New Hampshire - March 2021

Page 20 • New Hampshire Nursing News March, April, May 2021
LNAs Learn
and Earn
With the demand for licensed nursing assistants soaring,
two New Hampshire hospitals have created in-house
education programs. Portsmouth Regional Hospital
launched a free Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) course
in January 2021. The course was approved by the
Board of Nursing and includes seven weeks of classes
using the curriculum from the American Red Cross.
Each seven-week course is open to eight students. The
hospital-based LNA training program is administered by
Portsmouth Regional Hospital registered nurses serving
as instructors for the program. Students are paid $13 per
hour for their classes and after they finish the course and
obtain their license will be paid $15 per hour. Students
are asked to sign a one-year commitment to work at
Portsmouth.
19th Year in a Row!
A Gallup poll conducted the first week of December 2020
reported nurses topped the Honesty and Ethics list. Nurses have
topped the list in all but one year since they were added in 1999.
The exception is 2001, when firefighters were measured on a onetime
basis shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and earned
the highest score to date for any profession, 90%. This year, nurses
fell one point shy of that mark.
Americans have become more likely to laud the honesty and ethics of nurses, medical doctors and
pharmacists during the COVID pandemic. Still, nurses remain the undisputed leader, as they have been for
nearly two decades.
• Nurses earn a record 89% very high/high score for their honesty and ethics in 2020, four
percentage points greater than their prior high, last recorded in 2019.
• Medical doctors' rating has improved even more in the past year, rising 12 points to 77% and
exceeding the previous high of 70% found in 2011 and 2012.
• Pharmacists' honesty and ethics rating is up seven points to 71%. While not their highest rating, it is
the highest since 2012, when 75% rated them this positively.
Concord Hospital entered into a partnership with NHTI
and Manchester Community College (MCC), with MCC
offering the instruction and NHTI serving as a local
training site for the program. The program includes five
weeks of full-time instruction, both online and in-person
training, with 60 hours of soft skills training, 60 hours
of online theory, 24 hours of lab work and 60 hours of
clinical practicum at Concord Hospital. The hospital
pay 100 percent of the tuition costs and participants
are full-time, benefitted employees from the start of
the program. The first class of eight students began in
February.
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS IS LOOKING FOR:
REGISTERED NURSES
Northern NH Correctional Facility in Berlin, Secure
Psychiatric Unit in Concord, NH State Prison for Men in
Concord, NH Correctional Facility for Women in Concord
RN I: $50,835.20-$71,052.80
RN II: $55,182.40-$77,438.40
RN III: $59,862.40-$84,427.20
PLUS 15%
INCREASE ON TOP
OF BASE SALARY
(Salary does not reflect Hazard Duty, applicable Shift differential, and/or Weekend pay)
Provides general nursing care and treatment in an adult ambulatory setting, inpatient
infirmary unit, and/or in an inpatient psychiatric forensic unit under the direction of the
nurse coordinator. Correctional nursing requires ongoing close and immediate contact
with prisoners and/or civilly committed residents while maintaining safety and security.
Locations are secure facilities managed by the NH Department of Corrections.
Please apply on line at www.nh.gov. Click on the job opportunities icon
and follow the instructions to Register; create a complete profile and save.
Log In and apply. Questions may be directed to Linda McDonald at
603-271-5645 or via e-mail at Linda.J.McDonald@doc.nh.gov.
Percentages of Americans rating pharmacists, medical doctors and nurses as having very
high or high honesty and ethical standards.
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