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Get as much education as you can. Experience will always come, although some hospitals will offer tuition reimbursement but when you get to the MSN level it does not really help as much.

The hospital offers a free special lunch/dinner to all employees in the large atrium with the chance to win prizes. Depending on your unit manager, a small gift or nothing. Last few years though...

No, not just a RN but I could have seen being a APN. Now retired RN for 2 months.

Hopefully, in the near future, the ADN schools should be taking a hard look at the graduates they are turning out and the issue that they cannot find jobs. These schools should be eliminated or...

In NJ, if you are unable to find work as a RN, especially being just out of school and do not have a BSN but have ADN, are you allowed to work as a hospital tech----? Is there something about...

Congratulations, hope that you get the job you want. Cardiac Rehab pts run the gamut of all types of cardiovascular disease plus the risk factors that go along with this. Your job will probably be...

Which 2nd insurance have you all found to be the best, but not cost an arm and a leg/month??? Any comments???

Just be carefull if you are setting up a new position for this type of employee. One of the problems I found in the ICU I worked was that the techs had tooooo many tech jobs they could do (blood...

I have trouble believing that a NJ hospital is listed in any way, toooooo many nurses cannot find jobs in this state. BTW, isn't Shusterman a recruiting agency/lawyer specializng in immigration

i agree with everyone's comment, we certainly do NOT need anymore foreign nurses at this time until we can supply jobs for the graduates we currently have. We certainly do NOT need any foreign...

This is a recent article on staffing although it does not differeniate regular versus safety net hospitals. I think the whole issue is dedicated to staffing "Staffing was once thought of as a...

I know several NJ hospitals are now doing this. Does anyone know which ones besides RWJUH New Brunswick and I think Hackensack???

Which hospitals in NJ are now hiring ONLY BSN??? How does that bode for nurses going to ADN programs??? If BSN is so important why are the the state license exams the same????

How many of you work in Magnet credentialed hospitals and these staffing issues are still going on?????

Patient Safety Is Not Improving in Hospitals, Study Finds - NYTimes.com Efforts to make hospitals safer for patients are falling short, researchers report in the first large study in a decade to...

Do any of you belong to the NJSNA-------------New Jersey State Nursing Association???? They send via email job offerings that occur. Also, if you belonged as a student it might help you with...

I think that if you have a "temporary visa", that visa can be terminated if there no further need and it can be proven that there are Americans who can fill the jobs. Yes, your Congressmen, etc....

I agree, I am a RN with over 43 years experience. This debate of ADN/BSN has been going on for more than 40 years. It is ridiculous even have such a waste of time to debate it. From the very...

How can a NEW hospital have Magnet status. OBW, Magnet prefers BSN

How is nursing at this hospital?

Not much you can do unless all those nurses who are here on temporary visas go home. I don't think we need to import any nurses anymore, we are saturated

I would certainly hope that with SOOOO many nurses coming out of AMERICAN schools that the importation of foreign nurses has stopped and visas that were once opened are NOW CLOSED !!! I would also...

the bill did NOT go to the legislature. So no time soon is my guess.

Nurses that are currently working short staffed have many things they can do at their fingertips. They can anonymously call the state board of health, they can call MAGNET if their hospital is so...

This topic has been going on for 40 years. Hospitals are always CRYING shortage. It is shameful to have so many new AMERICAN grads unable to find jobs. If you are here on a temporary visa, then it...