As I crawl home from another shift,I'm reminded how little the few care about the many.

[w8liftinglady]

In any field of work,there are a few who are getting wealthy.
The majority of the workers are not.
Cutbacks on staff... expanding duties of the worker(In my case,a nurse)
The patient,student,customer,client suffer.

an education employee wasn't sure they'd have a job after july...stressed because they had to take sick time.
25 % of my patients were readmitted because they couldnt get prescriptions filled.
I overheard surgeons saying a full 75% of their ER patients are uninsured
A patient was crying,trying to find a sitter for her grandkids,who she watched while her daughter worked 2 jobs.
A patient had not eaten for three days...walked to hospital. no money.
A family sat anxiously as someone tried to get a flat tire fixed. No money.


The few get richer.


I see a revolution on the horizon.

I hope.

[leftstreet]

1. K&R

[uppityperson]

2. I got a call this week

from a local nursing home, looking for nurses. Do I get back into that madness or not? Do I try to do more for more people in less time with less resources and hurt every single day?

I hope also.

[we can do it]

3. Thank You For All You Do

I care, too

[nenagh]

4. Thank you w8liftinglady... words fail me...

But without your post... the extent of the suffering would not be known..

How difficult it must be to witness.. and the plight of those people ..

:cry:

[Historic NY]

5. My niece works critical care at 2 trauma hospitals....Somebody has too.

I don't know how she puts in the hours. She is leaving for the new trauma center opening next week in our county. She was a combat medic assigned to Würzburg back in the beginning of Iraq. In her off hours she is president of the local vol. ambulance corp with 8 ft paramedics.

It takes special persons to do this work..in these trying times. :thumbsup:

[Tresalisa]

7. 8 ft paramedics! Wow!

I'll bet those ambulances are huge! (Don't hurt me, only kidding, couldn't let that one go by without a comment!)

A big THANK YOU and a :hug: to all of the public servants here for what you do!

[madrchsod]

6. my wife works in a private/state funded facility...

that takes care of mentally disabled adult from the ages 40 to 70+. she does work that would make most people would throw up. she`s an union official and the top union wage is just over 12 dollars an hour if you have 15yrs seniority. they have`t had a raise in two yrs and facing another this year. they have no idea what if anything the union can ask for in the upcoming contract other than job security. there is 0 chance in getting any guaranteed pay raise in the next three yrs because the state funds their raise.

wisconsin may hold the key