Fiesta Red

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1. Rate Kaiser Permanente as a health plan

   Fiesta Red replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Anyone

2. Survey: Does your hospital pay a pension or have health ins. cont'd into retirement?

   Fiesta Red replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

   Here in Sacramento, Kaiser has a pension plan that the employer contributes to, plus free health benefits post age 65 retirement. You have to be an employee for 15 years to get the health care...

3. Pediatric Hospice Nursing

   Fiesta Red posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Our hospice organization does not currently take pediatric patients, with the cut-off being around age 18. I was talking with out manager the other day when a referral for another pediatric patient...

4. Suter Group

   Fiesta Red replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   They used the Studer Group as consultants in a couple of the hospitals where I worked. It's all crap. Several years ago they invested millions of dollars in that Brandon Lee, service excellence...

5. Suter Group

   Fiesta Red replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   The Studer

6. "Do you miss the ER?"

   Fiesta Red replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have only been out 6 weeks and I miss it already. Hospice is quite

7. HOT TIPS: a NuRsInG school survivor's guide for dummies ;-)

   Fiesta Red replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Don't talk about how they do it "on my unit" where you are an aide, a unit secretary, a tech. No one cares. I'm not paying good money to hear you run your mouth -- I'm in class to get an

8. Is it easy to get re-hired into acute care???

   Fiesta Red posted a topic in General Nursing

   How easy is it to get re-hired into acute care after you have been in a home-based position (home health or hospice) for a year or two? I imagine the longer your are out of acute care, the harder it...

9. UC Davis Sacramento

   Fiesta Red replied to marie88's topic in California Nursing

   I did most of my rotations at UCD and there is a reason that I chose to work elsewhere when I graduated. I hated

10. Interview questions and Red Flags for Hospice

    Fiesta Red replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Score! Case load is no more than 12. Only 4 home visits per day. Weekends are one a month, and there are different nurses who do after hours call. The nurse manager is also a former ER RN, so she...

11. New Grad RN applying to Folsom Prison, Ca... insight please

    Fiesta Red replied to patos1984's topic in Correctional

    Does Folsom work rotating shifts. or do you get hired for a certain

12. staff pay rates in the bay area?

    Fiesta Red replied to krazenurse's topic in California Nursing

    See my post about Kaiser's wages in this thread:

13. What hospitals in Northern Cali?

    Fiesta Red replied to Neferet's topic in California Nursing

    Rideout is a hole -- especially the ER. So is the Mercy General ER. Woodland is a nice quiet little hospital -- the ER there was very nice. Dunno about the others. My experience has only been in...

14. Hospital reputation in North Calif

    Fiesta Red replied to arys1075's topic in California Nursing

    1. Go to the California Nurses Association web site. 2. Click on the 'Facilities & bargaining' link 3. Click on the 'Kaiser' link 4. Click on the 'CNA Contract' link. 5. Scroll to the...

15. Interview questions and Red Flags for Hospice

    Fiesta Red replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I know call is one weekend shift a month -- don't know if it 24 hours or 8 hours -- I'll have to ask. We are hourly employees, not paid per visit. I'll definitely have to ask about caseload and...