DannyBoy8

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  1. Agreed, but even if it includes benefits the report is still overestimating the cost of salary + benefits at $870 million. $94k x 5900 RNs (number of additional nurses needed)= $550 million. Let's...
  2. The MA staffing proposition includes monetary penalties for violating the mandated
  3. The ballot initiative won't be taking away nurses involvement in assignment making, instead it will ensure they have enough nurses to make those
  4. Let's be clear, this ballot initiative is not equivalent to the 'government' having its hand in anything, as the ANA wants everyone to think. This is a grassroots effort by nurses that has been...
  5. Federal Nurse Staffing Bill Comparison

    The ANA is gutless. Get ratios on the ballot as a proposition like they've done in
  6. ,crackle and
  7. Marijuana

    Was "your friend" a daily smoker, or did they just partake one time at a party, etc.? I know plenty of nurses who smoke and then pass their drug tests, but they aren't blazing up a storm each and...
  8. Would she get the double edged joke if we sent Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN a can of Campbell's Chicken alphabet
  9. They've gone
  10. Job Market for RNs in Massachusetts?

    Voting in favor of the nurse staffing ballot initiative wouldn't hurt your
  11. Massachusetts voters will hopefully see a 'nurse staffing act' on the ballot this November (pending a lawsuit from the opposition). A recent informal poll by the Boston Globe shows significant...
  12. Yes, the ANA opposes this ballot initiative. Why? IMO, they're a fickle organization when they don't get the attention. They've been parading their own version of a staffing act around since the...
  13. Massachusetts will likely vote on the issue this November. Unsurprisingly, the Boston Globe featured a rather poorly written, one-sided, article on the matter - leaving out the meat & potatoes....
  14. Massachusetts will likely vote on a ballot initiative this
  15. RN with medical marijuana card

    MunoRN hitting the nail on the head with regard to position statements. There is a big difference between a positive urine screen (which only establishes prior use), and a positive blood test (which...