WIN007

WIN007

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  1. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    WIN007 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Then why is Gov walker extending tax cuts and selling off profitable state assets like utility companies, hmmm?? Yes, it IS about far right ideology actually and in the worst sense. Cutting their...

  2. Medicare Debate and Nursing

    WIN007 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is a wealth of information regarding on the HHS website. Actually we already ARE tackling costs and outcomes with the Meaningful Use act" stuff like quality measures and outcomes, EMR's ,...

  3. What Health Care reform Means to Nurses?

    WIN007 replied to crbetts's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Go to the health and human services website for the facts rather than interpretations of on other sites. that's where you get the bias and

  4. The future of Obamacare

    WIN007 replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    considerign the top 1% of the country now owns over 80% of the assets i think that's a side issue, don't you? ps - i never thought shouting and using colored fonts made anybody's argument stronger but...

  5. The future of Obamacare

    WIN007 replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don 't doubt it. KY is one of the states, IIRC that gets more back in taxdollars and govt. than it submits. As of 2008, 8.2 cents of each of your federal tax dollar was spent on all anti-poverty...

  6. The future of Obamacare

    WIN007 replied to CRNA2007's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's right. It's a dog eat dog world. Better go back to the good old days when people just died and got out of the way and cut off all aid for those whose homes get lost to floods, jobs get sent...

  7. Help with finding good scrubs for the curvy nurse

    WIN007 replied to nene25RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Scrubs with stretch would be a good option so you can get a size that fits through your chest withoiut it being a tent elsewhere. Also look for the Tall sizes for length. Many of the popular brands...

  8. Potential dream job AFTER I started orientation (beware, really long)

    WIN007 replied to HappyrockRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do what's best for you. Apply and accept if offered and don't look back whatever happens berating yourself for your decision. Life is short and we don't often get to redo missed opportunities....

  9. The Downward Spiral: Incivility in Nursing

    WIN007 replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm. I don't think confronting a widespread epidemic headon is necessarily coddling anyone. (which is not to say I don't agree with you that when someone is just being ubersensitive mangement...

  10. The Downward Spiral: Incivility in Nursing

    WIN007 replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm always glad to see this topic get much needed attention, but I also concurr with the others who advised you to be wary of pasting full articles. A better route is to summarize the keypoints in...

  11. Need some advice

    WIN007 replied to charity_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered looking at some of the ASN to MSN programs. They seem to be emerging at many universities. I'm sure you could do some, but not all, of the work online as the MSN would certainly...

  12. how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    WIN007 replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    You'd probably need to consult with someone much more specialized in biochemistry. My guess would be that if you've stopped for weeks there wouldn't be enough trace nicotine in your bloodstream to...

  13. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a recent citation for that? Japan may be in danger of bankruptcy. I'm not aware of France in any imminent danger. Tho interestingly like the USA France has been running deficits since...

  14. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Touche!

  15. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    But no definitive solutions :-(. I am completely onboard with meaninful use and the NHIN efforts however as a better means of containing health care costs and improving outcomes rather than just...

  16. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it DOEs actually as 1) as RN's we're advocates for our patients and the community and 2) a current proposal to end Medicare is on the table. We are impacted by that personally as well as...

  17. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could tell you. I have a hunches and that's it. Americans are famous for their short-term memory. Perhaps it coincides with the defunding of higher education. A full 75% of Americans have...

  18. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Great points. How many times have we all heard the machoism (men and women), "I haven't been to a Dr. in 5 years). My ex refused to get scoped even though he was 1) over 50 2) had a family hx 3) a...

  19. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    I agree but I don't think nurses and healthcare workers should have to rely on professional courtesy discounts. As with police there's a certain amount of hazard inherently in the jobs. Most nurses...

  20. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Medicare and supplementary procedures have been putting restrictions on services for some time. Healthcare costs in the USA have been spiraling for 30 years and the population has been growing. Some...

  21. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    If someone pulling in half a million dollars is paying 35% in the USA then they need a better accountant. The federal tax code is not five miles long for the loopholes for people making a nurses wages...

  22. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Not to quibble but I don't think France is socialized medicine. Socialized medicine is not federal payer. Single payer by state or federal is just adding efficiency and reducing beuracracy. Socialism...

  23. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for including citations in your message. i agree with a lot of what you say. it is an issue that people are living longer when considering healthcare costs as 80% of our costs outlays are...

  24. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Depends who wins their way. One school of thought is to just let it continue to run amok and reduce access. Obviously I vehemently disagree with this camp, replacing medicare with worthless vouchers...

  25. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    WIN007 replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you on the latter. Hospitals have been competing with each other for an ever diminishing segment of the population with premium insurance plans instead of preparing for the future by...