Onekidneynurse

Onekidneynurse

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  1. Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

    Onekidneynurse replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Again you are preaching to the choir about UHC. As for monitor nocturnal HD what happens when the patient has a nightmare and doesn't realize he's pulled out his needle? What happens if they have a...

  2. Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

    Onekidneynurse replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It depends on where you are in the country. It surely costs more in NYC than it does in Asheville NC. Medicare reimburses $125. A cath patient costs more because they need dressing changes as...

  3. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You don't know what attitude the nurses caring for your daughter have? Shouldn't you be checking into that. The patient in this instance was in a vegetative state. She had a bone marrow transplant...

  4. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    NO WE don't. We don't share costs if we don't buy

  5. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just find it hard to understand why you would leave such a great system for such a poor one. And why you would want to change

  6. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    Onekidneynurse replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    OMG you've found the problem and solved it all in the same sentence. LOL... Women process problems differently. Prima donnas or divas have to have attention. They get that attention by talking all...

  7. Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

    Onekidneynurse replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    in the 4th month patients can start receiving medicare. so three months isn't gonna change the bottom line. i didn't say private pay don't contribute to the bottom line. i said they are a significant...

  8. Self-cannulating and buttonholes

    Onekidneynurse replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Our patients are very impatient. They don't want to wait at all. LOL Tempe had a BR AMA and I tried to convince the CM that covered us but she wouldn't hear of it. But then that's the beauty of...

  9. Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

    Onekidneynurse replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    There aren't enough private pay patients to cover as much profit as Fresenius makes. Medicare is the bulk of their patient revenues. How do you figure they don't need someone present when they do HD...

  10. Employee Free Choice Act

    Onekidneynurse replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If they have the votes they shouldn't be afraid of the closed voting

  11. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medicare doesn't typically start covering ESRD until the 4th month of dialysis treatments. Some people get transplanted before ever going on dialysis. This info is right at the top of page 11 from...

  12. What Do You Mean My Doctor Is Dead?

    Onekidneynurse replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    omg too funny. ss sends millions of dollars out every year to dead people. lol http://www.wbaltv.com/money/19435100/detail.html ya have to read the comments. one commentor states the feds had 43 years...

  13. What Do You Mean My Doctor Is Dead?

    Onekidneynurse replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So you had a

  14. Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

    Onekidneynurse replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We all have to realize that Fresenius does NOT make money from dialysis treatments. Break it down at $125 per treatment. With salaries, utilities, supplies etc it's probably a break even process....

  15. What Do You Mean My Doctor Is Dead?

    Onekidneynurse replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    With a government run healthcare system there might not be any doctors willing to accept you. It's happened in Massachusetts. So would it be better to have a doc to go to or none? What happens when...

  16. Employee Free Choice Act

    Onekidneynurse replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm much more in favor of a secret ballot than someone shoving a card in front of me in a whole room of people. Do you leave the curtain open when you vote for president, etc. Do you show your ballot...

  17. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    She was in a vegetative state. She had leukemia. Why wasn't she at St. Jude's. They don't turn anyone

  18. What Do You Mean My Doctor Is Dead?

    Onekidneynurse replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    huffingtonpost. far

  19. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i still believe there could have been a way for her to get a transplant. many docs do this and other procedures pro bono. and hospitals step up too. also, let's remember this patient had leukemia and...

  20. Employee Free Choice Act

    Onekidneynurse replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It is not propaganda. How would you feel if a local politician came up to you and asked you to sign a card and that was your vote for him?????????? I don't think you'd be very happy about that....

  21. Trying to get into Dialyis with no luck so far

    Onekidneynurse replied to bobo0078's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    www.fmcna.com and www.davita.com I see lots of jobs for DaVita with the heading Dialysis Experience. The problem is there just aren't that many experienced dialysis nurses available. Most...

  22. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've been in dialysis for over 15 years. NO patient that I know of has been refused a transplant because they couldn't pay. And yes, I'm aware that Medicare pays for HD but not in the first few...

  23. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    Onekidneynurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Probably not. I would bet some money that things will be worse. All medical care will be deemed needed only by it's intended outcome.... Sorry to

  24. Can You Get Swine Flu More Than Once?

    Onekidneynurse replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If a person isn't guaranteed 100% immunity from the vax and could possibly have a light case of flu, would they even be tested and could they run around spreading the H1N1 without knowing

  25. Trying to get into Dialyis with no luck so far

    Onekidneynurse replied to bobo0078's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Did you do online apps or did you go to the units themselves to apply. You just have to keep plugging