Oakland Kaiser or Alta Bates in Berkeley, Ca?

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Specializes in Case Mgmt; Mat/Child, Critical Care.

Does anyone work at either of these two hospitals? Or have any info about them? (I'm specifically interested in their L&D units). If you had a choice which hospital would you work at, and why?

Thanks!

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i haven't worked at either, so i can't help you with that but i have been a patient at both and alta bates is far superior in my experience.

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Specializes in Case Mgmt; Mat/Child, Critical Care.

Thanks for your reply!

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I've never worked at either, but when I was applying for jobs, I applied at Alta Bates. I was disgusted at how I was treated by the recruiter. She gave me the run-around, wouldn't answer certain questions, and was all-around rude (especially when she called me to see "how things were going" in the beginning of July after I indicated that I was moving to the area a month previous to that...and at 7:30 am!, I was still asleep). Needless to say, with the nursing shortage and plenty of good jobs around, I took a position at UCSF Medical Center and am really happy.

--icesk8ie

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Specializes in Case Mgmt; Mat/Child, Critical Care.

Thanks for the info...I have since learned that this place has a pretty bad rep, so I'll be staying away from there!

Where do you work at UCSF? That's another place I'm interested in.

I've never worked at either, but when I was applying for jobs, I applied at Alta Bates. I was disgusted at how I was treated by the recruiter. She gave me the run-around, wouldn't answer certain questions, and was all-around rude (especially when she called me to see "how things were going" in the beginning of July after I indicated that I was moving to the area a month previous to that...and at 7:30 am!, I was still asleep). Needless to say, with the nursing shortage and plenty of good jobs around, I took a position at UCSF Medical Center and am really happy.

--icesk8ie

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Moondancer,

Just PM'ed you a reply.

--icesk8ie

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Hi. I'm still a student but what I did learn from looking at Kaiser's job postings is that Oakland is opening up a brand new maternity unit. They had a lot of openings in L&D, Mother Baby, Nicu, etc. I'm hoping for the new grad program at Kaiser Santa Clara since I live in San Jose. Maybe you could consider Children's Hospital too?!?

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I actually got a good offer from Summit, but I agree that the recruiter is not helpful. i am doing all the leg work. do you have any advice or information?

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