night a harried new resident came to our unit at 6:00am and wrote the following order: 1 member po q4 hrs Media for moderate pain or may give second in 1 hr if pain not relieved. I literally fell on the floor laughing!! :roll :roll After asking for claification she cancelled the order and I never figured out what she really meant.

I for one will try to attend. I just want to thank you for taking a stand for our profession. Mandation is a form of slavery, economic slavery, but slavery none the less. I will see to it that all the Nurses at my facility become aware of the Rally. Thanks Again!

Geez, I had always been under the impression that the mediteranean diet helped prevent heart disease! :chuckle :chuckle

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