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Chinese did not close any companies in the USA- American owners of those companies did it. And I bet all of the people complainig about influx of cheap goods from overseas love to shop at Walmart. Also, while wars cost tremendous amount of money, fo...

Duh! It was supposed to be harsh. We are all adults here.

Is anybody else as sick of this whining about nursing jobs as I am? This feeling of entitlement is totally killing me. Nobody is guaranteed job in this country at all, and we may yet live through even worse economy than we have now. Regardless of wha...

I wish to thank all of you for posting in this forum. You drove me crazy, but also provided me with information, and helped pass the time until we all hear about the scholarship. I just got the email informing me I won the scholarship, and wanted to ...

This is a bunch of baloney from people who profit by having nurses overworked and under-payed. It doesn't make any sense, even to people who are not RNs. I'm not even sure what their point is, except to 'carry water' for health care executives and fi...

Is anyone else kid of sick of this 'jobs is not waiting for me, what shall I do' complaints? Are people living in a bubble? Do they not hear the news? There is 10% unemployment in the USA, which pundits now are saying is 'structural.' Structural unem...

I have the same issue, and here's what I know from personal experience. Most of the people who had BCG vaccine will have exaggerated reaction mimicking TB infection. My family physician told me not to get any more skin tests, and just to have chest x...

What's up with questions like this? It is not like you want to get pregnant: your brain, unlike your ovaries, never stops working. I'll be (God willing) starting my masters when I'm 50. My friend, who is 57, is just starting law school. Money, also, ...

Hello my fellow students! Just wanted to thank all of you lovely, OCD people for making me look into my spam folder, where my first email from HRSA was hiding. You are the best, and I hope many, many of you will get this scholarship (including me, of...

Yes, why are you asking? quote=K nurse-one-day;4425485]Jesus! Liberal much?

Original post is a classical example of selfishness that is being elevated to the point of virtue in this country. It is not controversial to say that one believes healthcare is a commodity: that is the point that both Republicans (and some Democrats...

Eric, I have one comment to your post: pffft! If you believe nurses are more like McDonald workers than, lets say, pharmacists, I'd like to know where you work, and avoid the place at all costs, either as a RN or a patient. Issues you list to support...

Hello fellow student nurses! I've just given my first two shots (sub-q and IM) today, and was pretty nervous doing it. Luckily, my partner was very cool, so it all went relatively good. I'm generally not a nervous type, so I'm curious: when did you s...

Flu shot clinic immunization seems like a pretty good way to get some experience. We did practice on each other, which made me more nervous. We will also practice on each other intravenous shots and I guess, maybe even starting IV lines. Not until ne...

Lisa, if you are foreign, you must have permanent residency (green card) and you have to pass TOEFL test. You will also need all your previous diplomas (high school, college) submitted to college. You should translate them to English, and then make c...

@luvRNs Your complaints are valid, but in reality, they do not have anything to do with the union. Union does not hire, or fire people. That is the management's job. I have worked in an union organized workplace, and this was always a complaint of th...

For all the new grads worried about jobs: nursing is still a recession proof job. I have just met tree new nurses, who all graduated in December and got their first job in area of their choice. I'm from Northwest Ohio, and we've been hit very hard by...

'Medicare cuts' everybody is talking about are not actually cuts to the healthcare, but streamlining administrative and excessive unnecessary costs. Here's a nice overview from the White House web page. http://www.whitehouse.gov/medicarefactsheetfin...

President Obama has not signed bill yet, so we should keep all the disclaimers in mind, but I believe this will mean more jobs in healthcare in general, and consequently, more nursing jobs. Under this bill, over 30 million more people will be brought...

No reason for scolding on this fine Sunday. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar .

My understanding is that taxes will maybe be introduced for a high-end plans (so called 'Cadillac plans'). Medicare 'cuts' will, as I understand it, not affect customers, but are eliminating loopholes that had government overpaying for services. Agai...

I do share your frustration. I'm normally a political junkie, but stopped following news of healthcare reform, because legislative process is driving me crazy. As you mentioned, the fact that we don't really know what will be in the final bill doesn'...

You don't think that hospice rep would have some ulterior motives? Also 'withholding healthcare from elderly sick' is just another phrase for 'death panels,' which have been debunked more times than I care to count. Don't fall for such obviously hare...

There are no other professions I know off that have this ridiculous discussion about associate vs bachelors degree. More education is better than less education, period. This doesn't mean nurses with ADN are somehow worse than nurses with BSN degree....

I see you are 21, so you have taken classes in the last few years, which is good, because Mercy will not accept any classes taken more than 7 years ago. I also think they have a limit on how many credits you can transfer, but I'm not certain, you hav...