liono

1. This is problem that started a long time ago, decades before Obama. 2. The president doesn't set policies at your facility. he has probably never heard of it. He has nothing to do with it. 3. The President doesn't control the budget. Congress does. 4. Really, the President of the United States has nothing to do with repairs of your home. Especially his wife.

Simple, there is no collateral in healthcare insurance.

Obesity is first and foremost, a psychological disorder. Being over weight is just a symptom. Obesity should be treated by a psychologist/ psychiatrist first.

There is one point that EVERYONE on this thread has missed. No matter what the laws are they will never be fully followed or enforced for people who cannot afford legal backing. The healthcare system as a whole marginalizes people based on their income level, sometimes illegally. They get away with it because they know lower income people have: 1. Less education 2. Less ability to pay for legal fees to enforce laws. Laws aren't automatically enforced. You can't call the cops and arrest a hospital or insurance sompany. You need to take them to court. Even then you're talking about average Joe VS gigantaur corporation with a full office building of lawyers. And it bothers me how healthcare is the stuff of businessmen and lawyers. Sure we should make a good living, but it seems like healthcare industry lost it's soul at some point. Instead of trying to heal the world we are trying maximize how much money we can extract from it. Is private, corporate, for profit healthcare really the way to go? It doesn't seem like it's working to me. It sounds like a bunch of share holders arguing about who gets a bigger piece of pie. What about helping people?

I work with an Iraq veteran. After the stories he has told me, it is clear there is no one behind the wheel. The government can't manage something as simple as providing water to soldiers in Iraq in a logical efficient way, how can they manage a gigantic healthcare system? Simple, they can't. Bureaucracy kills all progress.

It's written into the law. The money is coming from different sources than it does right now.

There is something inherently wrong with deciding who lives, and who dies, based on how much money they have.

I am wondering what work is like for an RN vs CNA. Obviously there is a huge difference in responsibility and knowledge ect, that's not what I'm wondering. I worked as a CNA on a TCU for about 10 months. Partly because I needed a job at the time, and partly because I wanted some experience before I was committed to the schooling. The job was mostly horrible. Toward the end of my employment I was given 9-13 residents a shift. One night I was floated to the long term care floor and I had 13/ 5 2-assists. My co-workers were mostly terrible. They would disappear, skip cares, yell at me in swahili when confronted, refuse to help with 2 assists, do 2 assist by themselves, lie on charts ect. On top of all that management cut our staff to NLN recommended minimums and eliminated O.T. This made my job immpossible. When I brought it up to management, they ignored me. Really, that is the "tip of the iceberg". It became so bad that most nights I couldn't complete my responsibilities correctly, and in the interest of the residents. However, I was the favorite among most of the residents because they knew if they got me, they would get the right care. Eventually I had disciplinary meeting about charting. When they cut our staff, the aides started charting when they had time. This meant they did all the charts that weren't time/ number dependant at the beginning of the shift. On the long term care floor they had one aide do all the charts while the others finished the cares. It was madness. Somehow I was the only one being talked to about it. When I pleaded my case they lied and said I was the only one doing it. I asked them to give me time on my shift to do my charting properly, they said no. I very clearly outlined all the neglect I had witnessed while working there, and the bad habits of my co-workers, and how it all stemmed from lack of time/staff. One of my residents had dentures. She had been on my floor for a week before she rotated to my team. No one knew she had dentures until I tried to brush her teeth. It wasn't even on the nurse's charts. She was dimented. This is a minor example. I quit that job in the middle of the disciplinary meeting. I tried to talk to management logically and point out what was happening on the floor. All they wanted to do was yell at me. It was one of the craziest things I have ever experienced in the work place. After I quit one of my residents hired my on in her home when she was discharged. I was/am a great aide. So, my question is, does it get better as an RN? I'm about to commit to a nursing program at school, but I don't want to make a carear of losing my hair. I don't have much left on top as it is. I want to work for Doctors Without Borders. But it seems like the medical profession in the USA is kinda broken. When I do a job, I do correctly, and I do it well. I do NOT neglect my residents, but it seems like the companies that hire nurses almost force us to.

" But of course, it seems that academia is so insulated that very little reality tends to penetrate their defenses. " so true.

30 resumes isn't very many.