Your Stories
Your experience matters, and you have a unique role to play in changing our healthcare system. We're taking your stories outside of the break rooms and cafeteria lines, and straight to the public. Read your colleagues' stories, and if you can, take the time to share your own.
Why Stories Are Important: Madeleine Mysko, RN"We're all good storytellers and if we all come together now, because there is a great need in the world where we work for better healthcare. And if we all come together and share our stories, I think we can get things done. So, please come back and join me and tell your stories."
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Caregiver Profile: Gabriele Cohen, RN, M.Ed, CNOR, LNC"As everyone knows nursing is a wonderful profession but also a
demanding one. Most nurses are women who have families, and in addition
to caring for their patients they need to care for their families.
There are numerous reasons for nurses leaving the profession."
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Caregiver Profile: Paula Ohlmann, RN"I’m trying to do my part in solving the nursing shortage - by keeping
RNs from leaving their institutions. Surveys of many New York RNs
reveal that large numbers leave their jobs during the first five years
after being hired."
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Caregiver Profile: Dr. Jack Braha, DO"I think that better physician participation in politics, donating more
of our dollars to our medical societies, and education of young
attendings and residents will result in the next generation of
physicians being more involved with improving our healthcare system."
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Caregiver Profile: Carol Moos, RN"I decided to try to do something about the problem. I recently attended a meeting organized by Healthcare United in Colorado, and I'm glad that I did. By joining with other nurses and healthcare workers like us, we have a real opportunity now to change America's healthcare problems, and I encourage others to do the same."
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Caregiver Profile: Linda, RN"I believe that healthcare workers themselves need better health
benefits. I’ve seen too many healthcare workers report to work sick.
They feel that that they may lose their jobs if they call in sick. Of
course, when sick healthcare workers are in continuous contact with
patients the chances of them passing along their infections, etc., to
their patients, can have extremely serious consequences."
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Caregiver Profile: Jane Solow, RN"I believe that we have to do something about medical care in the US.
Too many people have little access to medical or dental care that is
comprehensive and affordable. At this time when so many employers are
refusing to provide health coverage as a benefit, or making the
employees pay a high percentage of the cost, a lot of us must decide
between insurance coverage or having enough of a check left to pay our
bills."
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Caregiver Profile: Pat Conway, RN"It appears it is common practice to keep Medicare beneficiaries and the
frontline home healthcare workers uninformed and unempowered. As
members of Healthcare United, we need to do all we can to assure that
the full range of Medicare home health benefits are explained and
delivered to all the eligible Medicare beneficiaries in our care."
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Caregiver Profile: Rhonda Smith"I can't tell you how terrible I feel because I can't afford to pay for
the insurance to cover my children's healthcare needs. Mothers who work
full-time for a hospital shouldn't have to worry that their children
cannot get medical care. Many of my coworkers are in similar
situations, and it's really time that we stand up together to say that
this just has to change."
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