tn1728

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1. UCLA New Grad Program 2010

   tn1728 replied to MVJ0221's topic in New Nurse

   whoops!

2. Nurses working without health insurance

   tn1728 replied to linguine's topic in Activism

   One of the new healthcare laws that went into effect this month, was to allow children under the age of 26 to be on their parents insurance policies- not sure what your premiums would be where you work, but it could be an option.

3. Ethical? Nursing + commission

   tn1728 replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in General Nursing

   I guess it also depends on the state medical boards. In California, payments based on either a per patient basis or on what they spend on medical procedures can be considered fee-splitting which is not legal. As far as I know there is not an issue...

4. 12 hour shifts in California for LVNs - Overtime calculation?

   tn1728 replied to LPN_e2010's topic in California

   GM2RN- we are both correct about the holiday pay, if she actually worked on the holiday then those hours worked would count towards overtime. I was talking about companies that actually pay their workers for a holiday and do not make them work, then...

5. 12 hour shifts in California for LVNs - Overtime calculation?

   tn1728 replied to LPN_e2010's topic in California

   The hospital you work at may have an alternative work week that was voted on and put in place prior to your working there. If they did it right, you would work for straight time for 12 hours per day. Overtime is still paid for any time worked over...

6. Seriously...more supply than demand?

   tn1728 replied to Ambi Dextrose's topic in General Nursing

   If you bothered to research your claim you might have found that President Obama wasn't the first president to talk about nurses! Even Meg Whitman®, who is running for California Governor talked this year about the current nursing shortage. The job...

7. What the president and the ANA says about our health care "reform" UP TO DATE INFO

   tn1728 replied to female12233's topic in Activism

   There have been quite a few lawyers in our History that were elected President- Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR, Monroe, Madison, Adams, FDR, Nixon- a total of 25 of our Presidents were Lawyers. For followers of a political party to now spout that electing ...