Originally Posted by air1996 Hi Everyone,
I'm hoping there are nurses out there who can help me. I am a nursing student right now in Las Vegas, NV and I will graduate in December. I would love to move to the San Luis Obispo area (SLO, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, etc.) and I'm wondering what to expect as far as getting a job? How difficult is it for a new grad? What is the starting pay range? Are there any hospitals that anyone can reccommend? I've worked for CHW here for the past 3 years and I've heard they have at least one hosptial in the area, but haven't really looked into it that deeply yet. I'd love to hear from anyone with experience in the central coast area! Thank you so much.
I live in San Luis Obispo and I'll be graduating in June. The starting nurses salary here is about 23.75 an hour. It's okay, but you have to remember that the house of prices here are outragous. We own a 1400 square foot condo in SLO and it's worth 475,000. Grover Beach has a little bit cheaper housing (as long as your house isn't on the beach)....Pismo is very expensive, Arroyo Grande is slightly lower than SLO, but not much. There is a hospital in AG (called Arroyo Grande hospital, go figure

). In San Luis there is Sierra Vista and French hospital and in Santa Maria (south of AG), there is Marian hospital. I didn't like Arroyo Grande hospital very much, either as a patient or as a nursing student....but some people really like it.
I believe all of the hospitals have shift differentials, and all of the local hospitals are 12 hours shifts.
Hope that helps!
cassi
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