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  1. Any new grad jobs?

    lee1 replied to Ashley2011's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    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...

  2. NG jobless for 8 months, is there hope?

    lee1 replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing

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

  3. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    lee1 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi all, Just want to know if any of you have been involved in a new computer roll out in your hospital where bedside paper charting is being eliminated and all done in the computer----eclypsis,...

  4. NG jobless for 8 months, is there hope?

    lee1 replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing

    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

  5. NY and NJ to become BSN only?

    lee1 replied to guiltysins's topic in New Jersey Nursing

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

  6. anyone working with VAD patients?

    lee1 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all, I am a cardiac rehab nurse. We are now accepting for the first time VAD patients into our outpt center. Does anyone here work in a hospital where inpatients are seen by Cardiac Rehab???...

  7. NJ Hospital and Starting Salary

    lee1 replied to A.Manning's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Many contracts are online, here is the link to one

  8. NJ Hospital and Starting Salary

    lee1 replied to A.Manning's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    How much is the city tax

  9. anyone working with VAD patients?

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't remember EVER saying that contributions were not helpful. Where did that come

  10. lpn wants to be lactation consultant

    lee1 replied to bloomscoot's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I live a lactation consultant is a MSN prepared nurse with special

  11. anyone working with VAD patients?

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks, I am at a heart tx center, but that does not mean that our Cardiac Rehab has had exposure to these patients. It is JUST BEGINNING. Do you have a outpt cardiac rehab program that is taking...

  12. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    I think you must be working in the wrong PLACE !!!! Can you change locations???? Sometimes it is hard to delegate to people, it takes a skill to work with others that develops over time. People...

  13. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you ever read the book "Code Green" Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) by Dana Beth Weinberg and Suzanne Gordon Read why...

  14. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a job like everyone else. Why should there be multiple types of schooling to get your RN? There are NOT multiple types of schools to become PT, OT, Dieticians, social workers, pharmacist,...

  15. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    lee1 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a critical care nurse over 40 years. Many times I have had the police drive me in, BUT, of course, they will not take you home so you are stuck there. HOWEVER, if you have children who...

  16. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    There is only one type of training, now both are requiring PhDs while we still are barely educated with our ADN and Diplomas. Don't get me wrong, both programs produce excellent nurses but it is now...

  17. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    I still strongly believe that the BSN is the way to go for education. Eliminate the diploma, ADN. look what is required now for PT, Pharmacy. We want to be considered as professionals, which I...

  18. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    lee1 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    A national nursing union, like the teachers, cops, docs National license 55 as the retirement age WITH retirement benefits !!!! Do I have to ask my patients to move over so I can lay down a few...

  19. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    lee1 replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    There is always anonymous phone calls to the State Department of Labor. If this is a persistent problem where you work, this is what you need to do. If you have a union a STAT call to your union...

  20. Best and Worst of working CCU

    lee1 replied to pilpusher's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    families/patients who do not want to admit that the end is near and want everything done even if in your opinion you feel as if you are torturing the patient. Docs who don't know how to talk honestly...

  21. How visible are your patients in your ICU?

    lee1 replied to bobarb's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I think the best setups are when the nursing station is in the middle with the front wall of the patient's rooms made of glass and you can see into them. I agree with the above poster, that you as the...

  22. I think I'm too slow for Critical Care...

    lee1 replied to GucciRN22's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    AS a critical care nurse for over 40 years working primarily CCU in a high acuity transplant center I think that you need to stick with it some more. You NEVER learn everything as the medical world...

  23. Background Check at First Interview? Should I go?

    lee1 replied to nascentRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I think that the problems that surfaced after the Cullen affair have heightened awareness for hospitals. These issues have resulted now in background checks for everyone. My hospital has done them...

  24. cardiac rehab nursing

    lee1 replied to peahen10's topic in Cardiac

    I am a RN, we all share job responsiblities BUT since we are NOT trained in resistance exercise, we leave that to our EP. Our EP does NOT have the type of clinical experience we have with heart...

  25. LVAD and Cardiac rehab

    lee1 replied to lee1's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks again for the info, we are watching him carefully, at this point he only needs to use the O2 when he is exercising. He is listed 1B, but then he is type O, which puts him further down on the...