Fiesta Red

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1. Rate Kaiser Permanente as a health plan

   Fiesta Red replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Activism

   Anyone else?

2. Survey: Does your hospital pay a pension or have health ins. cont'd into retirement?

   Fiesta Red replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

   Here in Sacramento, Kaiser has a pension plan that the employer contributes to, plus free health benefits post age 65 retirement. You have to be an employee for 15 years to get the health care benefit. They also have a 403B that the employee can co...

3. Pediatric Hospice Nursing

   Fiesta Red posted a topic in Hospice

   Our hospice organization does not currently take pediatric patients, with the cut-off being around age 18. I was talking with out manager the other day when a referral for another pediatric patient arrived. I mentioned something about this being a ...

4. Suter Group

   Fiesta Red replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   They used the Studer Group as consultants in a couple of the hospitals where I worked. It's all crap. Several years ago they invested millions of dollars in that Brandon Lee, service excellence junk (Mess Up/Fess Up/Dress Up) that just fell by the...

5. Suter Group

   Fiesta Red replied to mc3's topic in Hospice

   The Studer Group?

6. "Do you miss the ER?"

   Fiesta Red replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have only been out 6 weeks and I miss it already. Hospice is quite different.

7. HOT TIPS: a NuRsInG school survivor's guide for dummies ;-)

   Fiesta Red replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Don't talk about how they do it "on my unit" where you are an aide, a unit secretary, a tech. No one cares. I'm not paying good money to hear you run your mouth -- I'm in class to get an education.

8. Is it easy to get re-hired into acute care???

   Fiesta Red posted a topic in General Nursing

   How easy is it to get re-hired into acute care after you have been in a home-based position (home health or hospice) for a year or two? I imagine the longer your are out of acute care, the harder it is to get back in. Do RN Managers and recruiters ...

9. New RN to corrections

   Fiesta Red replied to barbara's topic in Correctional

   No way! There goes my retirement plans!

10. UC Davis Sacramento

    Fiesta Red replied to marie88's topic in California

    I did most of my rotations at UCD and there is a reason that I chose to work elsewhere when I graduated. I hated it.

11. Interview questions and Red Flags for Hospice

    Fiesta Red replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Hospice

    Score! Case load is no more than 12. Only 4 home visits per day. Weekends are one a month, and there are different nurses who do after hours call. The nurse manager is also a former ER RN, so she understood exactly where I was coming from. Sutter...

12. New Grad RN applying to Folsom Prison, Ca... insight please

    Fiesta Red replied to patos1984's topic in Correctional

    Does Folsom work rotating shifts. or do you get hired for a certain shift?

13. staff pay rates in the bay area?

    Fiesta Red replied to krazenurse's topic in California

    See my post about Kaiser's wages in this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f137/hospital-reputation-north-calif-241923.html

14. What hospitals in Northern Cali?

    Fiesta Red replied to Neferet's topic in California

    Rideout is a hole -- especially the ER. So is the Mercy General ER. Woodland is a nice quiet little hospital -- the ER there was very nice. Dunno about the others. My experience has only been in the ER.

15. Hospital reputation in North Calif

    Fiesta Red replied to arys1075's topic in California

    1. Go to the California Nurses Association web site. 2. Click on the 'Facilities & bargaining' link 3. Click on the 'Kaiser' link 4. Click on the 'CNA Contract' link. 5. Scroll to the last page -- there are Kaiser's hourly wages, plain a...