University Daily Kansan, February 11, 1981
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Med Center looks for nurses
By BRIAN LEVINSON Staff Reporter
A current nationwide shortage of nurses has forced the University of Kansas Medical Center to embark on a progressive nurse recruitment program.
"We are continually short of licensed practical nurses," Mary Amm Eisenbauer, director of nursing services, said.
Although the Med Center has 85 vacancies on its nursing staff, that number is an improvement over last year's 100 vacancies. Eisenbate at least increase in vacancies to the new hospital opened at the Med Center last year.
Both Eisenhue and the Med Center's nurse recruiter, Carol Chiles, tried to entice recent nursing school graduates to work at the Med Center at a nationwide nursing exposition last week in Kaspas City.
"It was obvious that there was a crowd around our booth most of the time." Eisenhart said. "So we could see you interested in working at the Med Center."
Eisenbise said the Med Center did not recruit any nurses specifically from the
exposition, because it was aimed at recent area nursing school graduates, whom the Med Center continually recruits.
"I think the hospital is a factor in enticing recent graduates to work here," she said. "It is a pleasant atmosphere."
Eisenbise said the Med Center invests in a lot of radio and newspaper advertising and sponsored career days in addition to prospective nurses to the Med Center.
First-year registered nurses at the Med Center are paid $7.52 an hour. They receive an extra 5 percent for working the evening shift and an extra 10 percent for night shift work, Eisenbise said.
In an attempt to alleviate the nursing shortage, the School of Nursing at the Med Center has doubled its enrollment from 180 to 320 nurses, dean of the School of Nursing, said.
The size of the first-year class has increased from 87 in 1978 to 150 today. Geitjeg said. The School of Nursing also has increased the size of its nursing will packages so more instructors in nursing will be available in the near future.
Decontrol affects FO
ny ALVIN A. REID
Staff Reporter
President Reagan's oil decontol is hitting KU's Facilities Operations where it hits most consumers—the gas tank.
FO uses 3,000 gallons of gasoline a week and more when snow plows are used and, according to the FO department, Anderson, his department is trapped.
"The oil companies have us," Anderson said. "We have 250 vehicles that simply must have gasoline to function. When the price goes up for the private motorist it goes up for us too."
"We have a contract with Standard Oil Company for gasoline and regardless of price we have to stick with it." The only way we are assured gas."
Since Reagan's decontrol went into effect Jan. 29 the price of gasoline increased, but Anderson said the increase was coming anew way.
"All Reagan has done is speed up deregulation," he said. "Jimmy
Carter's deregulation plan would have caused a similar hike, but it wouldn't have been felt until September."
"Gas just keeps going up and there is nothing we can do but continue to pay for it."
FO stores several thousand gallons of gasoline in case of emergency, Anderson said. If supply was interrupted, as in the mid '70s, FO vehicles would have a cushion until gas could be purchased.
To combat rising gasoline prices, Anderson said, FO plans to purchase gas-saving vehicles in the future.
"We're doing an in-depth study on vehicle use," Anderson said. "We plan to gradually replace some of our vehicles with multi-use, economical vehicles."
Anderson said FO was investigating smaller trucks made by the Cushman Corporation. He said several universities had switched to the Cushman "Scooter" and had saved a substantial amount of fuel.
"New ways of saving gas are always being looked for and smaller vehicles are just one answer," Anderson said.
A $482.62 grant to evaluate the Kansas Comprehensive Employment Training Act program has been awarded to the School of Business human resources unit, led by Judith the executive director of the program, announced last week.
CETA evaluation plan funded
The grant, awarded by the Kansas Department of Human Resources, will fund the development and implementation of a system to evaluate how much the state's CETA program used the income of its participants.
CETA, which began in 1973, is a community-based system that trains economically disadvantaged people for jobs and places them in jobs.
"We will build the system and turn it over to them (Kansas Department of Human Resources) by August," David Cooper, co-director of the grant, said.
The system, when completed, will enable CETA program managers to evaluate which services are best for their clients.
The KU human resources program, which began in 1978, conducts seminars for managers of employment and training programs. It also provides career counseling for master's degree candidates specializing in human resources work in business, social welfare and political science.
Masked man robs gas station
A robber took $1,400 Monday night from the Gibson's Discount Center self-service gasoline station, 2525 Isa St., Lawrence police said yesterday.
The robber, wearing a yellow ski vest and skin mask, hit one employee over the head with "some kind of weapon" and "wanted him to give him the money, police said."
Mavrick with Douglas County license plates. The car had been reported stolen about 3 p.m. Monday from the block of Massachusetts St. police said.
POLice found the car with its motor running a few minutes after the robbery on Melrose Lane, two blocks from the station.
The man was driving a 1976 Ford
Police said they had no suspects.
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