billzie

billzie

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  1. Working 36 hrs/wk

    Please let me know where this is! You can em or pm me with the info. I might be returning to Chicago if the planets are aligned and something of a miracle were to happen in my personal life. This kind of deal sounds like something to look in to. ...
  2. C.E. sources needed.

    Howdy folks, my wife and I (both RNs) moved to SE Ohio, Athens, from Chicago a little over a year ago. We came from a large hosp that offered all kinds of potential C.E. thougout the year and throughout the system. The system required X amount of C...
  3. I got in!

    Congrats to you. I attended a different school in IL. I don't know why the OH programs are delaying admissions, this isn't the case in IL, schools are begging for applicants there. IMHO, I try to steer would be nursing students inot rad tech program...
  4. Where do you buy your scrubs?

    When I lived in Chicago I bought from Uniforms To You (UTY, and owned by Cintas). Twice a year they have a good 30% off sale, that's when I special ordered my Landau pants (cargo side pockets, eleastic and drawstring waist) and UTY tops. I'm a big ...
  5. Howdy folks! My wife and I are looking for BLS and ACLS certification sites in SE Ohio, in particular we are in Athens. We were a bit remiss in our recerts, thought we were good until June, but "DOH" :selfbonk: expired in April. We haven't worked ...
  6. S.E. Ohio, Athens area R.N. job info needed.

    First off, thanks everyone for your input, it'll definitely help in our job search. Why Athens??? Well, I've been trying to leave Chicago for the better part of the last 10 years. We (wife and I) finally made the decision to leave and stick to it. ...
  7. Any help will be greatly appreciated... My wife and I are recent transplants from Chicago to Athens, Ohio. We are both R.N.s with experience in home health/private duty, and experience in med/surg and surg/tele, respectively. We would like any info,...
  8. Nursing Books

    Nursing books are all different, however the content will be very similar, it's just how it is presented. The books you will NEED will be determined by what school you ultimately choose, the state has no bearing on this, it is the school. If you ar...
  9. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    Thom, I'm seeing your post having just come home at 1430, I worked 1900 to 0900 last night and then went to breakfast with one of the union organizers and then to the union office to give my affitdavit (sp?) to the National Labor Relations Board boar...
  10. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    Yes, Chicago is ironically a union town in about every trade and profession, just not in healthcare, only a handful of hospitals and those are usually gov or univ. I would have to agree that money is not the key issue here. Patient issues are high o...
  11. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    Howdy again folks and sorry for the delay, sometimes life gets in the way... I attended the open house for our organizing commitee on the first day in the early hours 0800-1200, so I did not see much action and was a little dissappointed in the turno...
  12. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    Thanks again folks for all of your input and support. I was able to find this response from the former co-workers of the RN that the hospital brought in to bad mouth the union: http://216.239.57.104/search?hl=en&q=cache:fMCkVu507sQC:http://www.k...
  13. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    -jt, Thanks for your insight. I've talked around my unit and have found, like with most issues, there are three factions: strongly anti-union, pro-union, and the passive. I've also searched other posts on this board and generally have found just ...
  14. Looking for union organizing info (newbie here)

    An all nurses union would have been great as far as I'm concerned, however, the union that is campaigning here is an all inclusive one. I really don't mind that too much, due to the size that our chapter will be we will have more than enough nursing...
  15. Howdy folks! I'm a newbie here and I look forward to learning from this BB often. I'm a surgical tele nurse 2 years out of school and I work at the largest Catholic hospital "chain" in Illinois. We have begun the long, slow work of organizing a un...