NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Help! Had to push back course! stressed. Need ideas/opinions

    NickiLaughs replied to ICantWait!'s topic in California Nursing

    Do you have to live in the bay area? Cost of living there is so expensive even compared to wages. Perhaps you both could consider a different area of the state? I went up north for nursing school...

  2. Sacramento area, opps, wage etc???

    NickiLaughs replied to mr_Murse's topic in California Nursing

    Job market sucks in california right now. Sacramento is one of the harder to get into areas, but it might be better by february. Who knows? I work for a hospital owned by a company (CHW) in...

  3. want to quit so bad=(

    NickiLaughs replied to erin01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As humans, we all make mistakes. I try to have labs that I have to have drawn marked down on a paper, and I have a watch that beeps every hour, which gives me a chance to think, "should i be doing...

  4. One year ago today ...

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

    That's awesome, I am hoping I'll be saying that in 8 months. Congrats to

  5. Nursing salaries by state

    NickiLaughs replied to selulion's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the very rural southern part of california (about an hour and a half east of LA). 31.78/hr to start this april as a new grad. Plus night shift differential puts it at about 36/hr. BTW, where...

  6. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    NickiLaughs replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    True. I've also noticed salaries tend to be significantly lower in highly desirable areas, because nurses will sacrifice the salary to live there. I happen to live in an area where cost of...

  7. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    NickiLaughs replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'd just go back to school and become a corporate health executive, which is apparently what I should have done in the first place. :wink2: Supply and demand dictates salary, if salary was to...

  8. Changed?

    NickiLaughs replied to Chapis's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has different reactions to medications, and they can affect them in various ways, including

  9. I hate nursing..

    NickiLaughs replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The one unfortunate thing is that in this economy, it's almost impossible to find the floor you want. You just take what you can get! Hopefully the economy will improve and allow most of us to find...

  10. Hello Im in a Hickle of a Pickle

    NickiLaughs replied to PrettyKathyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the not wanting to quit a job that you just started at, but you are under no obligations and many places have people leave quickly. You would actually be doing them a favor leaving...

  11. Am I the only new nurse who doesn't hate my job?

    NickiLaughs replied to kmarie724's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now that I'm on nights I love my job. There was just no teamwork on day shift and so many prima donnas. I love working hard and being able to help others and feel like I can ask for help if I need...

  12. San Diego

    NickiLaughs replied to Sam I Am's topic in California Nursing

    Two to three years probably. Just a year doesn't cut it

  13. If you had your choice of any field of nursing you wanted........

    NickiLaughs replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know yet....I've just got my first job as an RN three months ago working in critical care, I like it, but I don't believe it's my "niche." I'm thinking about becoming a legal nurse consultant...

  14. How many of you have a spouse also in the medical field?

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! So I've been working for almost 4 months in a critical care unit as an RN, and now the long-awaited time for my hubby: it's now his turn to go to school (The deal was he put me through...

  15. How many of you have a spouse also in the medical field?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are the exception at all! Most of my co-workers have spouses in other fields. My husband has the issue of being a completely opposite schedule from me, (I work nights/most...

  16. How many of you have a spouse also in the medical field?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    nice, talk about the ability to relate about one's

  17. Loma Linda University Medical Center? Anyone working there specifically 8300

    NickiLaughs replied to 250ml's topic in California Nursing

    Actually the reason they pay low is because they can. They graduate their own nursing students, many of who would rather just come work for them because they've already spent most of their clinicals...

  18. How many of you have a spouse also in the medical field?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I enrolled him in an intro course for both rad tech and resp therapist this fall. We'll see. I'm hoping he'll meet someone he can shadow or they will take them to a hospital to experience what...

  19. CNS is an Advanced Nurse Practice?

    NickiLaughs replied to Inspire1983's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Yes they are.....they require master's degrees

  20. LPN VS RMA looking for help

    NickiLaughs replied to donna65738's topic in General Nursing

    Medical Assistant: trained approx 8 months, able to do basic injections, blood withdrawal, take vital signs, usually trained in medical records as well as coding/billing. Tend to work in Dr's offices...

  21. Loma Linda University Medical Center? Anyone working there specifically 8300

    NickiLaughs replied to 250ml's topic in California Nursing

    I'm local, but all I can tell you is what other nurses have told me about Loma Linda. Many of the nurses working at my hospital left loma linda because of how they were treated. They stated salary...

  22. transitioning from LPN to RN, need advice

    NickiLaughs replied to debinius's topic in Nursing Career

    If you're happy, don't let anyone discourage you. I was an LVN for three years, I am working in a hospital now as an RN, I enjoy it, but I'm learning a lot of new skills and critical thinking I...

  23. Nursing in San Diego

    NickiLaughs replied to Sam I Am's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would post in the California forum. You might get a better response. I know little about San Diego, I live two hours north of there, but from what I've heard from other nurses the salary overall...

  24. My light is dimming

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

    I've noticed that part of being "happy" as a nurse is working as a team. I hated day shift and was ready to quit my job (as if I could in this economy). But then, I switched to nights after about...

  25. Does anyone knows if Cali. RN license works in other states?

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

    Honestly, all you have to do is contact the state board that you are considering moving/transferring to and see what is required for endorsement. Google that state board of nursing and there ya