NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Nurse-Patient Ratios

    NickiLaughs replied to PA_RN87's topic in General Nursing

    1. What type of unit do you work on, and in what state? ER; California 2. What is your nurse patient ratio, and how does it change between day-evening-night shifts? It's 1:4, if you have a very...

  2. relocation to Bakersfield!!!

    NickiLaughs replied to winuzaw's topic in California Nursing

    I second what commuter

  3. Moving to california

    NickiLaughs replied to jcurrier79's topic in California Nursing

    High 40s to low 50s hourly, not including differentials. However it is a very challenging area to get a job as the others have said. UC Davis posts their pay ranges, they pay the lowest, I am at...

  4. Orientation for Experienced Nurses

    NickiLaughs replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Truer words were never

  5. ADN with a BA

    NickiLaughs replied to dcwang's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah don't get your ADN, it's very hard to get a job in California with that. Second bachelors or entry level msn. The ADN programs usually take two years and that's after completing gen Ed's, it's...

  6. I'm falling through the cracks...

    NickiLaughs replied to aus1599's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Smaller hospitals tends to not have formal new grad programs and take applicants more frequently. You're gonna need to google search every hospital within a 50 mile radius and just apply for any...

  7. UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    NickiLaughs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    If you really want the high end wages you have to be willing to unionize. There are negatives to unionization, but one of the positives in the salary. I just landed a PART time gig and will make a...

  8. Negotiating a Bay Area RN Salary

    NickiLaughs replied to nursekate8's topic in California Nursing

    Hate to burst your bubble but unionized jobs in California are a set salary. You will be unable to negotiate your salary. You will simply be hired at a set rate usually set by your years experience,...

  9. Was this such an unreasonable request?

    NickiLaughs replied to verene's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She is the dingbat. Good for you for protecting your license. I think you did what any prudent nurse would

  10. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    NickiLaughs replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking of you

  11. Question for current nurses

    NickiLaughs replied to Jks322's topic in Nursing Career

    If you have choices id pick the one with clinical sites at your job of choice. As long as both schools have similar pass rates for nCLEX and good reputations. It'd be a bonus to see how a facility...

  12. When will I ever get time management?

    NickiLaughs replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It takes a while. Everytime I went to a different specialty it took about 6 months to feel confident enough to handle it or feeling as though I could survive there. After about a year, you feel...

  13. CEN

    NickiLaughs replied to Happynurse12's topic in Emergency

    You don't have to have any experience, and it's really just a lot of studying. I bought boswell's, some CEN test books and Sheehys. Good luck to you! :) Hope it helps you score and ER

  14. I want to quit pre-nursing for social work!

    NickiLaughs replied to pumpkinlover95's topic in Nursing Career

    Social Work is not a soft science, exactly. We have SW at my hospital and they are awesome. SW are decently paid and an asset in the healthcare community. Sociology on the other hand..... OP, did...

  15. Leaving VA for ED experience

    NickiLaughs replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Emergency

    Hi OP, you PMed me but I cant reply because your inbox is full. If the facility is the one that you mentioned me, I'd stay where you are at until you find a better learning facility. You will not...

  16. Going from Adult ER to all populations ER

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi guys! Would appreciate any tips on working with a pediatric population. I work in an adults only ER as our pediatric ER is completely separate in my Level I trauma center currently. Just accepted...

  17. Pt selling drugs out of room

    NickiLaughs replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had patients bring smirnoff vodka, heroin needles in their pocket, heroin, cocaine, drug lists of people who owed them money, 10k in cash, phone numbers for "various lady professionals." If...

  18. ICU pay differential?

    NickiLaughs replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    Tele nurses everywhere I have worked had to have ACLS also. ER nurses usually require far more certs than ICU. In ER I have to have ACLS, PALS, TNCC and eventually MICN. When I worked ICU all I had...

  19. CALIFORNIA-PAY

    NickiLaughs replied to DANHAM's topic in California Nursing

    I think the OP is in northern california as they are asking about Alameda county. Southern california typically has different pay rates than Alameda.

  20. ICU pay differential?

    NickiLaughs replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    Everywhere I have worked in California your pay goes by experience, not unit. Some jobs Might pay a BSN 50 cents more, others do nothing. Others pay you a little extra extra if you are certified in...

  21. How do you feel about coworkers who refuse to work overtime?

    NickiLaughs replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in Nursing Career

    I appreciate it when a coworker works OT. I'm one of the ones who frequently does, but by no means do I judge those who don't. Especially if you are there 5 days a week. I wouldn't pick up OT in...

  22. Kaiser South Sacramento ER?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks guys. I work in another ED in the area right now that's a level 1 which can be crazy at times and sometimes really lacks teamwork as well as just stagnant regarding training. Kaiser hired me...

  23. Career Suicide??

    NickiLaughs replied to ED_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call it career suicide as you were trying to keep yourself employed. You do have recent acute care. Any hospital that says otherwise has no idea what they're talking about.

  24. Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    NickiLaughs replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, my jobs have all had 8 to 12 days a year. I average one sick day every 3 months. So I'm usually way

  25. Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    NickiLaughs replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    With state jobs you can't cash out your sick time. I tend to very rarely call in, I sometimes work with small colds and just mask up. S I tend to have a lot of sick accrual. When I left my first...