Originally Posted by ManyRN2B
Well I guess I won't be working in SF if we live in the San Ramon, Pleasanton area. People in my husbands new office live in Pleasanton and say the commute is about 45 mins. They also suggested he take the BART to work. I really appreciate everyone's input.
I did look at Kaiser's website. Whoah! Tons of ER jobs. Wow!!! What is up with all the part-time jobs? 64 hrs/pp Is that normal in CA? Here mostly everyone works 72hrs/pp. I noticed they had tons of part time jobs but no many FT jobs. OR does Cali consider anything less than 40hrs part time? Here in MD we consider 72 hrs/pp full time.
TIA
Tiff
Here's what a lot of nurses do. They work 3/5 or 4/5 time or 36 hrs/wk (3 - 8 hr shifts, 4 -8 hr shifts. 3 - 12's respectively) then they work per diem (1 extra day a week) at another place. Because they already have health benefits at one place, it doesn't matter that they are per diem at the other. Per diems make more money per hour than the regular employees. Some like it that way because they have some variety working at different facilities.
Some new nurses take the part time positions (BTW, 32 to 36 hours/wk is considered "full time" in terms of qualifying for benefits) to get their foot in the door at a place. Then because people are always changing schedules, moving away, or deciding to take time out to raise a family, the new nurses will be already in the system for those vacancies. It also gives the new nurses a chance to see if they will like the place or not.
There are plenty of ED positions, especially if you like to work evenings or nights. (There is also a higher diferential paid for weekends, evenings and nights, so you don't have to work as many hours as achieve the same money as day shifts. You do not need a recruiter; you can see all the positions on the websites and apply online. Good luck!
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...starve......struggle on 32 hrs a week..... 
