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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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.
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...