kazpilot25

I currently am friends with several nurses practicing in canada who absolutely hate the system of national healthcare. In fact, the wait times are so long to get care that around 50% of canadians come to the US for their care. The average wait for a doctors visit in canada is 6-8 weeks. Also, I do not think it is fair for my paycheck to be smaller so that others can receive free healthcare. Sure it's nice to have it, but I don't want to be the one paying for everyone else's healthcare through additional tax, on top of having to pay for my own healthcare. Did you all know that in the healthcare bill, there is a stipulation that requires all americans to obtain a set minimum healthcare plan? This is the first time in the history of our great country that our government has forced us to purchase something from a private company. For the people above, the bill does not contain a government option. As far as nursing salary's go, I believe that this bill will eventually lower the pay that nurses receive. This is because the bill will lower insurance costs, which will in turn have the insurance companies paying out less per claim and all the way down to the dr.'s and nurses.

I just finished the course and it was very difficult but manageable. I took the accelerated 8 week class and it was alot of info and work (2 assignments due every wednesday and saturday). The assignments themselves weren't too bad but the midterm and final were very difficult as you really had to study and know your stuff. I finished the course with a B and was happy with that. I had a pretty good teacher. I started the semester with another teacher but she was TERRIBLE, wouldn't respond to emails and would take points off essays with no explanation. She even gave me a 60/100 on one essay and her exact comments were, "Very well written, shows full understanding of the material". What? I dropped that faster than you could believe. Hope that helps.