The most catastrophic consequence from our perspective is the attack on medicine/health, given our projections of the massive public health crisis that's already underway.
There’s already a nursing shortage, if loans are going to become difficult to get, because nurses aren’t “professionals” it’s going to get tougher. Treatments are going to get delayed, there will be an increase in med errors because of being rushed, assessments will be missed, IV’s not monitored, catheters not changed, need I go on?? These are LIVES we are talking about. One of the most rewarding parts of nursing is the personal parts, the acknowledgement of patient fears and reassurance, basic listening, interpretation and explanation of MD orders to make them understandable, comforting patients with terminal diagnoses and helping families understand what is happening to their loved ones and how they can help. Nurses must have ongoing education to keep their licenses, more for certification in specific areas. I became an RN over 40 years ago after 10 years in the mental health field, retired from being a home health psychiatric nurse about 4 years ago. If you notice, most of those fields labeled not professional are traditionally women’s professions. Teachers are another one —my brother is a high school history teacher who has the courage ( and is in a district that encourages this) to teach civics. He has a license which he has to keep up with ongoing education. And for those who say teachers get the summer off—they earned it, studies have shown they work more hours in that 9 month period than others who work full time year round. Do you want your kids taught by people who don’t have this level of dedication and love for this profession? Do you want to be cared for by a nurse who isn’t valued for the lives they help save and the comfort they bring to many? Trump is just a nasty human being, that’s all. What goes around comes around. Wait till he has to wait after ringing the call button…
Nurses deserve so much credit for all of the work they do. Doctors get all of the glory, but without nurses, no vitals would be monitored, no meds dispensed, no fields sterilized, no tools prepped, etc. All of these fields impacted are vital to every day life.
When Democrats are in charge again they must institute a rule requiring time for every bill to be read by every member of Congress voting on this bill! Members of Congress pass bills they have not read, do not understand, and trust their leaders to summarize the bills they will vote for ( usually) in two days!! This behavior would never be tolerated in the business world, yet is standard procedure. Hoodwinking their constituents is unacceptable and intolerable. When will this change?
What would also help is bills that are clear and focused on a single issue, not 1000-page behemoths loaded with riders and unrelated pork. Both sides have benefited from this practice, unfortunately.
Oh bloody hell...your analysis is spot on.
The most catastrophic consequence from our perspective is the attack on medicine/health, given our projections of the massive public health crisis that's already underway.
There’s already a nursing shortage, if loans are going to become difficult to get, because nurses aren’t “professionals” it’s going to get tougher. Treatments are going to get delayed, there will be an increase in med errors because of being rushed, assessments will be missed, IV’s not monitored, catheters not changed, need I go on?? These are LIVES we are talking about. One of the most rewarding parts of nursing is the personal parts, the acknowledgement of patient fears and reassurance, basic listening, interpretation and explanation of MD orders to make them understandable, comforting patients with terminal diagnoses and helping families understand what is happening to their loved ones and how they can help. Nurses must have ongoing education to keep their licenses, more for certification in specific areas. I became an RN over 40 years ago after 10 years in the mental health field, retired from being a home health psychiatric nurse about 4 years ago. If you notice, most of those fields labeled not professional are traditionally women’s professions. Teachers are another one —my brother is a high school history teacher who has the courage ( and is in a district that encourages this) to teach civics. He has a license which he has to keep up with ongoing education. And for those who say teachers get the summer off—they earned it, studies have shown they work more hours in that 9 month period than others who work full time year round. Do you want your kids taught by people who don’t have this level of dedication and love for this profession? Do you want to be cared for by a nurse who isn’t valued for the lives they help save and the comfort they bring to many? Trump is just a nasty human being, that’s all. What goes around comes around. Wait till he has to wait after ringing the call button…
Nurses deserve so much credit for all of the work they do. Doctors get all of the glory, but without nurses, no vitals would be monitored, no meds dispensed, no fields sterilized, no tools prepped, etc. All of these fields impacted are vital to every day life.
But someone must be benefiting from it.
Otherwise, none of this makes any sense at all. Then it really is just nonsense or madness.
When Democrats are in charge again they must institute a rule requiring time for every bill to be read by every member of Congress voting on this bill! Members of Congress pass bills they have not read, do not understand, and trust their leaders to summarize the bills they will vote for ( usually) in two days!! This behavior would never be tolerated in the business world, yet is standard procedure. Hoodwinking their constituents is unacceptable and intolerable. When will this change?
What would also help is bills that are clear and focused on a single issue, not 1000-page behemoths loaded with riders and unrelated pork. Both sides have benefited from this practice, unfortunately.