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Hello, I am a 5 year RN with a BSN. I have been in the ER my entire career, and have progressed from staff RN to mostly charge RN. My latest job is a hybrid of charge RN with some actual authority and supervisor's role. I know I need to head back ...

Is anyone here a current or former Kaiser patient? If so, how do you like your care? Do you feel you are getting access to the types of specialists that you need, and getting appropriate care? What have your experiences with Kaiser been like? Than...

Anyone else?

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 benefit. They also have a 403B that the employee can co...

Hello, I have a meeting Monday with an RN Manager for a hospice organization that is part of a major hospital system here in town. What questions can I ask, and what are some red flags, that will help me determine if this is a well-run organization ...

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 arrived. I mentioned something about this being a ...

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 junk (Mess Up/Fess Up/Dress Up) that just fell by the...

The Studer Group?

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 is to get back in. Do RN Managers and recruiters ...

What is it like? What do you do? I did a semester rotation as a student in a Trauma/Neuro ICU, but that was a long time ago and I can't remember what it was like. I remember being bored, but that was when I was younger, so I went to the ER instead...

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

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 education.

No way! There goes my retirement plans!

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

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 understood exactly where I was coming from. Sutter...

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

Hello, I'm thinking about a change in my nursing career. Currently, I'm an ER RN with 5 years of experience, all within the ER. Hospice has always been an interest from when I was in nursing school. Has anyone here made the transition from ER to H...

See my post about Kaiser's wages in this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f137/hospital-reputation-north-calif-241923.html

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 the ER.

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 last page -- there are Kaiser's hourly wages, plain a...

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 overtime. Not sure if there is an evening/nights RN o...

I found a clinic position that I might be interested in at one of our affiliated clinics. The hours that are posted are 8AM to 5PM. I'll ask this question in the interview, but I wanted to ask clinical nurses here. Even though the hours are 8 - 5, ...

I have been an ER nurse for about 5 years now, and have been doing charge RN duties for about 2 to 3 years. We don't have a designated charge RN position on our unit -- we take turns. Any experienced staff nurse who has been trained to do it can be...

Anyone else? This thread seems to have died after it got moved.

One twelve hour shift is too much for me. I lose my focus after about 8 hours. I'm an 8 hour person, luckily.