Kinepeli

Latest Activity

1. Bringing the old unit to the new one

   Kinepeli replied to Kinepeli's topic in ADN/BSN

   My point in saying that is I'm not interested in folks just venting. In order for me to gain insight into what I would like to document in a paper, debate isn't really what I need, either - that's why the structure of the questions are fairly specifi...

2. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

   Kinepeli replied to foreverLaur's topic in ADN/BSN

   I honestly can't say I see a difference as an employee. When I was in nursing school and knew that the institution was Magnet designated, it did make me want to work there more - because of what the Magnet statement includes (shared governance, clini...

3. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

   Kinepeli replied to foreverLaur's topic in ADN/BSN

   I work for a Magnet facility - we just received our fourth re-designation. Magnet designation gives an institution bragging rights in that most RNs are retained for longer periods of time. Magnet facilities promote direct input from their nursing sta...

4. Bringing the old unit to the new one

   Kinepeli posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   Our very small unit has people who stay forever - which is why positions are rarely posted. We have a new staff member who joined us from a very large unit in the hospital about a year ago. She worked with us as resource helping out when we needed mo...