californianurse1974

californianurse1974 has 13 years experience and specializes in Post Cardiac Care/Telemetry, L&D.

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1. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

   californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

   Hi Night nurse I'm at King Faisal, which has a hospital in both Riyadh and Jeddah. the king gave 200 million to the hospital for renovation. Both of these are the largest and creme of the crop hospitals in Saudi Arabia. (The royal family is treated a...

2. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

   californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

   Hi New York The nurses here are not paid by experience, the hospital sets one pay package for everyone, but if you work ICU,NICU, or PACU you'll make 2-3k more. However, the hospital pays according to your nationality/country of origin. Westeners/Ame...

3. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

   californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

   Nephron don't worry, I can't even figure how to find threads I posted in or how to reply back to emails lol. Anyway, as far as choosing a city, Jeddah works better for me. I originally planned to go to Riyadh until I learned the housing is shared. Th...

4. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

   californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

   I also forgot to add that if you ever get tired of M/S, after working here for a year, you can cross train to another specialty. They will train you for any specialty, including all of the required classes (ACLS, EKG and arrthymia, PALS, fetal monito...

5. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

   californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

   Again, sorry for the late response surething This is our work week: Five 12-hour shifts one week, Two 12-hour shifts the next week. So basically, you're working one extra shift in a 2 week period. Once per month, you're also required to pick up what'...

6. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

   californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

   Sorry for the late response nephron:) All you need is one year of hospital experience. When you get here there's an orientation, plenty of skills workshop with CEU's, and you have a preceptor your first month of work. You can break your contract at a...

7. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

   californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

   I'm currently working in Jeddah, which is the more laid back sister city of Riyadh. The hospital is currently under construction/expansion, so I'm sure there are positions available in your specialty. I've been here for 2 months and like it. From wha...

8. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

   californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

   I think it depends on the type of unit you work on. My max ratio is 4:1, but we usually have 2-3 patients. I tell the patients that are able to bathe themselves, or let their family members assist. There are anywhere from 2-8 family members in the ro...

9. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

   californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

   Lol what I mean by "spoiled" is in America we do team nursing, meaning the RN has a nurse assistant to do vital signs, feed the patient, change the bed, empty foleys, etc. And we also have an IV team, RT,PT, lift team, social worker, etc. Here in Sau...

10. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

    californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

    Everyone I've met so far, myself included, are through Helen Ziegler. They're located in Canada and send out US and UK nurses

11. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    californianurse1974 replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Hello I'm an American nurse (Cali gal) currently working in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia on a 1 year contract. To the original poster, only male doctors are allowed to bring family members with them. All others are provided single female or male studio apart...

12. Working in Hail Saudi Arabia

    californianurse1974 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in General World

    Hello I'm an American nurse (Cali gal) currently working in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia on a 1 year contract. To the original poster, only male doctors are allowed to bring family members with them. All others are provided single female or male studio apart...