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    Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    Overland1 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Many actually believe the economy is getting better and are still spending like drunken sailors; what the heck, our government does it, so why should we not do likewise? When we become another Greece...
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    Doctor tells patients he will quit if President Obama is re-elected

    Overland1 replied to chicarn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We will likely see a lot of "retirements" among the physicians' profession. We are already seeing preemptive layoffs at many medical equipment companies (i.e., Medtronic, St. Jude, Welch Allyn,...
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    Implications of Obamacare... what's your opinion?

    Overland1 replied to Nurse_AV's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Exactly, but it will be "fair"... not good, definitely not excellent, just fair... ... and totally
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    Be nice to new nurses!

    Overland1 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Encourage the new nurses to do the right thing, and to do it well; they may be our nurses when we "old" nurses end up in that
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    Nursing Unions: Pros and Cons

    Overland1 replied to lookup's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The union may provide "job security" for all, but only until the money runs out. When that happens, something has to give, and the union leadership will be the last to concede anything. The union...
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    Hospital CEO Salaries: Are The Big Bucks Justified?

    Overland1 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Heck, no... I wnat the unemployed "bath salts" guy or woman fresh from an "Occupy" protest running my
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    Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    Overland1 replied to OKNurse2be's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More like Medicaid for all; I have often heard patients talk about how they will finally get what they want "when Obama takes over
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    Old union, new union or no union

    Overland1 replied to Towbongsnjrn's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Meant to type "with which you disagree"... sorry about the double
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    Old union, new union or no union

    Overland1 replied to Towbongsnjrn's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Another thing to consider is that, if you "join" a union, your dues go to places, people, and causes with which you may not disagree. Because you are a "member" of that union, you must pay the dues...
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    Old union, new union or no union

    Overland1 replied to Towbongsnjrn's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Much depends upon the individual, and whether or not one wishes to remain as such. It also depends upon what one wants from his or her
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    Nobody likes "Obamacare", so what should we replace it with?

    Overland1 replied to MunoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How about replacing it with actual health care (rather than what appears to be an unconstitutional mandate for the purchase of health "insurance")? I seriously doubt this will happen as there are too...
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    Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Overland1 replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Ditto!
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    Health care a right or privilege

    Overland1 replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Health care is (despite the rantings of the media) neither a right nor a privilege; it is a commodity that is guaranteed to nobody. The Constitution does not provide for it. On the other hand, the...
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    HIPAA violation or just a bad decision?

    Overland1 replied to concerned2012's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    HIPAA? HIPAA??? We do not need HIPAA (although too many apparently felt in passing of that law that "Led and spoon fed" are necessary) to realize that recording anything (audio or visual) involving a...
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    Are oral contraceptives healthcare?

    Overland1 replied to cargalrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

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    Making RNs Obtain a Baccalaureate Degree?

    Overland1 replied to Chronis's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There are likely tons (literally) of "studies" out there that are made into statistics. We all know what is (accurately) said about statistics. The problem (again) is that somebody, somewhere said,...
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    How do you approach hospitals' HR?

    Overland1 replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

    When I applied for my first hospital Nursing job, I followed their usual sequence (fill out application, attach resume, hand to switchboard person, wait...). Once told by the switchboard person and...
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    How powerful are hospital unions?

    Overland1 replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Eggs, Zachary... but they take in a whole lot of
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    Are oral contraceptives healthcare?

    Overland1 replied to cargalrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oral contraceptives could be considered a part of health care, depending specifically upon why they are used. Each insurance company and employer should decide this for themselves, and the government...
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    How to make ends meet during nursing school?

    Overland1 replied to dclamb3's topic in General Students

    Marry (financially) up. Seriously, don't even think about starting any such sort of relationship while in school. Those in my class who married while in RN school ended up divorced shortly...
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    Is anyone else annoyed by the expectations of male nurses in transferring patients?

    Overland1 replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Geez... that's why G-d invented male nurses, no? Seriously, using equipment that is appropriate to the task is a much better choice for the patient and the staff. Your facility staff generally needs...
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    I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

    Overland1 replied to themoreyouknow's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Same here, but I am closer to 60 than 50. Heck, if I posted my face on Facebook; they would shut the site down. The "DJ" is an example of why satellite radio is becoming more popular lately......
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    Nurse hand me the...

    Overland1 replied to mindy1982's topic in Nursing Humor

    Reminds me of a rescue call about twenty years ago... a car crash in which there was a bleeding patient. One of the other EMT's held out his hand toward one of the firefighters and asked for a "4x4"....
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    hate night shift

    Overland1 replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like the problem is more than likely a preceptor thing rather than just being on the night shift; check your P&P's to see if just shooting a med or micro-dripping it in is really OK... if...
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    The University of Texas at Arlington

    Overland1 replied to zoeyzoe's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    ALso decided to hold off on UT-A; some better alternatives are apparently