St. Barnabas Med Center

[promises]

New grad here and looking for a job, just wanted to ask if St. Barnabas is a good place to work.

Thanks.

[EnergizerNurse]

What are salaries like for new hires at St Barnabus? New grads?

Also, are nurses unionized there?

[msweezer]

$28 and change

no union I believe

[t2000JC]

the nurses are unionized.

[dkd_deedee]

Hello, I am also from manila (a fresh grad) and I am interested in working for one of the SBHCS hospitals. May I ask what agency you used, or if you were directly hired? I am currently processing my eligibility for nclex. I would be interested in knowing what steps you took in attaining a place at SBHCS. A friend of mine has a mom who works in the heart transplant OR, and she said that direct hiring is possible, as long as we have passed all the required exams. I hope you can shed some light on my inquiry. It would be very helpful to know what to do next. Thanks :nuke:

i work @ mmc, one sbhcs hospitals. i dont think they sponsor local hiring of foreign nurses for visas. they sponsor visas for nurses outside the US. im from manila, they sponsored my immigrant visa.

[PyxisPrincess]

St. Barnabas has several fine hospitals but they also have a few worth avoiding just for the internal politics. Community Medical Center in Ocean County is one of them. (They did just file for a union vote, though, so things might change for the better.)

[MegRyanGirl]

What's the whole thing with being unionized? I don't understand how that system works. I mean, how does being unionized or not being unionized affect the nurses? What's better?