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I hate to tell you this, but your kids are going to get way more sick at school than from you;) ! Wait until you see the condition other parents send their kids to school in. Burns me up :angryfire !!

I have shivers up my spine just reading this. Is this a hospital or surgical center (not that it really matters, just curious!) I'm not kidding, you cannot go back there! I have heard of poor staffing before, but this is ridiculous! I feel that n...

Wow! I think you worked in MY ambulatory surgery unit, since it sounds exactly the same. The most miserable bunch of people I have ever worked with in my life, and probably the cushiest job in the whole hospital (most of the time). (By the way, th...

Ours is posted 6 weeks ahead, but that is in our contract. I need to start thinking ahead to spring already!

I think its pretty unprofessional to make reference to your personal financial situation, or needing to make more money. Just thank them for the opportunity they have provided you, but you have decided to pursue other opportunities. Be very careful...

Magnet is nothing but a huge PR joke. It means absolutely NOTHING to staff nurses.

I totally agree. Nursing is NOT my calling but my profession. I am not quite that angelic!

I have found many times that when somebody asks me if I need help, the answer is expected to be NO!:roll Thats probably what happened in your case. The person just wanted to look good for offering!

All I can say about this, from my personal experience, while in labor with my third daughter, after 21 hours of being NPO (yes, I said 21 hours!) I was craving apple juice so much that I was sometimes thinking about apple juice more that delivering! ...

Thats really unfair. In my hospital we have to work an eve and a day, i.e. Christmas eve AND New Years day, New Years eve AND Christmas day, or Christmas eve and Christmas day or New Years eve and New Years day. It is totally based on seniority so ...

Just wondering, are you still planning to reject the contract as you stated earlier, or have you changed your mind?

First of all, I have not seen anyone use vulgarity on this site, and that one reason why I like it. Secondly, when people have to start insulting others, such as "you're not too bright", its because they can't think of anything more intelligent to sa...

Please do not lower yourself to vulgarity and insults. Thank you.

Certainly you are entitled to your opinion, but then say it is YOUR opinion. If you are not on the negotiating committee your statement that the committee "feels beaten" and "are hoping we vote for the contract" are out of line. By the way, I, lik...

Sorry, but I don't think this is something we needed to have posted on a board for administration to see.

That is soooo creepy!!! I have never heard of that. RUN.... and don't look back!

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I have to agree with you about the agency contract thing. Why would they do that? My biggest concern with the new contract is still if you have a procedure at RWJ, but no RWJ docs that do that procedure take Qualcare, you could still be out 10's o...

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Yes, I need ALL the facts before I decide how I will vote. Of course! Do I want to be on strike indefinitely? Of course NOT! Trust me, if we accept the contract there will not be any "continuing improvements". Whatever it is is what it will be. ...

Well, I need to find out more about this at the meeting. Obviously there are some improvements, but there is still the choice issue, since coverage at other hospitals is for services not provided at RWJ. There are basically no services that are not...

:yelclap: :yelclap: buh bye! :lol_hitti

Absolutely new nurses would be considered a scab! Additionally, if I was a new grad and wanted to protect my shiny new license, I would not want to be precepted by someone who is been in the facility for 3 wks, or a manager who has not touched a pat...

I would like to know how YOUR income is suffering when you are not a nurse. However, you are correct that the hospital is losing.

Do you deny that the situation is dangerous or that there has been an interruption of care? While I have never seen that document nor passed that or anything else out to my patients, sounds to me like RWJ nurses once again advocating for the safe ca...