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I have several relatives working for Wal-Mart. They have worked their way up from entry level positions over a few years. In fact...they have better hours and pay than when I left the hospital after seventeen years in the field. And I did not have stock options or bonuses. They are very happy with their career choice.

You're absolutelty right Babe..they did make a good career choice. Someday Walmart will be one of the only businesses left.

You know what this country needs real bad too, don't you? Nurses.. they are so hardup for them they are bringing them in from overseas, and paying them half of what our nurses should be getting. The poor nurses are leaving because they can't keep their backs in working order, because of getting too much work that used to be done by aides etc.. No aides, cost too much, so literally put it on the nurses backs.

The Dr's are all leaving the field because they can't pay liability insurance, and now you can't understand most of your Dr's English..because it's a second language. It just goes round and round. D'uh..

I have to make some Deviled Eggs.. get some Nacho's lined up.. and Chicken Divan ready to pop in the oven for supper.. I need to get into the Pat's and Super Bowl Sunday.. ;)

If someone decks my QB.. I'll rip their lungs out.. lol lol.. (not really I don't think... ahem)

My hospital had one on one nursing in ICUs. The nurses took total care of a patient. No aides. They did all the highly skilled functions of care, as well as bathing and turning.

There is really no shortage of nurses. There are many in the field who just do not want to do actual patient care any longer, because of the hours and holiday work. The majority of nurses are still women with family responsibilities. But many men are coming into the field now. When my hospital offered a five thousand dollar incentive to sign a three year contract to work, most of the respondants were male nurses.

And, if a nurse does not turn a patient properly, as she was taught, she will get a bad back. I weigh 103 pounds and could slide a 300 lb patient up in bed and turn him without difficulty.

The matter of physicians liability is a fact. The same can be said of physicians assistants. We need tort reform and yesterday. LOL