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  1. Nurses SKI TRIP

    -jt posted a topic in General Nursing

    NURSES SKI TRIP in the Adirondacks - Hunter Mountain, NY To benefit Nurses House Fund to help RNs in need 23rd Annual Hunter Mountain Nurse's Winter Festival! Thursday, February 26, 2004 The...

  2. NURSES SKI TRIP - Hunter Mtn

    -jt posted a topic in New York Nursing

    To benefit Nurses House Fund to help RNs in need 23rd Annual Hunter Mountain Nurse's Winter Festival! Thursday, February 26, 2004 The Festival is open to any current or retired member of the...

  3. Another California ER bites the dust; blame is "nursing shortage"

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

    No big surprise there. Its one of the industry's tactics to reverse the staffing ratio law by creating public panic. Hospital and healthcare corps (like Tenet) in California are conducting seminars...

  4. California Hospital Closes Due to Ratio Law

    -jt replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    No big surprise there. Its one of the industry's tactics to reverse the staffing ratio law by creating public panic. Hospital and healthcare corps (like Tenet) in California are conducting seminars...

  5. Labor Department Advises Employers How to Avoid Paying Overtime

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

    U.S. offers employers ways around overtime pay

  6. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    -jt replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    according to an article by one doctor, heres a good reason: ......Doctors in private practice would violate antitrust laws if they tried themselves, as a group, to negotiate fees with a managed-care...

  7. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    -jt replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    beg to differ. Private physicians can also be employed on staff at hospitals and may also be employed by their local counties. Interns and residents have their own large union - the Committee of...

  8. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    -jt replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    I always find it odd to hear people say "stop looking at others to take care of you" when talking about nurses unions. What "others"? Where I come from, there is nobody else taking care of us - WE...

  9. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    -jt replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    Thats illegal. But how many nurses reported that illegal threat to the labor authority? None, Ill bet. The employer is not the one who stopped the nurses with that illegal, intimidation threat....

  10. Opinions/comments r/t unions,nursing shortage

    -jt replied to Darla's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean IF nurses were allowed?? They already are "allowed". EVERY working American (with some government employee exceptions) has a Federal right to form a union. Its in the Fair Labor...

  11. NY Safe Staffing Campaign

    -jt posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Spread the Word: Safe RN Staffing Saves Lives by Nancy Webber New York State Nurses Association Report Across New York state, NYSNA members are gearing up to spread the message: "Safe RN staffing is a...

  12. NY Safe Staffing Campaign

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

    > All good points. Thats why NYSNA has introduced this legislation to establish these minimum, upwardly adjustable RN-to-patient staffing ratios (see the first paragraph of the press release)....

  13. Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004

    -jt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses and the Presidential Election 2004 The national labor union for RNs, the United American Nurses,AFL-CIO (UAN) asked all candidates for the 2004 presidential election to give their responses...

  14. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

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

    MCP nurses - check this out. Your collaboration with a news reporter during your strike helped earn her a Golden Lamp Award from a nursing organization. Reporters cant get the right message out...

  15. NYS Board for Nursing New Resolution

    -jt replied to robinsap's topic in General Nursing

    They are going to face lots of opposing "discussion" from other nursing organizations on this. Achieving their resolution could take

  16. Good NYC hospitals

    -jt replied to 275Main's topic in New York Nursing

    Bellevue is part of the city's public hospitals - the Health and Hospitals Services (HHS). The union for RNs working in that system is the New York State Nurses Assoc. There is one contract for all...

  17. hospital contracts

    -jt replied to balr4life's topic in General Nursing

    Look up the Nurse Reinvestment Act and the Nurse Education Loan Repayment Act. The US Health Resources and Services Administration has posted applications for Fiscal Year 2004 for both on its Web...

  18. New York License -- How Long?

    -jt replied to sara v.'s topic in New York Nursing

    You can check your license verification online at http://www.op.nysed.gov/ questions can be sent to: [email protected] or call

  19. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

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

    Thats not what was said in the article. Mr. Nutter is the City Councilman who says he's requesting an investigation of Tenet. Henry Nicholas, president of Local 1199C of the hospital workers' union...

  20. APA software?

    -jt replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Just saw APA software at Circuit City electronics store. I think it was about $50. It also came installed in Microsoft XP Professional on my daughter's Dell

  21. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

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

    actually, yes - at least in that city's government someone is. The article states: "I am very angry, very disappointed," Nutter said. "This is a significant breach in the nature of my relationship...

  22. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

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

    well surprise surprise. who didnt see that coming? TYPICAL of Tenet & other For-Profits - pick a labor battle to start shutting down services.... and then have an excuse to close the whole...

  23. Accelereated Nursing Program in NY

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

    I think LIU also has an accelerated program. No matter what school you go to, youll have to take the same test to get your license. Instead of focusing on the names of the schools, check out their...

  24. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

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

    War of the nurses focusing on patient care, labor costs

  25. Introducing Nurse House ..."A dollar from every nurse"....

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

    It IS RNs that they are asking for support from. "Nurses House is calling on 2.5 million American nurses to give ONE dollar each to a worthwhile cause." Since thats about how many RNs there are in...