If anyone knows any good RN Case Mgrs & Social Workers please send them my way. We are looking at adding close to 50 of them in our brand new center in San Antonio, Texas. www.xlhealth.com Great working hours, PTO and benefits. Plus an annual bonus potential.

Thanks for your help!
Michael J. Garcia, PHR

Read about nurses' work in Haiti:

"Volunteers Get Right to Work Helping Haitians Read More <http://projecthopeinthefield.blogspot.com/2010/01/volunteers-get-to-work-helping-haitians.html>

Florida governor: Flights continue out of Haiti
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...-flights_N.htm

Haiti medics plan for next team’s mission of mercy
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/p...ID=20101310354...

If scientists could test nurses for genes determining personality and character traits, they’d find, among other qualities, what I call the CPOR quartet — compassion, practicality, organization and realism.
I think strong waves of compassion swept up every nurse watching TV broadcasts of the devastation and suffering in Haiti in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake. Like me, you were probably flooded with an overwhelming desire to help. My initial response was totally irrational. I wanted to...

Texas enacted new rule that allows foreign nurse graduates to do Refresher Program and clinicals prior to sitting for NCLEX. This is a gift as it allows the integration of knowledge and hands on to assist with a successful and competent entry into practice here in the US.

Last week Virginia’s Healthcare Workforce Data Center presented a snapshot of the state’s nursing workforce and reported, “The current state of the economy is leading many nurses to remain in the workforce longer than anticipated. If they delay retirement by as few as two years, Virginia is more likely to meet 2013 – 2015 demand for licensed nurses.” However, let’s not be lulled into thinking that the nursing shortage is over.

Actually, the economic recession has masked the true extent...

As nurses, we all know a lot about diabetes, and as a result of the press it's been getting as its incidence rises, increased numbers of lay people are becoming familiar with it as well. But there's more and more to learn about the disease all the time, and in the January 25th Nursing Spectrum, we'll have a cover story and upFRONT on diabetes that can help you with some of that learning. Regardless of your nursing specialty or area of practice, based on the number of patients the disease affects,...

Hello Nurse.com posters and readers:
I know we're all thinking about the huge undertaking going on in Haiti, and all of our best hopes and prayers go out to the health care providers who are there to help.

Here's a letter I just received from the Volunteer Connect board in Mercer County, NJ. It has much useful information about what those of us here at home can do at this time:

The tragic effects of the earthquake in Haiti have touched all of us,
including...

Hard to believe the massive damage that has occured in a place already suffering severely from poverty and recent hurricanes. I donated towards Wyclef Johns relief program that has received several previous humanitarian awards and seems well established. Being in Houston and having worked with Hurricane victims I cannot even imagine what a country does with the loss of all the infrastructure. We here in Houston/Galveston area or still feeling effects of Ike. My alma mater, UTMB is still trying to...

I'm sure all of us are watching the scenes of chaos, destruction, and suffering in Haiti and wondering how to help. I suggest checking out the Project Hope website at http://www.projecthope.org/ and checking out the volunteer opportunities if you're in a position to pick up stakes and leave home and can offer the type of expertise needed.

Nurse.com, Nursing Spectrum, and NurseWeek will be following relief efforts closely. Please send news and photos about nurses deployed to Haiti,...

Okay it is warming up a bit and Skills Lab went on as planned Saturday. Look forward to getting all of you together on Friday for Nurse Refresher Orientation. See you at 9:15 in class. We will talk about career paths, clinical requirements and requests, job fairs, resume updates, etc. Until then I am going to administer some vaccines in the clinic, work on SOft Chalk project, and finish taking down Christmas decorations at home.