pattywatty

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1. Already make $42/hr. Is travel nursing worth it?

   pattywatty replied to Elbajista's topic in Travel

   There are a lot of travel nurses in calif. San francisco pays well. I work in los angeles and new grads make $40 hr

2. Do you have an OB in the hospital 24/7?

   pattywatty replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes I started nursing 34 yrs ago and it was like this. Small hospitals had no dr,the nurses did everything. I worked nights newborn nursery, small community hosp. I lasted 1 year. Very unsafe. I was the only nurse with 2 aides in nursery on nights.

3. How common is time and a half after 8 hours?

   pattywatty replied to dalsor's topic in California

   I work in a large hospital in LA and straight time for 12 hrs but the pay is higher than another hospital I worked at that was 8 hr shift. Also we get double time after 12 hrs and if worked over 40 hrs within one week then we get time and half

4. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

   pattywatty replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

   Los angeles, per diem 57.95 (all per diems get the same pay) union, $6.00 night dif, $2.50 weekend dif

5. Nursing in California

   pattywatty replied to Nathalie's topic in California

   You can look up UCSF per diem pay on line. All UC hospital salaries are public on the web. as of Feb. 2013 step 1 pay is 70.22hr up to step 11 $90.96hr This is per diem RN So RN's there do make that much. UCLA pays 57.95 hr for perdiem. It does no...