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  1. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    CA just announced a one day strike on June 10th

  2. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Oh, well that would be nice. I admittedly don't know a lot about this stuff, very complicated. Thanks for clearing that

  3. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I think they are FILING for ULP but it takes time to find out it is deemed ULP or not. We are hoping for that but my understanding is that we do not know for sure just yet. I could be wrong. I also...

  4. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    livesinscrubs replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    this was answered in another thread so please disregaurd. not sure how to

  5. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thanks for addressing this, we are actually having a meeting tomorrow that will address these questions. I think I should be good but just wanted to have a back up plan just in case, been trying to...

  6. RN-BSN in MN

    livesinscrubs replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    I will probably take you up on that offer. I will need a math of some sort because I never took a math in college, other than that I should be set, just waiting for my transcripts to come over. Thanks...

  7. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    livesinscrubs replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Congrats to Temple and Thank You! I work in MN and we vote on our contract next week. I have some questions to ask that for some reason or other aren't being answered by my union (or at least they say...

  8. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    To anyone who has been though a strike before, how do you access the striking fund? We still haven't received info on that yet and are told they are 'working on it' I went to MNA and asked so now I...

  9. RN-BSN in MN

    livesinscrubs replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend at work who just finished at Bethel and she had nothing but great things to say about it. I just filled out the online app and am waiting on my transcripts to go through. I had micro...

  10. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    livesinscrubs replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have to agree with Leyla. Many of us feel the same

  11. There won't be any raises this year

    livesinscrubs replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    We got our 'raise' this year due to our contract (we are unionized) but in reality we really didn't get one due to annual increases in our insurance (about 3 years now) I for one, am not complaining....

  12. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    livesinscrubs replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job. I'm very good at it, couldn't see changing careers at this point so I would say I would stay in this profession, salary cap or not ( hypothetically speaking of

  13. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    livesinscrubs replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Very small difference in pay in most places, but as others have mentioned, there are more things to consider than just pay. I currently work in a magnet hospital, love it here, the best place I have...

  14. Holding with UAC/UVC lines

    livesinscrubs replied to HurleyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we really encourage kangaroo care at our facility and if the infant is stable then we allow them to be held with lines, vents etc... we just monitor very closely, usually mother and baby are very...

  15. Why would a facility over-hire nurses?

    livesinscrubs replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital is using the same practice, a few years ago we were able to get all the overtime we wanted, many times i could call at 3p to see if they needed help at 7 p and they would say YES PLEASE....

  16. Scandal...I may have my license revoked? help

    livesinscrubs replied to enmack's topic in General Nursing

    i cant see you getting your license revoked for that. i think you should be ok.. it sounded like a chain of events and not just one person who messed up.i would point that out and also point out that...

  17. Are there any rn jobs in minnesota

    livesinscrubs replied to Janet Rawlinson's topic in General Nursing

    sad to say many hospitals in this area are laying off nurses, not hiring or cutting hours.. someone told me that home health may be hiring.. i didn't look into myself so i wouldn't know. some places...

  18. Layoffs in Overstaffed Twin Cities Hospitals?

    livesinscrubs replied to sam1998's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital we have shut down an entire floor and laid off some nurses, and it seems we may even have a new round of layoffs if our census does not pick up, we had some fresh grads let go before...