tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post3327112688645946007..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Corona Pandemic Hits the Nursing Culture Reset ButtonOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-85311677812656837062021-03-11T22:03:35.035-08:002021-03-11T22:03:35.035-08:00Very good article. I god so much benefits from thi...<br /><br />Very good article. I god so much benefits from this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://msk360.ca" rel="nofollow">Injury Prevention Programs</a><br /><a href="https://msk360.ca" rel="nofollow">Msk prevention</a><br />Curtis Hollisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738502801459650627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-49294415855916741152020-05-20T18:28:57.325-07:002020-05-20T18:28:57.325-07:00Sick people have been refusing medical care at an ...Sick people have been refusing medical care at an unprecedented rate with high deductible insurance policies. During the pandemic my fate is tied to everyone else's fate. I'm hoping this virus will cause our capitalistic system to crash burn so that everyone can access medical care.<br /><br />One of your colleagues is offering a 20% off pandemic sale on nursing education materials. How tacky is that??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-5681805820466088772020-05-09T18:39:12.034-07:002020-05-09T18:39:12.034-07:00I did see that memorable film. The title was all t...I did see that memorable film. The title was all too appropriate!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-12244767803474539012020-05-09T18:38:01.181-07:002020-05-09T18:38:01.181-07:00Money can be used quite effectively to winnow the ...Money can be used quite effectively to winnow the wheat from the chaff with nurses. There were a couple of times our hospital had trouble making payroll. 98% of us showed up ready to go and not a soul missed the 2%ers.<br /><br />The hospital director (no CEOs back in the day) came up to the OR to thanks us and invited us to a free lunch in the cafeteria.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-14800107122073620702020-05-08T03:42:14.377-07:002020-05-08T03:42:14.377-07:00Michael Moore made a terrific documentary called S...Michael Moore made a terrific documentary called Sicko which looked at healthcare in Canada, France, the UK and Cuba OFRN - worth watching if you haven't already seen it. SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-61132027868981424662020-05-07T12:11:44.191-07:002020-05-07T12:11:44.191-07:00Big piles of money always attract vulture capitali...Big piles of money always attract vulture capitalists. I don't know which is worse, Big Pharma, insurance companies or hospitals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-15922550885506176482020-05-06T12:12:52.442-07:002020-05-06T12:12:52.442-07:00Wishing a good hearted entity would take over the ...Wishing a good hearted entity would take over the mess of a healthcare system we have here in the land of the free and home of the brave. Onbamacare was a start in opening access to healthcare, but all it really amounted to was a gratuitous privatization for the insurance carriers. I'm so glad the comment issue was resolved.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-3926280767308615392020-05-06T00:23:50.355-07:002020-05-06T00:23:50.355-07:00Hi again OFRN - your page was throwing my comment ...Hi again OFRN - your page was throwing my comment out unfortunately but we're back on air again now! Yes we are pretty stunned here at people in the USA being let out with so many active cases still about. We'll be watching how it goes.. I hope you stay isolating!<br /><br />AS of today here we have just under 7,000 confirmed cases in Australia with 62 people currently in hospital nation-wide and 97 deaths. We've managed this first wave amazingly well, shutting our borders very fast. Current plans are to open travel between Australia and New Zealand as both countries are at about the same level and we move between these two countries easily.<br /><br />My neighbour is a nurse in the local hospital ICU and she said it's all fitted out for Covid19 and the staff are bored with no cases - which is a fantastic result, I'd rather they were bored than exhausted! We have massive free screening everywhere now. However we are heading into winter and bracing for a second wave.<br /><br />I am forever thankful for our free public healthcare system believe me! I'm glad I trained when private (paying) patients were unknown. A recent attempt at privatising one of our public hospitals here (horror!)has resulted in disastrous care and the hospital has been taken over by the government again. Hurrah! Sue.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-58346659635906826532020-05-05T12:21:44.179-07:002020-05-05T12:21:44.179-07:00I checked out the comment issue problem and they a...I checked out the comment issue problem and they are enabled from my end. I really enjoy hearing from you so hopefully, it's straightened out. When this post received zero comments, I figured it was due to my complaining and irascibility!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-26661844840698433852020-05-05T12:15:17.808-07:002020-05-05T12:15:17.808-07:00I was in nursing school a bit before your experien...I was in nursing school a bit before your experience. I knew there was little money involved, but I got addicted to the feel good emotions while caring for others. My training hospital was in an impoverished area and the patients were so very grateful. I got really attached to some of them. I found working in this environment was more rewarding than in the more affluent suburb where I grew up.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-19515151595473820472020-05-05T12:10:09.773-07:002020-05-05T12:10:09.773-07:00covid19 testing is spotty at best here in the USA....covid19 testing is spotty at best here in the USA. It's difficult for me to understand how the talk now is all about reopening when the extent of the problem is so poorly delineated. A lack of testing and PPE along with our healthcare yoked to employment bodes poorly for a favorable outcome.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-70831723774408600112020-05-05T08:30:50.465-07:002020-05-05T08:30:50.465-07:00You remind me of some of the reasons why I took a ...You remind me of some of the reasons why I took a hiatus from continuing nursing studies back in the mid 70s. Overworked, underpaid, understaffed, permanently injured young women. Thought as a man I could hold up to the physical rigors better. Life took some turns and I never got back to it, but became an EMT for years and a medical lab tech for a shorter time. The MLT position was much later and money had changed healthcare by then. It was disappointing to see the direction that healthcare had taken from the inside. Having nearly all of my family in Europe I keep getting asked about our "healthcare system" such as it is. They usually just shake their heads. All I can do at this age is hope that some good changes will come out of this pandemic, but I really don't expect much. Stay healthy!jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-72575341875376911592020-05-05T00:37:19.209-07:002020-05-05T00:37:19.209-07:00Just wondering if you have free covid19 testing wi...Just wondering if you have free covid19 testing widely available in the USA, OFRN.<br />Also your website has not been permitting comments - something has been wrong. Best wishes, SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com