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  1. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When hospitals look to cut costs -- as many of them have in the last decade -- nurses are the hardest hit. How has your employer dealt with staffing costs? How has it impacted

  2. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is very creepy... are you stalking

  3. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Good comments (excluding the jabs against

  4. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, exactly icuRNmaggie. I'm here on allnurses-dot-com because I'm hoping to expropriate all your comments and then strike it rich by signing a 3-year multimillion dollar contract with an...

  5. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Interesting take. Assuming it's true -- I still don't see how asking a question, the answer to which the inquisitor already knows, would be "insulting." Annoying, perhaps -- but

  6. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unlike those who make hasty generalizations about ALL consultants, my experiences on this board will not impact my opinion of nurses. I know there are bad apples in every bunch -- and the internet...

  7. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In summary, the reaction seems to be: (1) consultants are lower than pond scum; (2) consultants don't know anything about what nurses experience; (3) consultants don't care enough to ask about what...

  8. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just one. Nine out of ten times, when a hospital hires our firm, it's either because (a) they're struggling to keep the hospital open, or (b) they're struggling to compete with the Magnet hospital...

  9. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Often, when we arrive on site, there are those within the organization who have great ideas to solve systemic issues, but there is too much disagreement to move those ideas forward. In those...

  10. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    start a new

  11. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I thought you had moved on, but you seem to be taking this personally -- why not start a new thread rather than hijack this

  12. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh, sure icuRNmaggie -- let me just go ahead post that on the

  13. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Excellent post, thank

  14. The culture of AN

    stewstew03 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    As an outsider (consultant) who recently joined AN, my perspective is that there are a few posters who spoil it for the rest. I've only been here two weeks and I've already been called a heartless...

  15. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    no depends i think i'll be okay best of luck to

  16. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Respect runs in both directions -- is calling me a hack respectful? A few of you have been respectful - and for that I applaud

  17. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No - they are a nonprofit organization. But (in the spirit of transparency) I do have clients across all industries -- energy and aerospace, for example -- not just healthcare. I listed "healthcare...

  18. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have, yes -- but when they do, as you suggest in your question, the decrease in base wages might be offset by variable pay. From my perspective, I would prefer executives (regardless of industry)...

  19. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks, and I agree -- which is why I prefaced my question with "nurses are the hardest hit." I cannot make decisions in a hospital -- all I can do is make recommendations based on the analysis of...

  20. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sometimes they implement our recommendations, sometimes they

  21. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Okay, yes -- you got me. I logged into allnurses dot com because I wanted to ignore the vast resources at my disposal within my consulting firm... So far, I've been called a hack and have been...

  22. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    yes yes

  23. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't "need information." Perhaps I'm a glutton for punishment, but it is helpful to read the constructive comments that many are posting. I suppose I could have disguised myself and said I was a...

  24. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Usually the only people we are allowed to meet with when we're on site are the C Suite (usually CFO, CNO, and CHRO) and nurse

  25. Nurse Staffing Costs

    stewstew03 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't have shareholders - and the firm that I work for is a private