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The Symptoms

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The Mentally Ill are being punished

, MO
Heathcare Status: Self-Insured

This story is about lack of insurance for those with mental illnesses. I will use the ongoing experience of one of my adult children as an example. No major insurance company will insure my adult child because of bipolar illness.

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Elderly deserve decent care

Omaha, NE
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

I have been a Registered Nurse for over 20 years, and some of my experience includes working with the elderly in the Medicare Arena. Approximately 9 years ago, my 74 year old father had a stroke causing physical debilitation. He lived in a Nursing Home and was fed exclusively via a gastrostomy tube. While in the Nursing Home his G-Tube was accidently pulled out.

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Happy Mary Seacole Day--the Mother of Social Justice Nursing

Posted by Shum Preston on May 14, 2008 - 1:59pm


 Today, May 14th, is the 119th anniversary of the passing away of Mary Seacole, the Mother of Social Justice nursing.

RNs now celebrate Mary Seacole Day as part of National Nurses Week—and as the day we honor the social justice aspect of the work of nurses.   Mary Seacole remains an important inspiration for the national nurses movement being built by CNA/NNOC (California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee), which focuses on improving patient care and safety in hospitals and on bringing this country the guaranteed, single-payer health care that our patients deserve. 


 

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