NurseFifty

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1. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Also true, the equivalent of the US SSN is the SIN in

2. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   True, I was not asked to fill out a satisfaction survey after surgery at Vancouver General. Not much paperwork. True also, the government does not control which physician I got to see, although a...

3. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   BC MSP claims it does send its heart patients to the

4. Anybody you know leave the field of nursing?

   NurseFifty replied to Infofreak411's topic in Retired Nurses

   To beckster: Yes I do. Had it before Nursing. Good luck, you will find it fun.. If I were you, I will attend some information session about the degree programs, research the job openings in the...

5. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Got that info from the BC MSP. They say they do it - of course, I don't know how much. I am assuming that the patients would be sent by MSP itself (pre-authorized?) and not the situation where the...

6. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   The plans are available only to those who have social security numbers - landed immigrants, citizens, contract workers with valid contract visa. Every services in the country is tied to having that...

7. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   At least in British Columbia, heart surgery patients are sent to California if they need to. paid for by the province's Medical Services

8. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I forgot..a primary care physician is the gatekeeper. You can't see a specialist without your PCP sending you to one. Hospital beds are not private single patient

9. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   It is not like Medicare. The payer is the provincial government but the providers are government hospitals. Each province in Canada manages its own provincial health plan, therefore different rules,...

10. MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    NurseFifty replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't have a problem with the MDs. Never been yelled at or treated condescendingly. But I wonder if that is because I am older than many of them :-)...I hear that the other female nurses in my unit...

11. Is Your Workplace Healthy... really...

    NurseFifty replied to SarahEAW's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Both places I work have good-for-you food, fitness facility employees and fitness classes. I am

12. Per-diem nurses

    NurseFifty replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I work per diem also. But my hospital is unionized and the cancelation requires an hour notice. If the RN has already reported to the unit, the RN (Per diem or regular staff ) is paid 4 hours....

13. Firearms

    NurseFifty replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada Regarding, 30 guns in 100 in Canada: Perhaps t is because there are more wilderness places in Canada where guns are allowed. Not everyone can own...

14. Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    NurseFifty replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    Somebody said Trump is refreshing. Refreshing in a sick demented way. If you really think about it, his tweets, his campaign speeches, the words that comes out of his mouth would be censored in...

15. Nurse Retention ideas

    NurseFifty replied to CCU-Flight RN's topic in General Nursing

    To CCU-Flight RN, what has your hospital done to find out what nurses