NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care

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  1. Do you think nurses aren’t taught enough about general emergencies/basic info about emergency medicine?

    NickiLaughs replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    There is specialties for a reason. Nurses DO learn ACLS etc of their specialty demands it. I worked ER for 10 years and have passed several accidents/potential emergencies where my husband asked if...

  2. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

    NickiLaughs replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

    I work for an organization that most definitely places numbers before all else and our union is strong to the point that incompetent nurses are safe in positions when they have no business being a...

  3. Purpose of On-Call. I need to vent

    NickiLaughs replied to MommyRN15's topic in Gastroenterology

    52 patients with 9 RNs and 5 techs? I wish i had the ability to hire you for our unit. All of you. Sometimes we cant make 40 patients work with a staff of 14 RNs and 9 lvns/techs. I'm guessing you...

  4. Bay Area hospitals hourly pay

    NickiLaughs replied to BayNurse93's topic in California Nursing

    I work for kaiser and our contract is the same across northern California. Your base with your experience would be 68.5949/hr. Swing shift is 7.18$ an hour and night is 11.45 an hour. You move...

  5. UC Davis Medical Center

    NickiLaughs replied to born2bns's topic in California Nursing

    Obviously it greatly depends on the unit. I worked in the emergency room. It was incredibly challenging. You take care of very sick patients and it isnt uncommon to be out of ratio when one of your...

  6. I'm a nurse, and believe it or not, I want to be a tech/assistant

    NickiLaughs replied to Uhs_769's topic in General Nursing

    Clinic nursing can be fun too. I feel like there isnt a ton of charting, mostly hands on

  7. California Per Diem information

    NickiLaughs replied to BizKitt22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested in your per diem job

  8. Spouse of nurse

    NickiLaughs replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Unrealistic. I make 3x my husbands income potential, sometimes more. My next biweekly check is gonna be morethan what he could make in 2 months due to overtime. He has a degree and happened to pick...

  9. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

    NickiLaughs replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

    Inland Northern California * I have 10 years experience 78$ an hour benefitted position 4$ an hour when I’m charge I’m in a clinic but if you are in the hospital these are additional: swing dif...

  10. What I did and where do I go from here?

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Background: 4 yrs ICU, 1 yr case management and 5 yrs trauma ER . I took a gig in GI clinic per my husbands request for better work life balance. He was tired or struggling with the kids alone on...

  11. What I did and where do I go from here?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I’ve actually thought about this. I’m still awaiting the position to be posted, but I have thought about applying. The wait

  12. UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento

    NickiLaughs replied to Nurseinthemaking20's topic in Nursing Career

    Benefits arent as great as others make it our to be. You pay 10% of your check automatically onto the pension. I think its pre tax though. I had to pay for my family's health insurance of I remember...

  13. Reasons NOT to be CRNA

    NickiLaughs replied to Terpole's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    This right here is my biggest concern. I'm the primary bread winner for my family. We have an autistic toddler and I can't even imagine trying to figure out finances at this point in my life. I'm...

  14. Kaiser schedule

    NickiLaughs replied to huayra's topic in California Nursing

    Regarding the sac area, one Er does some 12s most are grandfathered though. The other it takes quite a bit of seniority to get

  15. Mini Rant

    NickiLaughs replied to ShadowNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldnt recommend this. Every nurse in my area who went medsurg is still doing med surg 20 yrs later. They say their biggest regret was not going specialty because no one wants to train the. So...

  16. Kaiser schedule

    NickiLaughs replied to huayra's topic in California Nursing

    Part time positions of 3 to 4 8 hour shifts a week is pretty common. I took a 28 hour when I started with kaiser which was 3 8s one week and 4 the next. The pay was equal to my full time at my...

  17. Got Written Up, Cant Stop Thinking About It

    NickiLaughs replied to ThatNurseThough's topic in General Nursing

    Not your error. Pharmacy and the ER nurses error. Additionally, my experience as an ER nurse was i stayed at bedside til a RN showed up so they were aware their new patient had arrived. The fact...

  18. Moving California. Insight on pay scale etc?

    NickiLaughs replied to Nurse4lifeNC's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to add this is a pretty accurate description. I DO live in the inland sac area and will say my income close to doubled with obtaining a job here compared to Orange County. We stay...

  19. Are nurses in CA glad they have a safe staffing law?

    NickiLaughs replied to RN94's topic in California Nursing

    Depends on the VA. I interviewed at Long Beach back in 2011 and they said no because they have a lot of ancillary staff to help. I passed on the

  20. Roseville Kaiser

    NickiLaughs replied to huayra's topic in California Nursing

    Same pay, and it Is nothing like a trauma center. It’s actually poorly ran and many nurses and physicians there are the reason I returned to my old ER after a few

  21. How does your department handle handoff mid procedure?

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi all! I've been in GI for a year now. Previous to this I was ICU and ER for 10 years. We have staggered shifts from 4 PM to 530 PM and when it's time for the early shifts to go home we frequently...

  22. How does your department handle handoff mid procedure?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Gastroenterology

    Thanks brown book. I have a couple coworkers who don’t label them right so that’s another problem.

  23. How much orientation?

    NickiLaughs replied to loriangel14's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got 4 shifts as an LVN I think. And within a couple months I was training other nurses. 38 patients a shift. Unsafe. It took me a couple weeks to learn all the patients names. I had to rely on...

  24. Do you know of any nurses that changed careers?

    NickiLaughs replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Career

    I know a ICU RN who literally did it for two years, saved all her $ for med school and is now an ER physician. It was her game plan all along. She double majored in Nursing and Biology. Others I...

  25. Lost 15 yrs of Senority by changing departments

    NickiLaughs replied to Daytoe's topic in General Nursing

    It how my hospital system works. Seniority rules over everything. We have a couple people who came in with their 15 years seniority and killed all the vacation time, I've also lost jobs schedules to...