So, It's Come To This...

...unvaccinated status as a selling point for recruiting nurses.

Wow.

[Guest 1152923]

Wow! Though I should be surprised, being the jaded, old nurse that I am, somehow I'm not.  It is telling though that this is not some disreputable facility in podunk USA, but an actual state agency-SMH!

[Nunya, BSN]

Glad I'm not likely to be in Nebraska anytime soon.  I wonder if they require flu, MMR and TB testing?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Thread moved to COVID forum

[toomuchbaloney]

I guess the patients in state run facilities in Nebraska have no right to expect that their staff won't spread vaccine preventable diseases to them when they go for care. 

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

3 hours ago, Nunya said:

Glad I'm not likely to be in Nebraska anytime soon.  I wonder if they require flu, MMR and TB testing?

Actually, it's an added $2500 on your hiring bonus if you don't have those as well...

[toomuchbaloney]

15 minutes ago, Jedrnurse said:

Actually, it's an added $2500 on your hiring bonus if you don't have those as well...

LOL

We aren't all the way into Idiocracy yet...

[SmilingBluEyes]

5 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

LOL

We aren't all the way into Idiocracy yet...

Are you quite sure? I think we are.

[amoLucia]

State facility = union.

Union RULES.

Just my guess.

[macawake, MSN]

These are strange times. Soon having open sores and oozing pustules on prominent display, complimented by a strong compulsion to pick one’s nose 24/7, will be a source of pride and earn one a fast track to the upper echelons of healthcare management. Yay ?

On 8/25/2021 at 2:11 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

LOL

We aren't all the way into Idiocracy yet...

Yet..

About the ad in the OP. I’s probably smart marketing if you want to receive many job applications, but I have to wonder how potential patients react if they see it? Maybe it’s just me, but given the choice I would rather go to a clinic or hospital that employed only vaccinated staff. 

[toomuchbaloney]

On 8/25/2021 at 2:23 PM, macawake said:

These are strange times. Soon having open sores and oozing pustules on prominent display, complimented by a strong compulsion to pick one’s nose 24/7, will be a source of pride and earn one a fast track to the upper echelons of healthcare management. Yay ?

Yet..

About the ad in the OP. I’s probably smart marketing if you want to receive many job applications, but I have to wonder how potential patients react if they see it? Maybe it’s just me, but given the choice I would rather go to a clinic or hospital that employed only vaccinated staff. 

Indeed.  The insurers and those who promote  "shopping around" for healthcare should wonder why potential patients would want to frequent a health facility that doesn't require staff to follow public health recommendations or scientific guidance during a public health crisis. 

Come to hospital XYZ to have your procedure.  Our staff are fully vaccinated and trust that science of modern medicine. 

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

47 minutes ago, amoLucia said:

State facility = union.

Union RULES.

Just my guess.

I don't want to make this into an anti/pro union thing. BUT...even if that does have something to do with this, it's not the union touting this as a recruitment ploy...