Determining Actual Working Conditions Of Nurses

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Annie

Commenter Jennifer (welcome!) wrote:
One thing that scares me about going in to nursing is stories about the bad conditions. How do you find the conditions where you work?
What a good question!
I don’t know how to guarantee that with anything near 100% accuracy, but I can help anyone considering a new nursing position how to find [...]

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Hospital Surge Capacity Myth Busters

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Annie

The Washington Post’s Spencer Hsu presented a two part series (parts one and two) about the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearings on Emergency Department Surge Capacity and Medicaid funding cuts. I posted about the stark picture behind the experts’ testimony a couple of days ago. Today, I’d like to elaborate a [...]

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