tulip928

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1. Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

   tulip928 replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I have wondered for a long time, why the local college I attended would continue to turn out two classes of graduates each year over the last ten years since I graduated, while so few positions were...

2. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   tulip928 replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I, for one, have been paying for my own insurance for years now. Due to the ACA, my insurance company has already doubled my premiums (with highter deductibles and co-pays) as well as notifying as of...

3. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   tulip928 replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Ha ha, I rarely watch any TV news, so your little FOX news jab is oh so cute! Did you read the full text of the ACA? Kudos to you. Good luck with your government run healthcare. Yes, it is dictated...

4. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   tulip928 replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Nancy Pelosi said we had to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it. Obama said he would hold the hearings on the bill open to the public on C-span, but he did NOT make that happen....

5. New national nurses union forms

   tulip928 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   Look what unions did to the American car industry. It's dead. High pay scale, "cadillac" health benefits, and pensions made American cars overpriced and quality lacking. Look at photos of Detroit,...

6. MA's in hospitals, replacing RNs ?

   tulip928 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

   Where are you located? Maybe this is the trend to stretch dollars in healthcare. There's no such thing as free universal healthcare, something's got to give somewhere. No way will this new system be...

7. Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

   tulip928 replied to Cherybaby's topic in Disaster Preparation

   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091024/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_swine_flu excerpt: By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer - 1 hr 30 mins ago WASHINGTON -...

8. Are you kidding me?

   tulip928 replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   What radio show did all this krepp come from? ''= It's called "reading the bill with your own eyes and using your own

9. Socialism Is the Best Medicine

   tulip928 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jbjzPEY0Y3bvRD335rGu_Z3KXoQw By Jennifer Graham (CP) – 2 days ago SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical...

10. The French and Dutch do health care right.

    tulip928 replied to oramar's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wait 'til you see how much the bureaucracy of government running a healthcare system eats up % of cost in administration. You are in dream land. Nurses, PT, OT, RT, MDs will have NO power. We are...

11. What the president and the ANA says about our health care "reform" UP TO DATE INFO

    tulip928 replied to female12233's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    With one broad stroke, you condemn anyone who questions this "reform". Healthcare "reform" by politicians does not mean they care about the American in the street, either. Visit the house bill:...

12. I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    tulip928 replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    While most American citizens are listening to the "pitchmen" selling us on "reform", read here what's happening: Hospitals agree to massive "savings" (in other words limiting services) Biden announces...

13. Being a bi-polar nurse~what's it like?

    tulip928 replied to MsEnfermera's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Before being hired, I had to go through drug testing and disclose any medications I was taking. In that scenerio, the employer would be informed before hiring. Where it goes from there, I'm not

14. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

    tulip928 replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

    Obama's healthcare plans call for cuts in medicare, medicaid and an "increase in productivity". If paramedics cost less than nurses, and can legally provide the same services, that would fit the...

15. Talking to patients about the health care debate

    tulip928 replied to bluesnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "Who the heck is putting this nonsense into peoples' heads?" You might want to be certain that this rationing is only a "myth" before you go about discrediting these fears to senior citizens in your...