ZASHAGALKA RN

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    Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We're taking a few days and going to San Antonio and Carlsbad Caverns starting tomorrow. You know what Bridget Jones says about that: a mini-break must means true love. ~faith,
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    We don't need over-priced insurance - we need Guaranteed Healthcare.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you want affordable insurance than we need to turn health insurance into an actual insurance program. The current systems amount to little more than prepaid care. Catastrophic health insurance that...
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    Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hey hey! Reread what I wrote above. I referenced you. ~faith,
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    Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not true, at all. I post against gov't restricted healthcare (and on other conservative issues/POVs) all the time. And you can SEE the number of posts I've managed to rack up. Another poster here, a...
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    Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Lincoln?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Emergency

    I saw this article about how modern medicine could maybe have saved Lincoln. Interesting, except. You can't take modern medicine out of context to the bullet that killed him. Modern medicine would...
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    Joke: What did they call the medical student...

    ZASHAGALKA replied to justme1972's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maybe. But first, and foremost, they call them, "Doctor". It's a statistical fact that 50% of all doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class. Think about that. ~faith,
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    Nursing and unionization...

    ZASHAGALKA replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/big_labor_vs_freedom_and_fairn.html "Behold, the self-styled friends of American labor. They are now trying to relieve the American worker of what...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    TEXAS BNE sends Nursing Work Hours Proposal "Back to Committee": ftp://www.bne.state.tx.us/nwh-summary.pdf "The Board delayed taking action on the proposed position statement . . . so that...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in Texas Nursing

    TEXAS BNE sends Nursing Work Hours Proposal "Back to Committee": ftp://www.bne.state.tx.us/nwh-summary.pdf "The Board delayed taking action on the proposed position statement . . . so that...
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    A classmate wants to know if I'm gay. How should I respond?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to atwtrn's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I know another nurse on this site has said, and I deeply respect him for that, that he has made it a priority to never deny being gay. That isn't to say that it is necessarily advertised, just that...
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    Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    So basically a starting salary of 24/hr with a differential for the evening shift. In the range of what I said. However, that is ALSO, as you said, in the Medical Ctr. As in, no place to live that...
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    Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    you're confused because you're misinformed. i live near houston. my salary is pegged to the ability of houston and dfw to draw nurses away from my market. i'm very familiar with the local salary...
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    Sit the last one out? Mulling this over....

    ZASHAGALKA replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm glad you decided to go. I think this was not so much about a 'mental health' day as it was about having the extra insurance available, and so, using it to ensure that nothing could go wrong....
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    higher pay for BSN grads?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I still say it's an issue of which came first, the chicken or the egg? Will BSN status lead to higher wages? Or, will higher wages lead to BSN status? I think that if we buy the argument that with a...
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    Declined Job Offer, and was practically told off!

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    Your obligations are to you and not some HR manager somewhere. Chalk it up to a powerful first lesson in nursing: people will run over you if you let them, and just huff and storm off if you don't. I...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in Texas Nursing

    It isn't about mandatory overtime. In fact, the proposal doesn't punish hospitals AT ALL. It makes a bland statement that hospitals should consider the restrictions when they staff, but the punishment...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    Standard non-custodial orders in Texas allow for custody every other weekend, and on weds overnight if parents have joint custody and live within 100 miles of each other. This means that, in any given...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad this proposal is being considered far along in my custody arrangements where 'standing orders' are not strictly enforced by either me or my ex. Under 'standard orders' for custody, given this...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I can tell, the proposal 'encourages' employers to regulate the hours that their nurses work to correspond with the proposal limits. The actual enforcement is not directed towards hospitals,...
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    They can't work more than 3 -12 hr shifts in a row. And, no more than 5 in any rolling 7 day period. ~faith,
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    This has nothing to do with being mandated. It is about taking AWAY a nurse's autonomy to CHOOSE the best schedule for their lifestyle and family needs. ~faith,
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    TEXAS BNE POSITION STATEMENT 15:26 "Nurse Working Hours"

    ZASHAGALKA replied to fossil78's topic in General Nursing

    This is a horrible proposal. First, this isn't about a reduction of mandatory overtime. At all. It is telling nurses when they can or can't work. And, it won't work. First, the Board did not take into...
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    HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    ZASHAGALKA replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For what it's worth, I did warn him in a post awhile back that he had posted enough information about himself and his program so as to be specifically identified by his program. Maybe he didn't want...
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    Help Act On Immigration Reform!, Read and help resolve retrogression

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Ratio Nale's topic in International Nursing

    Don't get me wrong. I think we are quibbling over words more than we are ideas. I can fully understand how the current situation is a bad situation for those that were in the process of trying to come...
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    (Who's really) Looking out for Veterans health?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You've obviously never worked for the Federal gov't. That's not a putdown, just a frame of reference. Dealing with a political scapegoat is NOT the same thing as the day-in, day-out operation of the...