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Hi all! I am considering a job at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu. I have experience in labor & delivery, postpartum, and pediatrics. The only hospital I've worked at is pretty small; we do around 80-100 births a month. I have some general questions about being an RN at Kapiolani...

1. What is the pay scale like? I have 6 years of RN experience so I'm hoping I wouldn't start at the bottom step.

2. Many positions having "rotating" schedules. Is this typically one week of days then one week of nights?

3. What is the nurse-patient ratio like?

4. What is the atmosphere like? Some coworkers have warned me big hospitals are like assembly lines and there's not much focus on the nurse-patient relationship, breastfeeding, labor support, etc.

Any info and other tips are appreciated! Thank you!

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Hi all! I am considering a job at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu. I have experience in labor & delivery, postpartum, and pediatrics. The only hospital I've worked at is pretty small; we do around 80-100 births a month. I have some general questions about being an RN at Kapiolani...

1. What is the pay scale like? I have 6 years of RN experience so I'm hoping I wouldn't start at the bottom step.

2. Many positions having "rotating" schedules. Is this typically one week of days then one week of nights?

3. What is the nurse-patient ratio like?

4. What is the atmosphere like? Some coworkers have warned me big hospitals are like assembly lines and there's not much focus on the nurse-patient relationship, breastfeeding, labor support, etc.

Any info and other tips are appreciated! Thank you!

hi, SORRY i can't answer your question but i was curious with your post. If you don't mind me asking you a question? By any chance do you know how to contact the BON Hawaii? I have called them like trillion times but it seems so hard to get a hold of them. I am trying to endorse my license to hawaii, i have a lot of questions which they know how to answer. I hope you can help me. Thank you

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That's frustrating, I'm sorry! I never had to contact them. I just found the form online to become licensed there.

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I'm just being nosy, but do you actually have an offer? Everything I've read about Hawaii on this site has led me to believe that it's near impossible to find any nursing job there ...let alone a "good" one.

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Not an offer yet but I've passed the skills test and had the interview with HR. Next step is manager interview. I've applied for Mother-Baby and the Birth Center. I didn't get the impression it's hard because there are numerous RN positions for each hospital.

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That's frustrating, I'm sorry! I never had to contact them. I just found the form online to become licensed there.

Yeah, i did found the form but i still have questions. Anyways Thank you

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Have you considered calling the hospital?

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