oahufish

oahufish has 19 years experience and specializes in Surgical and Cardiovascular ICU.

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1. 2017 Nursing Salaries by State, Degree, and License - Highest & Lowest

   oahufish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   The majority of Hospital's here in Hawaii are Union and all Nurses have the same base pay upon making the "Job Rate" regardless or type of Degree. In our hospital there are also longevity rates which kick in after 5 and 12 years, that pay an extra f...

2. 2016 Salary thread

   oahufish replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

   Hawaii/Union Critical Care 10+yrs Base 56.24 hr Night Dif 3.50hr Charge 3.50hr No weekend Diff. 2-3% raise each year. $108,000 in 2014 Health Insurance $140 mo Family Coverage Dental $14 mo 403b+Pension Plan High cost of living area, b...

3. How old are you?

   oahufish replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men

   47 and have been an RN for 23 years, 20 years Open Heart/Surgical ICU and way to long till Retirement age!

4. Why do minorities have more respect for nurses?

   oahufish replied to Runman1914's topic in Relations

   I've had kind, appreciative, demanding, rude, dramatic, and polite patients from all backgrounds and walks of life. Although certainly I think cultural background can influence how patients and families interact with healthcare workers (for instance,...

5. Tattoos in Nursing

   oahufish replied to chiandre's topic in Professionalism

   No problem with maybe one visible tattoo, but don't believe the entire sleeve look is very professional. I've also seen several Nurses around the Hospital with lip piercings, eyebrow piercings and ear hoops...definitely not professional unless your ...

6. Age Discrimination in Nursing

   oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I am right in the middle of this. I am 57. I got my LVN last year and my RN this year. I haven't found a job yet. Just a "Thanks but no thanks...", "We are reevaluating this position..." or "We are looking at someone who might be a better fit...". It...

7. Age Discrimination in Nursing

   oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Several weeks ago our Manager was discussing a new Call in that she'd hired to try out in our unit. She then stated "He's older but we'll see if he works out, if not we can let him go before his probation period is up" and that she does not like to...

8. Age Discrimination in Nursing

   oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Occupations with set age limits for retirement like Airline Pilots, Military, Police, Firefighters etc...all have great pension systems that kick in at that set retirement age. Most hospitals have no set pension system or like our have pushed back t...

9. Possible to make it work?

   oahufish replied to ssczesny's topic in Hawaii

   New Grad jobs are still few and far between here! We have 3 Nursing Schools all pumping out lots of New Grads. Most of the New Grad's get their foot in the door by working for a year or more as a NA or Tech! If you do land a job the pay rate is p...

10. Anyone work Florida Hospital?

    oahufish replied to blue1015's topic in Florida

    I often wonder if there any RN's here who actually work in FL or are they all just students! Rarely see responses to inquires about pay, benefits and work environments!

11. Moving to Orlando from Oregon

    oahufish replied to superdan's topic in Florida

    I wonder sometimes about this Forum. Does anyone actually work as a Nurse in FL or all they all just students! As a person considering a move to Fl sometime to be closer to family and friends, I'm also interested in pay, best places to work and live...

12. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    oahufish replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not! I'ts been really my only career other than a few odd jobs in High School and College. I can't complain too much, I spent a few years in the Military, then landed in a pretty good Hospital with decent pay and benefit's. It's given me ...

13. I got offered Kaiser, Straub, and Queens..which would you pick?

    oahufish replied to gtrebyari's topic in Hawaii

    I've worked at Kaiser for 15 years and it's not a bad place to work. The advantages at working at Kaiser would include the commute, which is a much better choice traveling from Waipahu than Queeen's or Straub. I live in Kapolei area and it takes me...

14. Moving to Oahu

    oahufish replied to sweetdreamerRN's topic in Hawaii

    As all the previous folks have stated on the HI Board the job market is not great here. If your husband has a great job...meaning $100k yr+ or you have close family connections then maybe consider a move here. Unless you have multiple years exp...

15. Nursing in Hawaii

    oahufish replied to XcrMat's topic in Hawaii

    Job market for RN's is very tight here right now, we have many BSN's/New Grads doing Ward Clerk and NA work the past few years. If someone extensive experience in ICU, OR, Cath Lab or similar specialized area's they can probably pick up Call in w...