Yosemite, RN

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  1. No Shortage of Nursing in Bay,S.F, and Sacramento Area!

    Yosemite, RN replied to John123's topic in California Nursing

    Yep, there is NO NURSING SHORTAGE in the Sacramento to Bay Area regions. John, you actually had it pretty good! Another RN and I attented a refresher course to get back into medical acute care from...

  2. Can someone please help me?

    Yosemite, RN replied to cyberdot's topic in General Nursing

    I'll answer what I can, since it looks like no one else is. Much of what you ask varies from facility to facility, union vs. non-union shop, state to state. Good

  3. Hospital reputation in North Calif

    Yosemite, RN replied to arys1075's topic in California Nursing

    My wife has worked for Kaiser. It is "different." Others have already talked of pay and benefits. Yes, it is a "union shop." The atmosphere is "us against them" ... union staff vs. administration....

  4. Info on SNF/LTC?

    Yosemite, RN posted a topic in California Nursing

    Thank you in advance! I'd like to change directions in my nursing career. I have 2 years experience in psych nursing, but I find that truly unsatisfying; I've done other types of non-clinical...

  5. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    Yosemite, RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Hehehe... don't laugh, but my wife wants me to work at Home Depot before going back to that facility! Of course, that facility is non-union... one WORD of "union," and you'd loose your job. I've...

  6. fed up- cant get a job

    Yosemite, RN replied to coogar's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel your pain. I'm in a bit of a different boat... except for the last two years of psych nursing, I've been out of clinical for some forteen years. I've taken a refresher course, many CEU's,...

  7. Please, help me to get a job!

    Yosemite, RN replied to hstephy's topic in Nursing Career

    I'll be brief. Take that job offer gratefully. Apply yourself 100% to that job, even though it is not the one you wanted. Have EXCELLENT work ethics, i.e., not calling in sick if you can avoid it,...

  8. ??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

    Yosemite, RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ah, the beer cart girl. *sigh* Do you play golf? No!??! Well, the beer cart girl is that wonderful person who patrols the golf course with a special cart outfitted to bring COLD BEER to the...

  9. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

    Yosemite, RN replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, I'll throw my 2 cents in... and vote for at LEAST one year in med/surg before doing psych nursing. Psych nursing is my latest nursing incarnation and I can tell you that I use my nursing...

  10. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    Yosemite, RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, yes. The only other option that we could see was just keep taking the "write ups" until we were fired (a couple were). They would then fill the position with a new grad that would...

  11. Advice for a new nursing student.

    Yosemite, RN replied to Barefoot_inSD's topic in California Nursing

    Stress

  12. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    Yosemite, RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in California, at least, there is quite a fine to the facility if breaks and lunches are missed... I believe $10,000.00. Not much for a large facility, but for a smaller one like I recently...

  13. Miserable. Is this how it is everywhere?

    Yosemite, RN replied to gearheadfly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As most have said, I too, feel sorry for your plight. Just reading your accounts, opens wounds I'd thought long healed. Unfortunately, the answer to your question is most definately "YES." Yes,...

  14. Am I short changing myself by working LTC?

    Yosemite, RN replied to hollyjolly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Think about your future and the future of nursing very carefully. I've been doing it for almost 21 years (I know, not so long as many...), and I can tell you this: if you stay out of acute care...

  15. Anyone work at a facility owned by Psychiatric Solutions Inc.?

    Yosemite, RN replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    When the hospital I was working at was bought out by P.S.I., the pay did not change. The WORK load went up, though! I hope to God that it was just the CEO at that facility and not a company wide...

  16. ??Is there a shortage: Nursing Supply and Demand

    Yosemite, RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I won't speak for everywhere in the U.S., but in my area of California, there is NO shortage... other than a few areas that are typically hard to staff for, i.e., telemetry, per diem E.R., etc. While...

  17. Patient to Nurse Ratio

    Yosemite, RN replied to suma109's topic in California Nursing

    I havent' read the text of the law, lately. You can find summaries on the California Nurses' Accociation web site; there, also, I believe you can find the text of the law. Violations can be reported...

  18. Best Place To Transiton Back to In Nursing

    Yosemite, RN replied to sabrina7's topic in California Nursing

    Dr. Sabrina7: Welcome back! With that said, I have to add a "good luck." While I have never left nursing, I did leave clinical practice to do insurance work and telephone triage for a total of...

  19. Psyc Nursing

    Yosemite, RN replied to RoyalExpress's topic in Men in Nursing

    I just finished working for two years in an acute, private, for profit facility in California. This is the ONLY psych. facility I've worked in, though. One of my former collegues works in a county...