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professor of nursing

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  1. Joy In Striking???

    Angel, How do you think this problem can be fixed. Especially the nursing vacancies. It's not an money issue per say. What would make the difference, what would make a nurse come to your hospital and stay?
  2. Joy In Striking???

    Interestingly enough, the only area hospital that has mandation is a union hospital! My experience as a nurse has been a much different one. We did not need to be mandated, and no I don't believe nurses should be mandated. But for some reason we a...
  3. Joy In Striking???

    I meant , not to DIS-respect
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  5. Joy In Striking???

    Well, let me tell you- I have 25 years of inner city nursing behind me, I have walked the walk and talked the talk, and believe me, I see what my new grads are making, which by the way is a lot more than I make in academia. But- I am willing to forgo...
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  7. Joy In Striking???

    Angel, Think about it, in your institution! The "weekenders" are making 39+ per hour , then pick up bonus shhifts during the week. It adds up real fast! Not to mention that the new grads received 20,000$ sign on bonuses, although I did not factor th...
  8. Joy In Striking???

    You are not entirely correct, the ANA is not a Union, nor is CNA. Just as PNA is NOT a union and in fact they are of late disengaging themselves form union activities
  9. Joy In Striking???

    I am all for coalition building, I am none too fond of unions!
  10. Joy In Striking???

    Space Nurse, Thank you - it's amazing the change we are capable of when we work together with a patient focus!
  11. Joy In Striking???

    I do not mean to malign those who are employed as blue collar workers, but dealing with the most intimate aspects of peoples lives is certainly not the same as laying bricks. WE are "white collar" in the sense that we are not a trade, rather we are ...
  12. Joy In Striking???

    Dawn, You are correct that it is hard work, and our nurses here in Philly are doing quite a bit better financially than you all in Wyoming. We have new grads making 72-78,000/year. Far more than I made in advanced practice where I had alot of accoun...
  13. Joy In Striking???

    "Well said. Its amazing the "new nurses" who think everyone else is a mean bully out to screw them." Dawn, It is not just a perception, you would be amazed the at the shabby way some nurses treat students and new grads. It's shameful! We have more...
  14. Joy In Striking???

    "Hence, the nursing shortage? Maybe young people today want to be compensated for the work they do?" Gingerzoe, I would like to make the argument that it is not the lack of compensation that has discouraged young people from careers in nursing, it i...
  15. Joy In Striking???

    Dear GingerZoe, Considering the educational level of many staff nurses, they are well compensated. There are very few people with commeasurate levels of education who are paid as well as nurses with diploma and associate degrees. I fully understand ...