I'll totally take some shifts on the picket lines with you guys. NYC has your back.

Like 99% of RNs were thrilled to be vaccinated. The RN vaccination rate js over 99%. They got access to vaccines first before the rest of us and people were mad about that. What are you even talking about with that dumbass username.

Wut? RNs anti vax? Don't want to be called heroes? Being called heroes has something to do with their paycheck?

I have no idea what this is even trying to say.

You linked to a reddit comment dude. There's still time to delete this

Hospitals in New York run as legal monopolies/duopolies (except in Manhattan where you have 3 main health systems to choose from.) They have been extorting 12-15% annual increases from insurance company payors for years now. At the same time they make every nurse do the job of 1 1/2 to 2 nurses every day. And while the C suite admins (who make millions) were running off to Florida during the height of Covid in early 2020...the nurses that stuck around to save lives are being asked to take cuts to their health care plans.

NYC RNs deserve at least a 10% raise or they should walk the hell out.

So you go take care of 3 or 4 patients in the ICU when clinical standards and the state staffing law say you should have 2. Probably a cop or something used to playing Candy Crush for 60% of your day...you wouldn't make it through a single shift as a CNA let alone an RN.

Good. Only scabs and losers cross picket lines. Any student that DIDN'T go to a class to support their striking professor should have accommodations made for them.

Kinda except you can't get close to the net except in certain circumstances that I am not really clear on. It's like if ping pong and tennis had a baby.

But there are times when you can that I can't quite get a handle on. I think after the ball touches something. And you can step over the box at the corners apparently? I think?

Yeah exactly it's Ike tennis for old people as far as I can tell.

The biggest rule is you can't get close to the net. But of all the times I have actually played pickleball I can't find real consistency in how that's applied. It's like traveling in basketball sometimes you can take like 3 steps and sometimes it results in like 4 people screaming at me.

I don't understand the rules!!!

I have a friend that used to play in a finance bro squash and apparently that's just as bad. I guess when you can't lax in winter you squash and squash HARD

I played pickleball in a rec center in Queens like two years ago. It was crazy competitive. You miss a shot and have a bunch of 65 year olds screaming at you in mandarin. I was like daaaamn this isn't my game. People take it super seriously. And here I am like...y'all know this is a whiffleball right?

My friend had an all cash offer over aksing in a similar situation and the board rejected the sale. Co-op board can be epic assholes.

But they will just be back on the streets in 72 hours up to 15 days. And they just get better at hiding from treatment. That's why a bunch of clinicians were quoted in the Goldstein article yesterday claiming what a poor idea this is. It will likely make the problem worse in the long run. Discharging people back to the street or a homeless shelter while overburdening an already stressed inpatient psych system is a terrible idea. There aren't beds for people who ARE suicidal and homicidal. Now those people will be lined up in ED hallways and on med surg floors because the cops are rounding up the homeless and turning Hospitals in de facto shelters.

We should build the mental health infrastructure people need instead of doing something counter productive that has the potential to break and already fragile system.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertive_community_treatment

Doctors order haldol for pretty much every psych patient in NYC. You in the CPEP? You are getting a haldol cocktail

There used to be a provision for front line health care workers in public hospitals that tied their pay to a specific list of comparable titles in private hospitals. It was suspended in 2006 by Bloomberg's OLR and has never been reactivated.

As of June 2020, RN license grantees are required to hold a BSN to be hired even as a med surg staff nurse (which wasn't always the case) so I imagine the parity provisions will be back sooner rather than later.

Treat them appropriately with assertive community treatment in supportive housing.

Jail and 72 inpatient psych holds don't work. We've been doing that for decades.

Tons of restaurants are open in Christmas Day, NYC has a massive Jewish population, Christmas is not quite the thing it is everywhere else. Traditional 'Christmas' dinner is Chinese dumplings and noodles. Flushing is usually quite busy with food tourists.

deBlasio asked them to stop targeting black people and then went on an 8 year press campaign against him in the NYPost that made him the least popular mayor in NYC history.

No politician will EVER try to reform the police again. Just like no politician will ever try to embed mental health programs in existing city agencies and services. They all learned what the punishment is from watching deBlasio.

This is the same precinct that can't find the guy harassing people and beating dogs to death in the Park because they don't answer 911 calls right?

huh? did you mean to say "cars?"

Yeah considering they still have parking minimums that take up like 20 times the space I'm sure all the developers will revolt at a bike room

If you go to the ED you will only be held as an inpatient if they determine you are a danger to yourself or others. But in a non life or death situation like psychosis or something very acute - the ED will only tell you to follow up with an outpatient care provider.

One of your best options is NYC Health and Hospitals Express Care system. Go to expresscare.nyc

They take Medicaid or the NYS Essential Plan as payment. If you aren't signed up for either they will help you sign up. If you don't qualify for either and have to pay out of pocket, it's a flat rate of $125. But if you are single parent I think you qualify. Even if you don't have a valid visa or green card - they can help.

Once you have even a telehealth visit with them they can get you in for follow up care and help you manage your mental health. They want to make sure you don't end up in the ED with suicidal ideation.

Take care of yourself, your mental health is as important as your physical health.