Is your Healthcare Employer joining this year’s Great American Smokeout?
It’s catching on as quickly as a smoking habit itself: more hospitals in more states putting an end to hiring registered nurse smokers. So far, Pennsylvania and Georgia, Missouri, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Texas lead the pack. Others are expected to follow.
"Hospital administrators say it’s about improving worker productivity, reducing healthcare costs and promoting healthy living," said Clinical Account Manager, Deborah Bacurin for American Traveler Staffing Professionals, a leading provider of Florida nursing jobs. "We're getting more calls for travel nurse nicotine screens and the buzz nationwide is to expand the practice."
In a readers poll conducted by media giant, Tribune Company, more than half of 522 respondents said healthcare employers should ban smoking. Thirty-nine percent answered "no way," it’s a violation of smoker's rights, and five percent were undecided.*
Cleveland Clinic director, Paul Turpeluk, told the New York Times** earlier in the year that his organization had received numerous requests in recent months from healthcare employers looking to transit to non-smoking environments. Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers in 2007, pioneering a contagious movement to cut costs and improve employee performance. On average, smokers cost [+]
RNs with FL licenses call today - Jobs for those with licenses in hand. Critical Care and Telemetry immediate starts available for FL licensed RNs Location: Palm Beach County Shift: day and night 12 hour shifts available Total Compensation ranges $27.50 - $32.50 ( includes per diem, housing and insurance) Local nurses accepted. Apply Online Now or call 800-884-8788 [+]
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