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  1. Hello! Just passed the boards.. Operating Room or Critical Care??

    EnergizerNurse replied to lpjmmb's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Some nurse anesthesia programs prefer that their students have more than a CCU background. My friends who have researched CRNA programs have been told that they have a preference toward admitting...

  2. Robert Wood Johnson nurses end strike

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Nurses back Thursday Home News Tribune Online 09/19/06 By RICK MALWITZ [email protected] NEW BRUNSWICK-Members of the nurses union at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will begin returning to...

  3. Good Places for new grads to work..

    EnergizerNurse replied to healer27's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I agree -- your new preceptor may be the hook that will keep you at your current hospital. Please keep us

  4. Good Places for new grads to work..

    EnergizerNurse replied to healer27's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Are you now working at a Magnet hospital? What was orientation like? What about your

  5. Robert Wood Johnson nurses strike update

    EnergizerNurse replied to EnergizerNurse's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Nurses' strike hits Week 3 Home News Tribune Online 09/7/06 By DAVID STEGON STAFF WRITER [email protected] NEW BRUNSWICK — With trash bags wrapped around her legs and a sign rubber-banded to her...

  6. Robert Wood Johnson nurses strike update

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hope for strike's end? Federal mediator steps in Home News Tribune Online 08/30/06 By DAVID STEGON STAFF WRITER NEW BRUNSWICK-A federal mediator is expected to bring hospital and union officials...

  7. Legal Nurse Consultant Pioneer Talks to NPR

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in Legal

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5750397

  8. Wondering about IHS...

    EnergizerNurse replied to cheyne stokes's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's great that you're interested in working for the IHS. While I have not worked for the IHS, there was a speaker who came to my school and talked about her experiences working on a...

  9. RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

    EnergizerNurse replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Parents wary of child care as hospital deals with nurse strike By DAVID STEGON Gannett New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK -- Parents of children hospitalized at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Friday...

  10. RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

    EnergizerNurse replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Robert Wood prepares for nurses' strike Home News Tribune Online 08/22/06 STAFF REPORT NEW BRUNSWICK — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is gearing up for Thursday's impending nurse's strike...

  11. AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - Atlantic City

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Do any nurses in this forum work at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City? It is a magnet hospital. How was orientation and preceptorships? Are they supportive of new nursing...

  12. Working nights versus working days

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    An instructor advised my class that it's best to start off working nights in med-surg rather than days. Why? She explained the workload is more manageable and that new nurses are given more...

  13. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center salaries

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not too long ago, someone inquired about pay at DHMC in Lebanon, NH. New graduate nurses currently start at $22.00. The range of pay for nurses is: minimum. $22.00 midpoint: $28.03 maximum: $34.06 The...

  14. Shortage of plasmapheresis nurses?

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Plasmapheresis is a blood purification procedure used to treat several autoimmune diseases. It is also known as therapeutic plasma exchange. A dialysis nurse shared with me that there is a shortage...

  15. Hunter vs NYCCT vs Farmingdale

    EnergizerNurse replied to xjae's topic in New York Nursing

    I've heard good things about Hunter and Farmingdale. I have heard no feedback about NYCCT. What's important to you? Would you like to have your clinical experiences in NYC? Then stick to Hunter...

  16. 9 N.J hosipitals to be struck June 2

    EnergizerNurse replied to mark hamel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Englewood hospital, striking nurses' union reach tentative pact By LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer July 28, 2006, 9:39 AM EDT TRENTON, N.J. -- The month-long strike by 660 unionized nurses at...

  17. Phoenix and Tucson home health care

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Anyone in this forum know about pay rates (per diem, fee-for-service, or salary) and who are the leading providers of home health care in Phoenix and Tucson? Do these providers offer mileage...

  18. Cooper Hospital Pay Question?

    EnergizerNurse replied to thee_thee13's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I've read that Cooper participates in the Baylor program, where you agree to work two 12-hour shifts on Saturdays and Sundays, yet you're paid for a 40-hour work

  19. UMDNJ Accelerated BSN students

    EnergizerNurse replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Which PDA programs does UMDNJ-SN recommend for student

  20. Ok, so what do ya know about Yonkers?

    EnergizerNurse replied to allthingsbright's topic in New York Nursing

    Does anyone in this forum have any word on St. Joseph's in Yonkers? Are they supportive of new grads? How was their orientation and preceptorship? Were some units better staffed than

  21. need help

    EnergizerNurse replied to VRN-RN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you can, try to become a resident of PA. I know PA offers a loan forgiveness program for nursing graduates who agree to work at a PA hospital. You need to be a PA resident to take advantage of...

  22. Needle sticks in HD

    EnergizerNurse posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Are needle sticks a common occurence among HD nurses? I was speaking to a med-surg nurse who is contemplating switching into her hospital's acute inpatient HD department. She is re-thinking her plan...

  23. Lenox hospital vs. Bellevue hospital

    EnergizerNurse replied to jennifers1108's topic in New York Nursing

    I spoke to a former Lenox Hill nurse who was hired there as a new grad two years ago. She felt her orientation and her preceptorship were too short. She got burned out and went

  24. Lenox hospital vs. Bellevue hospital

    EnergizerNurse replied to jennifers1108's topic in New York Nursing

    Bellevue also has a union. It may be NYSNA. Lenox Hill has an independent union that the nurses there formed 20 years ago. It is NOT affiliated with NYSNA or

  25. Lenox hospital vs. Bellevue hospital

    EnergizerNurse replied to jennifers1108's topic in New York Nursing

    I would weigh the fact that going into a specialty may lock you into that specialty for some time. If you do med-surg, then you'll have more career