California Nursing Shortage Critical....

[hoolahan]

I am sure everyone knows this already, but this article was interesting. My friend in California tells me there aren't enough nurses even to fill the "cushy" insurance jobs. Here's the link...

http://www.redding.com/news/state/past/20021201topstate188.shtml

[rebelwaclause, ASN, RN]

Originally posted by OzNurse69

I just don't see why someone who wants to have a 6 mo working holiday shouldn't be allowed to do it!!

A 6 month holiday...??? I'll vote for that!!!

:chuckle

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

My question--what is it going to take for these hard-headed and cold-hearted business people who have taken over health care to wake up????? They are incredibly arrogant and blind. They must think they have some magic "ace" up their sleeves? All we nurses want is control over our profession, a safe and manageable work environment, and decent wages and benefits. In the meanwhile, we continue to "vote with our feet," leaving the bedside in droves, and the crisis just grows worse by the minute....

[JNJ]

Seems to me to be an opening for Independent RNs. Check out independentrn.com. What are we waiting for? The climate is so right to be negotiating our own terms and conditions. I'm not against unions and agencies; these serve the needs of many RNs. But so very many of us have the skills the health care conglomerates need and the skills to act as our own mini-agencies or small group practices. It can be a win-win situation if handled right.

[Dublin37]

So what are the salaries in California, now in 2003? Heather

[pickledpepperRN]

http://cna.igc.org/cna101/top5-1.htm

Above link has salaries for the University Hospitals. Newest Long Beach Memorial contract has even higher pay!

http://www.calnurse.org/

http://www.calnurse.org/cna/calnursenovdec02/ontheheels.html

http://www.calnurse.org/cna/calnursenovdec02/apagefromcnahistory.html

http://cna.igc.org/cna101/top5-1.htm

http://cna.igc.org/cna101/top5-2.htm

http://cna.igc.org/cna101/

http://www.calnurse.org/cna/watch/tenet/

http://cna.igc.org/cna101/top5-3.htm

http://cna.igc.org/cna/seiuwatch/

http://www.revolutionmag.com/newrev13/sample.html

[renerian, BSN, RN]

All very good links..........

renerian

[pickledpepperRN]

Thanks. Wish the Long Beach salaries were on the web. I remember a newspaper article with even higher pay than UCLA but cannot find a link.

[jadednurse]

Those salaries seem pretty attractive to me, but of course, I'm from Chicago. Factoring in the higher cost of living, I wonder how that would compare to average salaries here in the Windy City?