I live in Northern California and work in an outpatient specialty clinic with no nights, weekends or holidays. I'm an ADN RN with 3 years experience and make 37.35/hr.
ORSmurf replied to galenanurse2b's topic in Oncology
Hi Jen, Wow - congratulations on everything you've accomplished. What a good story. I think you'll love working with oncology patients. I work in an outpatient cancer center giving chemotherapy. I am a highly emotional person and was afraid I wou...
ORSmurf replied to disneydiva21's topic in California
I was put on the wait list the first time I applied to the LVN to RN step up program. I didn't get in that year, but did get in the next year I applied. It was pretty frustrating to have to wait that extra year.
Big hugs to you Mystic Fish. I am so sorry to hear about your situation. You are in good company, my friend. Good for you for recognizing when enough is enough. God bless you and much luck in your next endeavor. I hope you can take some time off...
I would suggest calling your Human Resources person to ask all those questions. It might vary depending on your hospital/employer. Where I work, you get a yearly "step" raise, and usually a cost of living increase also (keeping in mind, both are usu...
You're right that this will vary depending on the institution. I work at a pretty small hospital and they promote "tuition reimbursement" as one of the employee benefits, but they will only cover up to $1,000 a year and there are some stipulations t...
Congratulations Soneshine!! I started at an outpatient cancer center about 4 months ago. I've also only been an RN for a little over 2 years (8 years as an LVN) and most of my career has been in the OR. It was a huge change, to say the least. You ...
I work at an outpatient cancer center and we always check the chemo, with 2 chemo RN's, for each patient all at once when the phamramcy delivers it. We also double check the pump settings each time a new chemo is hung.
ORSmurf replied to krazy_coconuts's topic in Operating Room
I've worked in the OR for about 10 years - 8 years as an LVN/Scrub, then 2 years as an RN/Circulator. I love the OR, but was feeling restless and in need of a change. I left the hospital OR for an outpatient OR job to escape the call (I HATED being...