scottp118

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1. Minnesota Nurses Please Respond!!!!!!!!

   scottp118 replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

   The article about nurse overcrowding in MN somehow scared me a little, even though I'm in MD and know it probably shouldn't have. Here's a link to Newsday, but the article was in MANY newspapers: http://www.newsday.com/news/health/wire/sns-ap-too-man...

2. Don't know how to answer this question...

   scottp118 replied to boulergirl's topic in General Nursing

   I just read recently that 47 percent of the current U.S. med school enrollees are women. Right around the same percentage for law school, too. I think the only area of higher education where women were still underrepresented was grad school for the "...

3. What would you do in my situation...?

   scottp118 replied to Nurse Ratchet's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, Dixielee and husband, that was a *fantastic* post. It could not have been said better. Thank you for taking the time to write that! And to the original poster, I'm going to tag along with them and just say "what they said!" It is true, people ar...

4. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

   scottp118 replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

   It's been a while since I've thought long and hard about labor law/federalism/etc., (hey, it's not something I do for fun!), but my recollection is that federal law completely preempts state labor law in only a few specific areas, those where the fed...

5. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

   scottp118 replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

   To me, the key phrase in that whole paragraph is "if paid on a salary basis," and I think that offers more security to typical RN's than lots of people are thinking. Yes, that gets us back to your original post, and the ANA's concerns about the highe...

6. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

   scottp118 replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for posting that link Lizz. Very informative! My understanding though (and keep in mind, I have been wrong before!) is that the provision the ANA is speaking of in that policy statement (the DOL provision which allowed certain learned professi...

7. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

   scottp118 replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

   Question: What percentage of RN's are salaried, and what percentage are paid by the hour? My assumption is that the VERY LARGE majority of nurses "in the trenches" are paid hourly, no? (It seems this would almost HAVE to be the case.) And it's not un...

8. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

   scottp118 replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

   One thing no one has specifically mentioned... these new overtime rules were not adopted by CONGRESS; this was all done administratively, completely within Bush's executive branch. (These aren't new overtime "laws," in other words, but are "just" reg...

9. Changing specialties - how difficult is it?

   scottp118 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone. I'm new to this board, and can't quit reading all the great posts. (What a fantastic resource!) I'm switching careers, start an accelerated BSN program in about 2 weeks, and have what is probably a naive question. But I'll go ahead and a...

10. Leaving the Law

    scottp118 replied to November's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there! Just to let you know, there ARE others like you. I'm also leaving the practice of law (general practice, insurance litigation) to start over in nursing. I find it really comforting to hear that there are others making the same decision, an...