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  1. Kaiser is the best to work at?

    RNnewgrad replied to Future-nurse's topic in California Nursing

    On more than one occasion, a patient has come into our hosptial after receiving poor care at Kaiser. One man was found to have a C3 fracture t Kaiser after a CT scan. They gave him an Aspen collar and...

  2. Anyone have anything to say about UCSD-Hillcrest?

    RNnewgrad posted a topic in California Nursing

    Looking for good and bad. Thanks!

  3. Scripps Memorial-La Jolla... what's the buzz?

    RNnewgrad posted a topic in California Nursing

    Accepted an RN new grad position in the ICU at Scripps Mem in La Jolla. It has a good rep nationally, but does anyone know the buzz around CA?? Every hospital has a local

  4. San Diego nursing salaries?

    RNnewgrad replied to jules12r's topic in California Nursing

    I had 1 year of med-surg experience and came on as an ICU intern. Started making $29/hr and a year and a half later make $34/hr. At my hospital, there are frequent raises to accomodate inflation and...

  5. does anyone use swans anymore?

    RNnewgrad replied to squirlkeeperCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have started using the Vigileo Machine and obtaining the same info as a swan (except for a wedge pressure). It works via a TLC on the distal port and/or A-Line and only if the pt is intubated....

  6. Please share your happy travel moments! New traveler with some serious jitters!

    RNnewgrad posted a topic in Travel

    I've got serious jitters about leaving my hospital. While it is not terrible, what is wrong with it I have learned to live with. After reading a lot of the posts, I'm scared that all hospitals nurses...

  7. Doctor becoming Nurse?

    RNnewgrad replied to tenrec's topic in Nursing Career

    Check out CareerBuilder.com for salaries. Adding to those salaries is all the doubletime/overtime offered by many hospitals. RN's who choose to take on extra days during a pay period(a normal pay...

  8. A nurse ate me as her young and I'm still paying for it

    RNnewgrad posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been working agency LPN (new grad) through RN school. I have had the pleasure to work on a wonderful unit for the last six months that loves me and wants me to work there when I graduate. The...

  9. Do I have enough experience to travel?

    RNnewgrad replied to icu_nursie76's topic in MICU, SICU

    I had the same question not to long ago on this site. The advice I got was that a nurse is ready to travel when their coworkers ask them for help with a tough patient, they can run a code in their...

  10. Moving to San Diego, CA: where should I work?

    RNnewgrad replied to kalibuni2000's topic in California Nursing

    what is BICU? Burn unit? I'm thinking SICU or MICU. Whichever has an opening. I just want to be happy with the way the ICU is run and find happy

  11. Moving to San Diego, CA: where should I work?

    RNnewgrad replied to kalibuni2000's topic in California Nursing

    I can tell you where NOT to work, Scripps Memorial La Jolla. Management is a nightmare, they are constantly renovating, but more importantly, the nurses are miserable (for the most part) and...

  12. Moving to San Diego, CA: where should I work?

    RNnewgrad replied to kalibuni2000's topic in California Nursing

    What dept do you work in?? I'm thinking about applying to the ICU. Have you heard what it's like?? What is management

  13. Moving to San Diego, CA: where should I work?

    RNnewgrad replied to kalibuni2000's topic in California Nursing

    What dept?? I'm thinking about applying to their ICU. Do you know what it's like? and more importantly, what is management

  14. Do u know any hospitals that may pay off my Nursing student loan of $40,000?

    RNnewgrad replied to parkingmanager's topic in California Nursing

    Good advice! To add to that, if you take the NCLEX in the state in which you went to school and get your RN, there are no problems in transferring your license to

  15. Harrassment on the Job

    RNnewgrad replied to CrispyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're a RN for goodness sake!! You and your friend should have no problem finding another job...and you would get to start with a clean slate. Get out of

  16. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RNnewgrad replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I went to help another nurse drop an NG after her failed attempts. The pt was on Propofol and snoring loudly....but she was unable to get the salem sump past the nasal cavity. Started to put it up his...

  17. AA need to convert to bsn?

    RNnewgrad replied to kitkatcitcat's topic in California Nursing

    With the incredible shortage in the state (and country) I don't see how this could be

  18. San Diego nursing salaries?

    RNnewgrad replied to jules12r's topic in California Nursing

    I started as an ICU intern with Scripps with one year of floor experience for 29.00 plus $4 diff for

  19. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

    RNnewgrad replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Nights are great! In my ICU it is quieter, no families after 10pm, I get to tuck my pt's in to bed and help them to relax and sleep, plus- I get paid a good amount more to do it! Do not be afraid!...

  20. Why don't med staff follow advanced directives?

    RNnewgrad posted a topic in General Nursing

    In school, we are trained that advanced directives are legal documents to be followed by doctors and nurses. Why is the next of kin allowed to change a pt's DNR status at the last minute? Why can they...

  21. How do you deal with the stress of the job (too busy to take a break, etc.)?

    RNnewgrad replied to HillaryC's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow! Where in CA are these hospitals?? I moved here to do an ICU intern program, which I've since completed, under the impression that I would be encouraged to take breaks and have someone to relieve...

  22. You know it's a bad night when......

    RNnewgrad replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Your report is finished with, "good luck" in a sing-song

  23. please help with these ABG's

    RNnewgrad replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow! Love this link!

  24. Baths on night shift?

    RNnewgrad replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our baths are expected to be done before midnight. No one gets written up for not doing one...if your busy, your busy! But day shift definetly won't be doing

  25. What do patients say that irks you?

    RNnewgrad replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK, I'm a youngin' also and I hate it when pt's (usually elderly) ask me how old I am, but in a demeaning tone of voice, as if I'm unqualified to take care of them. I don't look like I'm 12! I've been...