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I work in Southern California. I have 4 years of experience. I make $38.50/hr straight pay plus bennies, etc. I work in a Critical Care Unit. Hope this helps. I agree with the previous emailer. I think Nurses should be more open about their salaries. How else will we make sure we are maxxing out our earning potential? That's one way administators can get us and keep us for cheap - treat us like mushrooms. That is, put us in a dark corner and feed us BS. If we are educated about what our particular set of skills and experience are worth, they have to offer us the max pay for an assignment. Cheers!

Hi. I currently work at Hoag. I have been there since graduating from Nursing School in 2004. I started in CCU and now work in PACU. I love Hoag. Their new grad program is the bomb. I feel like I work with a great group of professionals. Everyone treats each other with a great deal of respect and that is passed on to the patients, as well. Everyone has a great deal of pride in their work. My concerns are always taken seriously. I have access to top management any time I want. I am treated very fairly. My department now is absolutely the best. The doctors are tops. The RN/patient ratio in CCU is always 1:1 or 2:1 - never, ever more. In recovery, it's the same. I'm pretty much a spit-fire. If anyone ever told me to stay when I was sick, I'd quit and tell everyone off before I did. I've always felt pretty well taken care of at Hoag. I'd be happy to answer any questions.