Senshaly

The closest neighboring cities of San Francisco would be: Daly City, Colma, and South San Francisco. No bridges to cross and are within 5-15 minutes away from the San Francisco center (depending on traffic of course).

I think the SF bay area is a little more saturated with RNs than in most areas. It takes a little longer to land a position. More so for new grads. I would recommend you have a job secured first before you make the move out to the west. :)

I will be a Kaiser applicant. I took Statistics at a community college (lower division). The admissions coordinator for CSUF-Kaiser had me fax my statistics syllabus to her. Fortunately, she said my Statistics course meets their requirements. On the Kaiser website, KPSAN.ORG, there is a contact person you can reach to fax your information.

I believe the floor nurses do. Not sure of the Emergency, Critical Care units, and other units. I've seen some situations when floor nurses really want to work 12-hour shifts they pair-up with another nurse on day/night shifts (meaning one works the day shift and the other works the night shift on the same scheduled day and unit) that way it's easier for the manager, or whoever, to organize the nurse work schedule.

hi jen. i have worked at both cpmc and ucsf. ucsf has 12-hour shifts and requires shift rotations in most departments. whereas, cpmc has straight 8-hour shifts. overall, i liked cpmc better because of the environment (mind you it is a tertiary hospital). but i think ucsf has a better retirement program which is why i think they can better retain their nurses. anyways...there's my two cents. :-)