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  1. Help with Travel in Passadena

    Gomer replied to gay_nurse_123's topic in California Nursing

    Huntington Memorial is the Pasadena hospital. But keep in mind....Pasadena is just another city which bumps up against LA. You can live there and work in many other areas...all you need is a car and...

  2. help!advice,information

    Gomer replied to jessicalotus's topic in California Nursing

    Tenet has 19 hospitals "for sale" in California (see previous post on this site for complete list). Those hospitals will be sold or closed to make up for Tenet's huge financial problems due to bad...

  3. maximum mandatory overtime?

    Gomer replied to graciev's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, http://www.ca.gov is where you will find the regulations. California has 15 or 16 Wage Orders. I can't remember which on nurses are under (5 maybe?). But there are specific Wage Orders for nurses...

  4. maximum mandatory overtime?

    Gomer replied to graciev's topic in California Nursing

    I believe CA labor law allows for no more than 16 hour shifts in a 24 hour period and at least 12-hours between shifts. Yes, the law also requires mandatory breaks.....10-minute (most employers give...

  5. help!advice,information

    Gomer replied to jessicalotus's topic in California Nursing

    Sorry, but I don't know of any local hospitals who are sponsoring. I would suggest you ask you recruiter to place you anywhere but a Tenet hospital. I do know that if you are experienced (at least 2...

  6. help!advice,information

    Gomer replied to jessicalotus's topic in California Nursing

    Midway is owned by Tenet and is one of the 19 hospitals in California they have put up for sale. Therefore, the hospital's status for the future is unknown. If they are sold salary and benefits would...

  7. OT For the Last Four Hours of a 12 Hour Shift in Palm Springs?

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    No, you are not missing anything. Sorry I confused you. There are (I believe) 15 or 16 separate wage and hour laws in California. Nurses fall under one wage order while public employees (those...

  8. OT For the Last Four Hours of a 12 Hour Shift in Palm Springs?

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    No, you are not missing anything. Sorry I confused you. There are (I believe) 15 or 16 separate wage and hour laws in California. Nurses fall under one wage order while public employees (those...

  9. OT For the Last Four Hours of a 12 Hour Shift in Palm Springs?

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    California wage and hour law requires that employers pay any hourly employee time and a half after 8 hours (double time after 12). As for Palm Springs, the pay isn't that great due to cost of living...

  10. OT For the Last Four Hours of a 12 Hour Shift in Palm Springs?

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    California wage and hour law requires that employers pay any hourly employee time and a half after 8 hours (double time after 12). As for Palm Springs, the pay isn't that great due to cost of living...

  11. Time Clocks

    Gomer replied to INTEVA's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have timeclocks or any way to show start and stop times how does your employer track your time? You really should check your state's labor/employment laws. In California, for example,...

  12. Smoking ban

    Gomer replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, hopefully JCAHO wont be visiting there soon. During a JCAHO survey last year one of our local hospitals had their EVS department circulating the hospital grounds in search of cig. butts....

  13. Smoking ban

    Gomer replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I smoke and don't want to quit, but I understand the rule. If you hospital is under JCAHO regulations and/or if you are in a non-smoking state, such as California, it's the law. JCAHO requires...

  14. Anyone ever worked in Huntington Beach, CA?

    Gomer replied to satsuma_sun's topic in California Nursing

    Which hospital in Calif...as I don't think HB has a

  15. Anyone ever worked in Huntington Beach, CA?

    Gomer replied to satsuma_sun's topic in California Nursing

    Which

  16. City of Angels Medical Center

    Gomer replied to Town & Country's topic in California Nursing

    Q of A is a Tenet hospital and is on their "for sale" list. If you are really interested in a So. CA hospital I would suggest UCLA (if you have a BSN) or Cedars in the L.A. area. Eisenhower in Palm...

  17. Question: Unions

    Gomer replied to Town & Country's topic in California Nursing

  18. LA area hospitals

    Gomer replied to fergus51's topic in California Nursing

    My first reaction is NO, NO, NO!!! Centinela is a Tenet hospital and is one of the 19 that Tenet has put up for sale. It is also located in a less than desireable part of LA. Yes, it is giving big...

  19. Pt Ratios put on hold???

    Gomer replied to nursecrickett's topic in California Nursing

    I haven't seen anything in writing, but did hear on the news a couple of weeks ago that some northern Calif. hospitals have asked our new governor to hold off on the ratios. He is supposedly looking...

  20. For Sale By Tenet

    Gomer posted a topic in California Nursing

    Tenet strikes again: For sale Among the hospitals Tenet Healthcare plans to sell are these facilities in California: * Brotman Medical Center, Culver City, 420 beds * Centinela Hospital Medical...

  21. Employment discrimination?

    Gomer replied to acuteobrn's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you consider this discrimination? Are you in a protected group, i.e., race, age, disability, etc? My guess is that your past employment history with this company has more to do with this than...

  22. paying for "surgical training"

    Gomer replied to JaneQ's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I've heard about pay for training programs (have a couple of them in CA) and if you signed an agreement to stay and work (for a given time) or leave and pay for the training then you do owe the...

  23. Tired of the grocery strike, back to Albertson's

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've been paying part of my insurance cost for years. If that's what this strike is all about I don't support them and have crossed the picket lines from the beginning. I do feel sorry for them and...

  24. Tired of the grocery strike, back to Albertson's

    Gomer replied to Sheri257's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've been paying part of my insurance cost for years. If that's what this strike is all about I don't support them and have crossed the picket lines from the beginning. I do feel sorry for them and...

  25. nurses were ordered to lie and key drugs weren't given. Criminal inquiries could be l

    Gomer replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    As I wrote in the other section where you posted this LA Times article (and thank you Spacenurse for posting it), we call this hospital Killer King. The poor and uninsured deserve better treatment....