Testa Rosa, RN

Testa Rosa, RN

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  1. New Grad Programs: Advantage of MSN & high GPA?

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to xInspiredx's topic in California Nursing

    From my experience, high GPA and MSN with without experience matters very little. Having the RN and BSN with some certs and experience and connections willing to write great letters of...

  2. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Pts are more acute/less stable now. The care level at Med Surg bedside is comparable to ICU level care 10 years ago. LTC gets the sort of pts that would have been in a Med/Surg unit 10 years ago....

  3. Happy Holidays to Sutter Hospital

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We always have ample signage for everyone--premade signs and signs you can add your own slogan too--and I'm sure I speak for others when I say we welcome our newbie RN's as walking the picket line...

  4. Happy Holidays to Sutter Hospital

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually I think new grad pay is $18 with the "last, best, final" Laughable in the SF Bay Area, but take it if you can get in and then run away as soon as you can somewhere else. And please explain...

  5. Happy Holidays to Sutter Hospital

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Because they sit around board rooms and strategize ways to squeeze resources to the bare minimum to the point it feels like you may lose your license practicing nursing in their facilities. And for...

  6. Happy Holidays to Sutter Hospital

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We love our SMU Little Sibs! Best SN's Ever! So sorry to mess up your clinicals due to Sutter waging war on it's nurses. I guess you've seen the ugliness at the bedside first hand and that saddens...

  7. Happy Holidays to Sutter Hospital

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I will be on the picket line. I am sick of the lies and the way Sutter treats their nurses. The lies to media about our salaries (I make 2/3 what they tell the local newspapers I make), the lies to...

  8. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Awe Monkeybug--so sad to hear about the reduced milk supply because you were unable to pump. I used Fenugreek myself when I started back at work to keep my supply up and then we shifted to night...

  9. New grad, bullied at report.

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hope the original poster is noticing how many nurses with years of collective experience are all complaining about difficult certain RN's can be at report. It looks like it's something endemic to...

  10. Moving to Bay Area-concerned about jobs! Advice please.

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to bjp3RN's topic in California Nursing

    Oh Honey; It's just impossible to get a job here in a specialty like Peds--Jobs are impossible here to begin with. You are better off staying where you are for a year where you have a job, and taking...

  11. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a really mean pt on our oncology unit. I was told she was a very intelligent and articulate woman who was in denial for a long time and who was now trying to blame the medical establishment...

  12. Personally Handing Out Resumes

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to IKnowYouRider's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I did this; nothing came of it at the time but it forced me to update my resume frequently as I added certifications. In time, I put together a nice resume package with my photo on the cover and...

  13. Professionals or "workers"

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    As a second career RN, I used to feel exactly like you. My first three years of nursing have been an eye opening experience however, and after what I've seen transpire I would never work for my...

  14. Megace Suspension

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to moorebluejacket's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It was ordered a lot for my Oncology pts. It was pleasant tasting and well tolerated from a group known to be nauseous but your mileage may vary. It also was often ordered in tandem with Marinol....

  15. New grad, bullied at report.

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I still have certain nurses who I just hate giving report to; however, in time I learned it was their problem, not mine. You will too. Just give the best report you can. Eventually even the...

  16. PHN to have on New Grad resume- worth it?

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to NurseK7's topic in Nursing Career

    Do it; I can put RN, BSN, PHN after my name and it opened up job markets for me other than just acute care (even though I'm still in acute care three plus years after being a new grad. One day I will...

  17. From First Generation College Student To Nurse

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Good article! My own parents were Italian Immigrants both raised on subsistence farms by my grandparents who did not even finish grade school due to WWII. My father finished grade school, and my...

  18. To Swab or Not to Swab......

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in Patient Medications

    As the originator of this thread, I want to say a big THANK YOU for ALL your input. As a result of all your answers and links, I now swab everything. It's become habit, even in a code situation....

  19. Cost Cutting/Budgeting --- the patients suffer the most

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We are Unionized for now, but Sutter is trying to break our Union. I was apathetic at the start of this fight over a year ago now, as I'm not a fan of the Union. However, after watching a middle...

  20. Give Thanks to Nurses

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    NO--that is average salary for a FTE on my unit only. And in all honesty I was sort of apathetic at the start of this so don't have all my facts down (we probably agree on more things than we would...

  21. Give Thanks to Nurses

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yes--completely taking away sick leave and making benefits 80/20 for full timers--no benefits for 30hrs or less. Very expensive considering this health care is our industry and considering most...

  22. Cost Cutting/Budgeting --- the patients suffer the most

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like you work for the highly profitable "not for profit" Sutter System to me--or a Hospital trying to copy it's model. I am not against Hospital Groups being profitable--in fact I endorse it...

  23. Giving up on California

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to ercastro2's topic in California Nursing

    Face to face hand off of your resume with a nurse introducing you to their manager is more likely to get you an interview over a random computerized application. And, yes, you do need to be willing...

  24. Give Thanks to Nurses

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    SC_RN YOU ARE SO WRONG--over 90% of us walked out. My coworkers and I have striked for 7 days and have been locked out for 35, all unpaid--how greedy is that, babe? We mean business. There's...

  25. I got a job at UC DAVIS ER!!!

    Testa Rosa, RN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    I have several school mates who landed at UC Davis and the LOVE the facility and staff there. Also nice area to raise a family. Good luck on your new