CaliLvr000 BSN, RN

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About CaliLvr000

CaliLvr000 has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Operating Room.


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  1. CaliLvr000

    Need advice Please- Call Center RN job?

    That is great! I too am considering making a change. I have been in the operating room for 7 years and I just had my second child. I am just dreading going back to work and it is not a good feeling! I applied to a Kaiser position, but those are nea...
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    Prepping with Chlorhexidine

    The new facility I am working for did away with betadine scrub. They still have paint. Most of the surgeons use Chloraprep stick and I notice nurses just painting it on. The instructions say to scrub surgical site for 30 seconds, and that one sick...
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    Learning about Sutures

    Can this be a sticky???!
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    OR nurse in U.S.

    1circ, 1 scrub. Unless it's a bad trauma and there's extra staff around to help out. In California.
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    When surgical tools get left behind

    My first hospital I worked at/learned OR nursing, almost got shut down. General surgeon left in a huge blue fish :-\ (he closed so fast and would not wait for counts). Around the same time they removed 3 sponges from another pts abdomen (differen...
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    OR Nurse in Scottsdale Az

    Sacramento is cheap to live at rent, utilities is a nice place in Roseville ca is only 1200 a month. California taxes are a tad bit higher but not much. Sounds like California is the best place to live for pay in comparison to cost of living. She w...
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    Sutter Health RN pay scale

    Yes what pp said. You can just call HR they should tell you. The follow the CA nursing union pay scale. It's based on years of exp.
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    Anyone near Sacramento area?

    Nothing against LVNs but just get your RN!!! I can not stress enough.
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    Looking for RN Job in california.

    You can find a job. You just have to go to a hospital in an undesired area. Look into very small hospitals, I'm talking 40 beds. My friend just got hired in Gridley, CA at a small hospital in med-surg now she's already in the ER. Apply there! She...
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    St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka CA

    I hope you like rain!! I lived there for 3 years, recently moved away. When I was in school I lived in Arcata. There's cute places to live there, everything is walking distance pretty much, full of hippies and wannabes. Eureka is where I liked liv...
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    What's Cali. life like?

    Expensive!! We are moving out of state soon :)
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    OR Nurse in Scottsdale Az

    I want to move my family to Scottsdale AZ area asap. I currently live in Sacramento ca and make 50.00 an hour. I'm an OR nurse with 2.5 years experience, how big would my pay cut be by moving to Scottsdale? Please only reply if you have first hand e...
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    Dallas TX area Surgical RN 2 years experience...?

    Hey sorry everyone. I meant "or" if that makes a difference. But allen texas is were we are defiantly going, maybe plano tx. She has 2.5 years exp.
  14. Hello, my wife and i are planning on moving to Allen Texas area in June. We currently live in Roseville Ca. She works for Suttter Roseville here. She is getting 60.00 an hour plus night diff. Cost of living is cheap here as well. Is she going to be ...
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    Pregnancy and work hours

    Congratulations on your pregnancy!! I just had a baby boy in December, I worked up until a month before due date and went into afib on my last night and was admitted!! Anyhoo, we are okay but everyone was so understanding when I was huge. Didn't let...