PAStaff06

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1. So fed up:( Could use some help:(

   PAStaff06 replied to Nikelbee's topic in Pennsylvania

   Pennsylvania does not have a nurse-to-patient ratio law. Nurses have been fighting to get one passed for over five years but certain politicians in Harrisburg have found all kinds of slippery ways to side-step the issue...I guess the hospitals have ...

2. Salary Variance By State

   PAStaff06 replied to gmlovesbh's topic in Pennsylvania

   The current wage scale at Crozer-Chester Medical Center (just south of Philadelphia) start at 28.42, for a nurse at one year is 29.30 and 30.22 at two years...the wage scale tops out at 44.54 for 24 years. Will go up in June '07. The Weekend Program...

3. Hershey Medical Center

   PAStaff06 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Pennsylvania

   I haven't heard about a CRNA school at Hershey but I know that there was talk of offering a pretty nice package to Hershey nurses that want to go back to school and become a CRNA (time off, paid tuition, etc.)...a lot of HMC nurses are interested so ...

4. Philly area new grad pay

   PAStaff06 replied to ER1010's topic in Pennsylvania

   Currently the GN start rate at Crozer-Chester Medical Center is 27.48 and the start rate is 28.42. This may be the highest in the area? Next summer they go to 28.58 and 29.56 respectively. Crozer is south of the city in Chester, near Widener Unive...

5. Hershey Medical Center

   PAStaff06 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Pennsylvania

   Positions at Hershey are getting harder to come by, their vacancy rate has been going down and there aren't as many positions open as a few years ago. It is a nice place to work with good benefits all around, especially pay and retirement compared to...

6. Question about Family Medical Leave Act

   PAStaff06 replied to lifesaverwv's topic in Activism

   Your right, generally speaking it is quite difficult to prove that a chronic knee, hip or back injury is work related. Without a specific incident to point to...it can be difficult to prove. I do know of a nurse from the Pottsville area that is lit...

7. Too many nurses not enough jobs

   PAStaff06 replied to DONN's topic in Pennsylvania

   I'm sorry to hear about the cost cutting going on up in the Erie area but I can tell you that this is the only part of PA that I've heard of a nursing surplus. Pretty much everywhere else, wages are rising and various incentives are available because...

8. 9 N.J hosipitals to be struck June 2

   PAStaff06 replied to mark hamel's topic in Activism

   As the average age of the nursing work force continues to creep towards fifty, the issue of retiree health insurance becomes all the more important. How many nurses are capable of working until 65 or 67 after thirty years of wear and tear at the beds...

9. Question about Family Medical Leave Act

   PAStaff06 replied to lifesaverwv's topic in Activism

   You should be entitled to use intermittent FMLA leave (ie: a few hours a day off) until the 12 days have been used up. It is also possible that you may be coming up on additional FMLA hours but this would depend on when you took your previous medica...