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WHO WE ARE!

This is a **//student run and administered wikisite//** for students in the LPN program at LCCC. The only affiliation this site has with the school is that we are all students there. Therefore this page is free for any and all comments and content. However profane, obscene, racist, threatening, or other really, really inappropriate entries may be edited or removed. We are striving to learn and earn our way toward a professional and empathetic health care role, we should all keep that in mind in everything we do and say.

All this being said -- school is stressful, nursing is stressful, so nursing school is very stressful. We all need a place where we can say what we are thinking and feeling. This is a good place to do that!!! If you want to share positives about school, clinicals, faculty, life, kids, relationships **__GO AHEAD__**. If you want to share negatives or vent conflicts or gossip or relate news or what-ifs, __**GO AHEAD**.__ Write about what you want, add photos, add drawings,website links,music,art,video's ETC. This is our Space, for US to share, your entries can be as confidential and anonymous as you want them to be. Sign them, don't sign them, use an alias - that's all ok. **//Lets Enjoy This Journey We Are On !//**

//**__ATTENTION__ !!! - This Page May and Does contain personal opinions and views about life, school, politics, religion, people, etc. - Everyone is welcome to post their own views,opinions, idea's. Please let's not be offended by or argumentative about others views, just state your own.**//

Just to demonstrate -- check out this humorous video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3J-L29iT8&mode=related&search=

HA HA, try this one -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_6B6vwE83U&NR=1

NURSES.COM News -- Bush Budget Threatens Cut for Advanced Nursing Programs and Nursing Schools -- read the article here... http://news.nurse.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070312/CA09/70309001/0/CA09

National legislation currently in process that would enact a Single Payer model of guaranteed healthcare for everyone. **Facts, videos and action items at this site: http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/**

TAKE ACTION: WRITE A LETTER TODAY!
[|HR 676]The United States National Health Insurance Act
 * [|TELL CONGRESS TO SUPPORT HR 676]

--- in a related thought: IF YOU HAVEN"T SEEN THE MOVIE "SICKO" by Michael Moore -- GO SEE IT ASAP!!! (You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll learn!)

ALSO Check out this video about the Single Payer Health Insurance **Bill # 676. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUPZxAIUac** "Don't Be A Chicken"

Caring for Nurses addresses stress, humour, nursing poetry and stories, etc.--

//They found an unconscious student nurse on the side of the road the other day. How did they know it was a student nurse? ...the bladder was full, the stomach was empty, and the backside had been chewed!//

Check it out at http://carenurse.com/

Here is a link to a personality test that can tell you about yourself in only 4 questions. It was made by the great man, The Dali LLama. [|http://memoriter. net/flash/ test.html]

so president bush vetoed schip today.
October 3, 2007 a bipartisan bill that provides health care to poor and middle class children. president bush and the far right maintain that: a-it costs too much(the new bill costs as much as 29 days of keeping our troops in iraq) b-it is a step towards socialized medicine(even prominent republicans like orin hatch have said that this is utter, and misleading, nonsense) c-it is unfair taxation on tobacco companies(this doesn't even warrant a response...) it's an incredibly popular bill, with overwhelming bi-partisan support in the senate and in statehouses. president bush has just further doomed the republicans to being a permanent minority party. his own moderate republicans are condemning him and swearing that they're going to overturn his veto. simply, gw bush is a stubborn idiot and he's destroying his own party. i mean, really, what sort of political idiot vetoes a bill that extends health care to poor and middle class children? and what sort of political idiot vetoes a bill that extends health care to poor and middle class children, and that also has the support of his own party? spending a trillion dollars on a war that should never have been started is acceptable to right wing republicans, but spending $35 billion on childrens health care is offensive to them? they're either: a-evil b-developmentally disabled or c-insane.


 * Does anyone else have any views about my opinion that uninsured childern have a right to quality healthcare and insurance!!!

here is the news article as found on NurseZone.com http://www.nursezone.com/job/MedicalNewsAlerts.asp?articleID=16927**

THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION ENDORSES SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY) SILVER SPRING, MD –The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The ANA represents the interests of the nation’s 2.9 million registered nurses. "Too many Americans must do without high quality health care, and this country deserves a president that will make health system reform a priority," said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. "Senator Clinton has shown a commitment to implementing real change in our health care system to ensure high quality, affordable and accessible care. She has also recognized the importance of educating, recruiting and retaining, RNs, and the need to improve the nurse’s work environment which includes addressing safe and appropriate staffing. America’s 2.9 million registered nurses represent the largest group of health care professionals. We have long advocated for the critically needed reforms vital to the improvement of health care and will use our power in the voting booth to make health care a priority." "I am honored to have the support of the American Nurses Association," said Clinton. "We owe nurses a great debt of gratitude for the critical role they play every day in providing quality care. As President, I will continue to support efforts to attract and retain qualified nurses, especially in rural and urban areas, and to improve working conditions. I look forward to working with America’s nurses to deliver affordable, quality health care to every American." Hillary has a history of working for America’s nurses. In the Senate, Hillary introduced the Nursing Education and Quality of Care Act, which would expand the number of programs that address nursing faculty shortages and increase the supply of nurses in rural areas. As part of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, she helped create grants that expanded nurse Magnet hospitals. Hillary also supported increased funding for both Title VII and Title VIII, which help to address the higher education needs of nurses and nursing faculty. Finally, she has supported programs to attract nurses to the field, including efforts to improve the quality of the working environment for nurses.
 * //ANA Endorses Senator Clinton//**

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