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  1. NJ staffing legislation

    trita posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    undefined Just wondering if people know about the staffing disclosure bill that was passed by the NJ state legislature last month. Also, staffing ratio bills have been introduced in both the state...

  2. NJ Staffing Disclosure Law signed by Governor!

    trita posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    On Monday, January 24, 2005, NJ Acting Governore Cody signed the Staffing Disclosure Bill. This bill requires posting each shift of the patient census, # of RNs actually doing patient care, as well as...

  3. NJ staffing legislation

    trita replied to trita's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Here is a good article about hospitals meeting ratio requirements (Where there is a will, there is a way!) Some Hospitals Met Nurse Ratios By Jia-Rui Chong Los Angeles Times February 6, 2005...

  4. New Jersey Staffing Disclosure Law

    trita posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    On Monday, January 24, 2005, NJ Acting Governore Cody signed the Staffing Disclosure Bill. This bill requires posting each shift of the patient census, # of RNs actually doing patient care, as well as...

  5. New Jersey Staffing Disclosure Law

    trita replied to trita's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have been successful in getting a bill INTRODUCED that has good minimum staffing levels and accounts for acuity -- which both would assure more nurses working. However, it will take lots of hard...

  6. New Jersey Staffing Disclosure Law

    trita replied to trita's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  7. Employers ignore "safe workplace" issues.

    trita replied to jenruth's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Union" means coming together, uniting, backing each other. In order to have the legal protection that forces management to live up to agreements, you have to get a contract. In order to have good...

  8. NJ staffing legislation

    trita replied to trita's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yes, I have heard the hospitals are putting out a lot of untrue propaganda and scare tactics. The California Nurses' Association has been refuting these -- but, of course that is not what gets...

  9. **Question for south jersey nurses**

    trita replied to mandi88202's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    i know some nurses at virtua memorial in burlington if you would like to contact

  10. Free Jan 05 Nursing Advocacy workshop in Philadelphia

    trita replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yes! That is what I was referring to. I will be

  11. NJ staffing legislation

    trita replied to trita's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    New Jersey state government is divided into 40 districts. Each district has one State Senator and two State Assembly members. You should write to all three in the district where you live to tell them...

  12. NJ staffing legislation

    trita replied to trita's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    That is great that you are writing a letter about this! The legislators need to hear from more nurses. Of course, the Hospital Association opposes ratio legislation - and they make that known to the...

  13. Unions in NJ

    trita replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    A union is not a business, it is a membership organization. If you think your organization should be doing more or different things, then you need to raise that at meetings, etc. If you think you can...

  14. Unions in NJ

    trita replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Have you checked out the HPAE website at http://www.hpae.org? Besides information about the union at each hospital, there is also information about staffing legislation,

  15. Unions in NJ

    trita replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Just reading old threads and wondering if you have graduated and started at Jersey