Comments on: American Nurses Association endorses Hillary Clinton http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/ A look at politics from student activists and recent alumni from Winona State University, MN. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: I Don’t Hate America! » Blog Archive » Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) endorse Madia, Tinklenberg, and Sarvi! http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-5193 I Don’t Hate America! » Blog Archive » Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) endorse Madia, Tinklenberg, and Sarvi! Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:35:20 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-5193 [...] Obama.   This was in contrast to the American Nurses Association (ANA) who previously endorsed Hillary Clinton.  It sounds like the ANA is moving toward Obama now, [...] […] Obama.   This was in contrast to the American Nurses Association (ANA) who previously endorsed Hillary Clinton.  It sounds like the ANA is moving toward Obama now, […]

]]> By: jd http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-4886 jd Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:37 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-4886 John -Can Hillary have an opinion, not in your commie world? I work at the hospital too and have become very familiar with the typical nurse routine. I too think they are overpaid internet surfers *from my observations, which is my honest observation. I'm sure some are wonderful hard workers, but my observations are that the young ones are typically in good shape physically, but as they age in their career, they typically seem to become over weight, dare I say a lot are obese? To much internet surfing and candy bar munching throughout those long mights of inactivity? Just dwell in any unit hallway and you'll see what I mean, young are fit, the older are not fit, hmmmmmm -correlation? Step into reality... there are way more people who get paid way less who work a lot harder. jd John -Can Hillary have an opinion, not in your commie world? I work at the hospital too and have become very familiar with the typical nurse routine. I too think they are overpaid internet surfers *from my observations, which is my honest observation. I’m sure some are wonderful hard workers, but my observations are that the young ones are typically in good shape physically, but as they age in their career, they typically seem to become over weight, dare I say a lot are obese? To much internet surfing and candy bar munching throughout those long mights of inactivity? Just dwell in any unit hallway and you’ll see what I mean, young are fit, the older are not fit, hmmmmmm -correlation? Step into reality… there are way more people who get paid way less who work a lot harder. jd

]]> By: Miki Haas http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3727 Miki Haas Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:44:34 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3727 How soon we forget the derogratory and accusatory remarks Hillary made regarding nurses. Hillary Clinton had made several derogatory remarks about nurses. Among the remarks made referenced nurses sitting and eating instead of delivering nursing care. She also stated we were the cause of escalating health care cost because we were overpaid for the work we do. Too make a long story short, Laura Gasparis brought her comments to light and after nurses jumped on it Hillary eventually apologized. Do I think it changed her opinion of us...absolutely not. However, it did let her know that we were offended and our voices did count. It also helped let her know she needed to rethink her campaigning strategy. She now hypocritically acknowledges us and even pretends to care, which I have to say I actually find more insulting. However, the most offensive action is that the ANA has endorsed her!!! I'm appalled. How soon we forget the derogratory and accusatory remarks Hillary made regarding nurses. Hillary Clinton had made several derogatory remarks about nurses. Among the remarks made referenced nurses sitting and eating instead of delivering nursing care. She also stated we were the cause of escalating health care cost because we were overpaid for the work we do. Too make a long story short, Laura Gasparis brought her comments to light and after nurses jumped on it Hillary eventually apologized. Do I think it changed her opinion of us…absolutely not. However, it did let her know that we were offended and our voices did count. It also helped let her know she needed to rethink her campaigning strategy. She now hypocritically acknowledges us and even pretends to care, which I have to say I actually find more insulting. However, the most offensive action is that the ANA has endorsed her!!! I’m appalled.

]]> By: John A. Young R.N. B.S.N. http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3665 John A. Young R.N. B.S.N. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:25 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3665 How quickly we forget. Well I have not! I personally witnessed Mrs. Clinton who at the time was chair of the disasterous Health Care Reform Committee her husband had appointed her to make these statements on national television. Her comments were carried on all the national news services in the form of a video taped press conference aired on the big 3 prime time evening news programs. I was stunned to hear the President's wife make these comments to say the very least. Make no mistake about what she said, I will quote her verbatim, " registered nurses make too much money." She went on to state that, 'part of whats wrong with health care today in this country is that nurses are paid too much.' Well folks this is still a free country (in some limited respects) and I chose to exercise my right to withdraw my support of the ANA which I am sad now to say is supposed to be my profession's representative organization. I will no longer support this organization with my hard earned nursing dollars in their clearly naive and short sited approach to advancing the agenda of professional nursing in this country. The ANA leadership may be mesmerized by this candidate and her alleged support of nurses issues but I am not. I believe there is more to this candidate's personal agenda than the ANA realizes and I predict if this candidate is elected our issues will quickly take a back seat and be relegated to 'long term care before dying a slow death secondary to provider neglect'. I beg you younger nurses to not play games with our country's historical facts and attempt to deny what really did happen and what really was said. This strikes me as naive as younger German citizens who have within the last two decades espoused the unconscionable notion that Hitler never killed any jews. Come on folks, grow up, education and awareness is hard but ignorance and denial is dangerous. How quickly we forget. Well I have not! I personally witnessed Mrs. Clinton who at the time was chair of the disasterous Health Care Reform Committee her husband had appointed her to make these statements on national television.
Her comments were carried on all the national news services in the form of a video taped press conference aired on the big 3 prime time evening news programs.
I was stunned to hear the President’s wife make these comments to say the very least.
Make no mistake about what she said, I will quote her verbatim, ” registered nurses make too much money.” She went on to state that, ‘part of whats wrong with health care today in this country is that nurses are paid too much.’
Well folks this is still a free country (in some limited respects) and I chose to exercise my right to withdraw my support of the ANA which I am sad now to say is supposed to be my profession’s representative organization. I will no longer support this organization with my hard earned nursing dollars in their clearly naive and short sited approach to advancing the agenda of professional nursing in this country.
The ANA leadership may be mesmerized by this candidate and her alleged support of nurses issues but I am not.
I believe there is more to this candidate’s personal agenda than the ANA realizes and I predict if this candidate is elected our issues will quickly take a back seat
and be relegated to ‘long term care before dying a slow death secondary to provider neglect’.
I beg you younger nurses to not play games with our country’s historical facts and attempt to deny what really did happen and what really was said. This strikes me as
naive as younger German citizens who have within the last two decades espoused the
unconscionable notion that Hitler never killed any jews.
Come on folks, grow up, education and awareness is hard but ignorance and denial is dangerous.

]]> By: Mary http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3657 Mary Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:07:13 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3657 http://www.pixelrn.com/2008/02/did-hillary-clinton-really-say-that-nurses-were-overpaid.html I’ve been getting a lot of google traffic lately from this particular phrase: “hillary clinton nurse overpaid” On first thought you would think I would welcome this traffic, because it might suggest that people are interested in a nurse blogger’s view of politics. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case, at all. The most likely scenario is that someone out there heard that Hillary Clinton had uttered the phrase, “nurses are overpaid and undereducated.” and they are trying to somehow to validate this with a reference. Well, I’m here to tell you that you are not going to find it on this blog, and I don’t think you are going to find an accurate reference anywhere on the Internet, including snopes. If you really are desperate to find a source for this, you’re going to have to do a Lexis Nexis search, because the rumor is that it was said sometime around 1992, before the Internet has bloomed into the enormous melting pot of facts, rants, rumors, and opinions that it is today. Here’s an idea: Instead of investing your time trying to find a source for this unlikely phrase, why not participate in a discussion about what each candidate has in the works for health care reform? Hillary Clinton says this. Barack Obama says he’s going to do this. and John McCain is planning on doing this. Which plan do you think could actually work? http://www.pixelrn.com/2008/02/did-hillary-clinton-really-say-that-nurses-were-overpaid.html

I’ve been getting a lot of google traffic lately from this particular phrase:

“hillary clinton nurse overpaid”

On first thought you would think I would welcome this traffic, because it might suggest that people are interested in a nurse blogger’s view of politics.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the case, at all.

The most likely scenario is that someone out there heard that Hillary Clinton had uttered the phrase, “nurses are overpaid and undereducated.” and they are trying to somehow to validate this with a reference. Well, I’m here to tell you that you are not going to find it on this blog, and I don’t think you are going to find an accurate reference anywhere on the Internet, including snopes. If you really are desperate to find a source for this, you’re going to have to do a Lexis Nexis search, because the rumor is that it was said sometime around 1992, before the Internet has bloomed into the enormous melting pot of facts, rants, rumors, and opinions that it is today.

Here’s an idea: Instead of investing your time trying to find a source for this unlikely phrase, why not participate in a discussion about what each candidate has in the works for health care reform?

Hillary Clinton says this.

Barack Obama says he’s going to do this.

and John McCain is planning on doing this.

Which plan do you think could actually work?

]]> By: Sarah Sucre, RN, BSN http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3583 Sarah Sucre, RN, BSN Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:50:04 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3583 Do we really have proof that she said these things? I have been an avid supporter of Hillary Clinton. After hearing these alleged comments, however, it has made me feel like I have been punched in the stomach. I feel I work very hard for my money. (I by no means feel I am under-worked and overpaid) I work at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Tx in Labor and Delivery. We deliver 2nd most babies anywhere in the WORLD (about 50 a day). She should come work a day with me! Someone please tell me she did not say these horrible things - and if she did - why in the world would the ANA back her? Help me understand! I want to like Hillary! Do we really have proof that she said these things? I have been an avid supporter of Hillary Clinton. After hearing these alleged comments, however, it has made me feel like I have been punched in the stomach. I feel I work very hard for my money. (I by no means feel I am under-worked and overpaid) I work at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Tx in Labor and Delivery. We deliver 2nd most babies anywhere in the WORLD (about 50 a day). She should come work a day with me! Someone please tell me she did not say these horrible things - and if she did - why in the world would the ANA back her? Help me understand! I want to like Hillary!

]]> By: Dena Wellinton http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3433 Dena Wellinton Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:20:58 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3433 Excuse me, I meant to say that she said Nurses were OVERPAID!!!!!!!!! Also I lived in England who has socialized medicine and I found a cyst in my breast. Not knowing if it was CANCER....I was told that there was a 6-8 month waiting list to get it checked out. Also they allocate so many operations a year. So if you need a hip replacement and they've gone over their allocated hip replacement operation amount, you will not get the operation. Instead they will give you a small car to get around. So I guess they feel a car is more important than an individual's health. This is true, because this happened to a friend of mine who runs a pub in London, and the man is in severe pain to this day. Alcohol is his only answer for his pain. So this is what you will get with Hillary the Lying Monster. Excuse me,
I meant to say that she said Nurses were OVERPAID!!!!!!!!! Also I lived in England who has socialized medicine and I found a cyst in my breast. Not knowing if it was CANCER….I was told that there was a 6-8 month waiting list to get it checked out. Also they allocate so many operations a year. So if you need a hip replacement and they’ve gone over their allocated hip replacement operation amount, you will not get the operation. Instead they will give you a small car to get around. So I guess they feel a car is more important than an individual’s health. This is true, because this happened to a friend of mine who runs a pub in London, and the man is in severe pain to this day. Alcohol is his only answer for his pain. So this is what you will get with Hillary the Lying Monster.

]]> By: Dena Wellinton http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3432 Dena Wellinton Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:08:25 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3432 Yes, Hillary the Monster hates nurses. She said back in 1993, when her father died that nurses were underworked and underpaid. She also said that nurses should not be paid more than $6.00/hour. So take that and see what she will do to help nurses in their plight for justice. Yes, Hillary the Monster hates nurses. She said back in 1993, when her father died that nurses were underworked and underpaid. She also said that nurses should not be paid more than $6.00/hour. So take that and see what she will do to help nurses in their plight for justice.

]]> By: Dana http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3187 Dana Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:12:53 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3187 It is a very scary thought that the ANA is endorsing someone that has been so disrespectful to nurses. She is well known for her disregard and bad attitude towards nurses. The whole idea of universal healthcare is terrible as well. Not only will it require longer waits for patients for tests and time spent in the ER, but with the increase in our tax dollars to cover it, we may as well work for free. I think that she is fake, and her way of making sure that nurses never see decent wage increases is to institute universal healthcare. There is no way I will back her and honestly if she wins and changes the healthcare system, I will be looking for a new career path. It is a very scary thought that the ANA is endorsing someone that has been so disrespectful to nurses. She is well known for her disregard and bad attitude towards nurses. The whole idea of universal healthcare is terrible as well. Not only will it require longer waits for patients for tests and time spent in the ER, but with the increase in our tax dollars to cover it, we may as well work for free. I think that she is fake, and her way of making sure that nurses never see decent wage increases is to institute universal healthcare. There is no way I will back her and honestly if she wins and changes the healthcare system, I will be looking for a new career path.

]]> By: Korie http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3168 Korie Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:29:16 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2008/02/09/american-nurses-association-endorses-hillary-clinton/#comment-3168 With healthcare as it is now nurses are stuck in the middle. With a universal healthcare system who will be the ones to explain to our patients that they will not be able to have their procedure due to long waiting lists. It will be us, we are always the ones to deliver difficult news and make excuses. And as mentioned above she had stated that a monkey could do our job and we are overpaid, I don't know about all of you but I don't have a couple million sitting around to endorse myself, who is overpaid? This nurse also does not back Hillary!!!!!! With healthcare as it is now nurses are stuck in the middle. With a universal healthcare system who will be the ones to explain to our patients that they will not be able to have their procedure due to long waiting lists. It will be us, we are always the ones to deliver difficult news and make excuses. And as mentioned above she had stated that a monkey could do our job and we are overpaid, I don’t know about all of you but I don’t have a couple million sitting around to endorse myself, who is overpaid? This nurse also does not back Hillary!!!!!!

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