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[oramar]

State and federal legislators are bombarded with lobbist from the AMA, American Hospital Ass. and everyother health related organization on the planet. If we nurses do not speak up we are going to continue to get crushed. Actually the orginal legislation that brought the house down on our heads was the balanced budget act. If it was not for the changes that brought about I probably would be out there working in acute care to this day. I write and email my legislator frequently. My state legislator has a office very near my home, when they see me coming they lock the door, turn out the lights and pretend they are not home. That is my way of saying I have been over there in person quite a few times. What is wrong with advocating at several levels anyway?

[PeggyOhio]

kaknurse,

Good for you! I'm so glad to hear nurses somewhere in Ohio are being proactive! I was beginning to thing they all suffered from terminal apathy!

Thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you!

Peggy