Umm yeah..   Dont forget that we (NYS) are one of the most heavily taxed states in the country and this is another way that they can tax, err.... fee us to death here.   You should have seen it in 2007 when they decided to make licensure mandatory and the short amount of time that they gave us to get all educational materials, diplomas, ...

Scott - I think it could be the monetary factor.  BUT I also think that other factors may play a role as to why some go the nursing way, but rarely to the lab role. 1.  Gratification and recognition.  Ask all of those kids in the room what a Medical Technologist / CLS does versus a registered Nurse and see how many answers you ...

I regard many email communications that could be better handled face-to-face in the same way I hold text messenging - I HATE IT !   What ever happened to the old fashioned voice conversations and human interactions that give personal effects that these types of communications?  I find that it is much easier for (managers, et al) to say ...

Do you have more than one instrument that you are able to validate the accuracy and precision of the QC values on?  Is it inaccurate / imprecise on one or both (all) instruments?  Hopefully you have taken steps to troubleshoot the obvious sources of error with your QC material, itself...  ((What kind of QC material do you ...

If I had known when I decided to go to school for this profession that I would be stuck working night shift until I was fifty years-old to have a shot at a low seniority day position, I would have gone into a different career. This is why we see so many from the younger generations come and go from our departments.  The come in and work, get ...