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  1. If you read the note completely it said that she told me after the fact. I did feel uncomfortable working in those conditions and I did resign from that particular place. I have many years of...
  2. So, you are trying to get better out of network for nonemergency care? I agree with Zashagalka that will cost them much money. How about just one
  3. What do the nurses think they will get when negotiations resume? Do you know that you can possibly lose things
  4. I think you may need to be very careful what type of nursing you do. For example, I worked in a small community ER. I was one of 2 RNs. Guess what, the other RN had epilepsy and one evening had a...
  5. Hi all, just wondering what kind of health benefits you get from your employer and how much or if you have to pay for them. For example do you know what your copays,deductibles, caps are on your...
  6. RN hospital health benefits

    I wonder if they have trouble affording that type of pay. $420/month for a CNA who probably makes less than $12/hr????? Even LPNs do not make as much as
  7. RN hospital health benefits

    anyone paying penalites for going out of their system, for out of network care???? I understand deductibles, I mean a large copay or
  8. How did you lose your Magnet status, I thought that would be lost only if there was a definite labor violation??? You mean the hospital administration should have/could have moved out the PICU???...
  9. RN hospital health benefits

    So, are there any RNS here who do NOT pay for health care from their employer hospital??? Should RNs as the frontline caregiver have to pay for healthcare
  10. Why did so many nurses vote "NO". What exactly is the issue powerful enough to go on
  11. The strike starts Thursday August 24 at 7am. Last negotiation talks failed on Sunday August 20. Health care benefits are the
  12. http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060729/NEWS/607290376/1001 City hospital, nurses meet Monday on contract Home News Tribune Online 07/29/06 By DAVID STEGON STAFF WRITER...
  13. NJ hospital contract talks

    strike notice given http://thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060803/NEWS/60803010 Nurses set 10-day strike deadline at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Home News Tribune Online 08/3/06 By...
  14. your insurance costs

    HI all, Just want to know. Do YOU as the the staff RN pay for your medical insurance at the hospital where you work? Do you pay something?? or Nothing??? Is it for yourself or your family??? Do...
  15. Hackensack, JFK Med Center, RW Johnson Hospitals

    Believe me Magnet does not guarentee good leadership. It shows great nurses at the bedside but unfortunately leadership which should be important it does not really
  16. your insurance costs

    that is reasurring to know but let me tell you it still makes the frontline ICU nurses crazy. So, what was the opinion about nurses-------should they NOT have to pay anything or should they have to...
  17. your insurance costs

    Yes, the hospital offers immunizations, however, frontline staff RNs cannot refuse to take care of patients that they are assigned to unless they fall into some rare categories------no...
  18. Hackensack, JFK Med Center, RW Johnson Hospitals

    Where do you want to work. The above Hackensack is far from Robert Wood in New Brunswick. JFK is in between somewhat. RWJUH is a hi acuity fast paced hospital. Is that what you want? It is a...
  19. Italian nurses

    I would think that in many major cities like Rome,Italy it is fairly easy to find nurses who speak English and tourism is that cities major business. I have family in Italy but noone in the nursing...
  20. There is NO affiliation between St. Peters and RWJUH St. Peters is good if you are a new grad and want to work in a less intense enviornment RWJUH is high acuity, doing more state of the art,...
  21. What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    have you looked at the 990 forms from your hospital. Have you seen the overflated salaries that the business suits
  22. What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    I make $42/hr plus benefits. I am a staff nurse. I am at the top of experience and longevity scales. However, my house is over 25 years old and now worth approx. $480,000. My property taxes are...
  23. i live in the area, is this supposed to be some type of
  24. And here is the rub----the techs/CNA whatever you call them ONLY want to do the "tech"work also, like the glucoscans, vital signs, pheblotomy, in/outs etc. They don't want to do the bedbaths,...
  25. Have you really seen a family pitch in and help out?? We do not encourage that as a society of nurses, at least not the experience that I have had, possibly because I worked in an ICU setting and...