Long Beach Memorial Anyone?????

Hello!
I live & work in San Diego. I graduated from Excelsior College, (Formerly Regents College), & I did my CPNE at Long Beach Memorial. I Liked the Hospital. It seemed like a nice place to work. I know a former student that I took a workshop with and she works there. She seems to like it. While I was there, they had a Very Nice Cafe inside the Hospital that served Good Food. If I was in Long Beach, I would probably apply there too. Hope this is helpful.

I will be starting at the ER at Saddleback Memorial Laguna Hills on June 11th. Part of the Memorial Care hospitals. I am also very excited to start, seems like a really good hospital. By the way, what salary are they starting you off at Long Beach Memorial.

Hi Tabymac-

I was offered $28.50 at Saddleback Memorial in the ED. And I do need to complete ACLS and PALS. I am trying to see if I can take it at the hospital, so it would be free. I also need an EKG/dysrhythmia class and TNCC. I hope they let me start without them and take them there. Those certs are expensive to take on your own and pay for them yourself. Especially as a student.

I had to sign on for two years also because of the training program. I am getting $3500 sign on bonus, first $1500 after 12 months, the other $2000 at the completion of 24 months. Honestly I think thats sad but I here that the new grad nurses
are well prepared at the Memorial care hospitals. So good luck to you.

I have also recieved other offers in Southern Cali that offered $10K sign on bonus for 2 years but I totally did not like the hospital at all.

Good luck to you-

Tabymac-

By the way...I dont start at Saddleback until June 11th. You are starting pretty early, May 7th. When did you graduate? I dont get out until May 11th. Did you get your IP already?

I also got hired at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center recently and i am working on their Adult MEdical Diabetes Unit. Im also a new grad and just took my nclex-rn for the first time and luckily passed.They called me,got interviewed and finally got the position. I just started on March 30th this year.

I think its a good stepping stone for new grads because you'll definitely get alotta exposure with different cases since LBMMC is the second largest privately owned medical center in the whole westcoast, and its part of the TOP 1% of BEST PERFORMING MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE WHOLE US.. so being affiliated with them would do you good if ever you plan to apply in other med centers.

On my first night at work I already learned alot in my ward like using and troubleshooting the infusion pump, using the Pixis Medication Distributin System, using SAM for charting, using PICC lines,using Bi-Pap >>

I'm liking every second at work since this is the first time I've actually encountered these things( in real life,coz i only see this in med books) since im a foreign grad and by the time my orientation schedule for learning SAM and PIxis would come,I am confident that I already know much of the things i need to know because of my early hand's on duty.

ANd so, eitherway working there would be a win-win situation for new grads.. nevermind the low starting rate .. All the rates in memorial care hospitals would be the same since they have a Union for nurses. Whats important is that we started our career in one of teh best medical centers in the country. Some new grads would just die to be able to work in a big hospital,some even end up working in a convalescent or assisted living facilities so i guess we're lucky tabymac.

WELCOME TO LBMMC!