Mercy San Juan Hospital

1. Anyone know much about working in the ER at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Sacramento?
   Thanks, thinking about a travel assignment there.
   rj

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   About rjbaileyrn

   Joined: Feb '04; Posts: 26; Likes: 3
   Helicopter flight Nurse, ER Nurse; from US
   Specialty: 16 year(s) of experience in ER, Flight Nursing

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   Mar 10, '04

   Quote from rjbaileyrn

   Anyone know much about working in the ER at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Sacramento?
   Thanks, thinking about a travel assignment there.
   rj

   Well I am not a nurse YET, but I lived in Sacramento for 8 yrs. and heard from many many people that they are always overwhelmed. Very busy, ratios are bad. Let me just say that a friend of mine was in labor and they had no beds so they told her to walk till they had a bed available, then when she felt herself, she felt that babies head and yelled for a nurse, the nurse put her on a bed in a broom closet and the baby was born about 10 minutes later. And yes she still got the bill for everything even though she delivered in a broom closet. I don't know how it is now, I'm sure it isn't like that always, but hey when its busy it makes time go by faster. LOL :chuckle
   Hope this helps.
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   Mar 10, '04

   Don't know about the ER there, but that's where I was born 18 years ago
   
   It gets VERY hot there, not quite as hot as Red Bluff but pretty close.
   
   
   Heather
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   Mar 11, '04

   Ive spent many of days at Mercy San Juan. They just went through a big Er remodel a couple of years ago. It's pretty busy. You don't get the "interesting" people that you would get at UC Davis.
   Amber
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   Mar 19, '04

   My father was a patient there many times. Staffing was worse than where I work, but now there are ratios. The area is growing rapidly espec North and east of there, and I think there aren't enough ER beds for the growth. They also have become a trauma hospital in last 5 years or so.

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