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  1. Re Physican/Nursing crisis: Has Anyone Seen...

    -jt replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting. A doctor shortage may occur because of monetary issues and the nation is jumping to rush in new laws to appease them. A severe nurse shortage exists at the bedsides mainly because of...

  2. Registered Nurses Rank Number One In Job Growth

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    #1 The unionized hospital cant just freeze salaries. It would have to prove its financial situation to the nurses, make a case for why it is suggesting freezing salaries, and ask the nurses for...

  3. Registered Nurses Rank Number One In Job Growth

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It cannot happen like that at facilities where nurses are unionized. The hospital cannot lower the wage for anyone. They are NOT "free to pay whatever they want". The unionized hospital cant decide...

  4. OT law - see how your legislator voted

    -jt posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    To see the ANA's scorecard on how your legislators voted, go to the webpages below and click on your state. Senate:...

  5. Student Loan Repayments

    -jt replied to texan's topic in New York Nursing

    Student loan repayment programs are run by the government - not usually by the individual hospitals. Current RNs can apply for loan repayment under the Nurse Reinvestment Act. Nursing students can...

  6. What is right, what is wrong?

    -jt replied to mittels's topic in General Nursing

    your State Dept of Health Hospital Complaints Unit Provide the pt's name, dates of admission and which hospital, and detail your compliant. They will investigate his charts and the care he received...

  7. Union?

    -jt replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    > :rotfl: Administration can have no say in whether or not you unionize. Its illegal for them to interfere. In fact, what your NM did is illegal and should be reported to that union. Your VP's...

  8. volunteer your license= re-take boards

    -jt replied to devin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why do nurses not volunteer to go into drug and alcohol rehab programs?? Because upon completion, their only choice is to re-take their board exams..how unfair.... Retake the boards? I never heard of...

  9. volunteer your license= re-take boards

    -jt replied to devin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    >[/i] One can. Through Statewide Peer Assistance for Nurses (SPAN) - a resource for RNs coping with chemical dependency (alcoholism and/or drug addiction) problems. See:...

  10. Would you do this so others could get vacation...

    -jt replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand why you have to work that extra 8 hr thing in order for people to get vacation. If people are on vacation and their absence needs to be covered, thats what SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING is...

  11. Employee at will

    -jt replied to efy2178's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  12. Is nursing a realistic career for a person with autoimmune disease?

    -jt replied to BuffaloMom's topic in General Nursing

    Nutritionists, Pharmacists, Chiropractors, and podiatrists also deal in pt education. But there are plenty of working nurses out there with autoimmune diseases. Im one of them. We adjust - if we...

  13. Employee at will

    -jt replied to efy2178's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why? What is the benefit of being at the mercy of your employer as an at-will common laborer? I dont understand why nurses would accept this. Some have said the "benefit" is that you can quit...

  14. NY city patient ratios

    -jt replied to Mayflye's topic in New York Nursing

    In hospitals where the nurses are represented by the New York State Nurses Assoc for collective bargaining, pt ratios are set in our contract. Critical care is no more than 1:2. The staff nurses...

  15. Living in NYC for last clinical?

    -jt replied to texan's topic in New York Nursing

    Its a free magazine for nurses. You just sign up to have it mailed to you. Go to http://www.advancefornurses.com To get the last issue - the one that had the NYC living/working comparisons, email the...

  16. Verifying Nurses' Backgrounds - How Much Should We Know?

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    > Maybe it should be a national uniform standard instead of having different rules determined by each state. In NY, these background checks, called "credentialing" do not pertain to nurses but are...

  17. Taking away your Time and a Half!

    -jt replied to efy2178's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My Republican Congressman replied to my letter on this issue by telling me that I just "dont understand the bill and how good it is going to be" for me. I told him that when his mother is my pt lying...

  18. fed up NJ RNs take action

    -jt replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Apparently, the administrators of that place have no shame. One really has to wonder why an employer would go to such desperate lengths as this place is going to stop its staff RNs from organizing....

  19. fed up NJ RNs take action

    -jt posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Some nurses believe that they can "represent" themselves well enough. And they probably can up to a point. But there are times that we need expert help and that is where our strong nurses union...

  20. Is there any evidence that modern cell phones REALLY cause problems...

    -jt replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes nothing happens at all. Been told it depends on the frequency the phone is using. Not too long ago, a vistior who ignored the many signs telling her to turn off her cell phone before...

  21. Living in NYC for last clinical?

    -jt replied to texan's topic in New York Nursing

    Perfect timing! Get a copy of this weeks Advance For Nurses magazine. There is an entire section devoted to that very question - borough by borough comparisons for rents, cost of living, commuting,...

  22. ANA Response to the Cullen case

    -jt replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How fast the legislature moves when the media reports someone died. In NY, our legislature responded to the staffing ratio bill NYSNA wrote but they passed only ONE piece of it so far --- staffing...

  23. Labor Department Advises Employers How to Avoid Paying Overtime

    -jt posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They arent even waiting for the overtime law changes. Labor Department Advises Employers How to Avoid Paying Overtime

  24. Black History Month - nurses celebrated

    -jt posted a topic in General Nursing

    by Barbara Conklin, RN February, 2004 Susie King Taylor was born into slavery in 1848 in Savannah, Georgia and given the name Susie Baker. Her grandmother was determined that Susie would not be denied...

  25. Black History Month - nurses celebrated

    -jt replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    NYSNA REPORT: February 2004 Celebrating Nurses Of Color Two Distinguished Nursing Schools by Martha Gershun New York State Nurses Association Harlem Hospital Center School of Nursing (HHCSN) —...