RNinSoCal

RNinSoCal

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  1. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    RNinSoCal replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    I used to work in Glendale CA and now work in the Bay Area (mid-peninsula...I have to be specific because the Bay Area is so large). The pay and work environments are much better-in my experience in...

  2. RN Refresher Course needed

    RNinSoCal replied to northstar24's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I did attend an RN refresher course in Los Angeles County and it was good. It was through Azusa Pacific university and I got a job within 2 weeks of completing the course. I currently work in...

  3. ER nurse going to Med-Surg

    RNinSoCal replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have been doing med/surg for over 4 years now and I love it. The differences are that you have your patients longer. Some patients may stay as little as 1 day and as long as 1 month. It can...

  4. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    RNinSoCal replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    SF Bay Area pay is nice. I am on the peninsula. I have been a nurse for almost 10 years, I work med/surg currently. The current base pay for new grads is 38.42/hr here. I am up to 50.18/hr now. I...

  5. Could you tell me about Med-Surg?

    RNinSoCal replied to BerthaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Med/surg is not for people who are about to go home. It is for patients who are acutely ill and do not need cardiac monitoring. If they need monitoring they go to a telemetry unit. If a person has...

  6. How do I become a Registered Nurse?

    RNinSoCal replied to ksauce20's topic in Washington Nursing

    You can go to almost any community college/junior college to take the pre-requisites for nursing school. After completing the pre-requisites you can apply for a nursing program. Many private...

  7. weekend nights

    RNinSoCal replied to quinnila's topic in General Nursing

    Nocs weekend is Fri, Sat here. Every other weekend mandatory for staff

  8. Do you have to punch a time clock?

    RNinSoCal replied to deehaverrn's topic in General Nursing

    I recently found out that the salaried nursing positions at my hospital pay a lot less than the staff RN positions. I make more than the nursing supervisor on my shift! I like the time clock because...

  9. No 24 Hr Pharmacy

    RNinSoCal replied to MDRRAJ's topic in General Nursing

    We are a smallish (census usually around 100-125 for the whole hospital) with no 24 hour pharmacy. We use pyxis, the meds that are not in pyxis are either in the med cart or the fridge. The...

  10. Help in choosing a nursing school

    RNinSoCal replied to sarkel's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Not all nursing school experiences are the same. I went to a small private university in CA and had a wonderful experience plus gaining an excellent foundation to build a career on. From speaking to...

  11. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    RNinSoCal replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I disagree with the other posters. I never wanted to be a CNA either. It is many many more pts and a lot of back breaking work to be a CNA. I do not have any problems with diapering and...

  12. Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

    RNinSoCal replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

    CNA union hospital we get raises every 6 months until 2009 !! 10% differential for eves 15% differential for nocs 2.5% differential for weekends no caps on differentials Charge nurse pay is 1$ more...

  13. Getting called to work an extra day because of short staffing...

    RNinSoCal replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even answer my house phone (land line). Everyone who knows me knows to leave a message or to call my cell for urgent matters. If work calls on my day off and I do not want the extra shift...

  14. New Orleans Crime Rate?

    RNinSoCal replied to vicvic's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    My brother lives in New Orleans and works in the CBD. He has been sick more times this year than any other year of his life. The stress level is high for him and his wife as well, things just aren't...

  15. What I miss/don't miss about my previous nursing position

    RNinSoCal replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    My last job was at a busy Los Angeles area teaching hospital I don't miss resident MDs. Not even a little. I don't miss "covering" for an LVNs patients so that I actually have 8-10 pts I am...

  16. A stupid question...

    RNinSoCal replied to Cherry2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It really depends on what type of nurse you want to be and what type of facility you would like to work in. The scope of practice for an LVN is different from an RN. RNs are not all in managment, in...

  17. OT: and not getting paid?

    RNinSoCal replied to nynurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    In my first med/surg job there was a lot of pressure to avoid overtime. One day I clocked out then sat down to finish my paper charting. One of my male co-workers looked at me and said "slave"....

  18. How busy is your unit this Christmas?

    RNinSoCal replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. Only 12 on med/surg (my floor). Floated to telemetry, plenty of pts in ICU and step

  19. I want to do something else

    RNinSoCal replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Smileysenior, Wow. I feel for you. That sounds like the floor I used to work on. I used to work wayyyyy too much and had little or no respect, was constantly threatened to be sued, had a patient...

  20. Benadryl without an order

    RNinSoCal replied to ncrachuj's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who give meds without an order are playing Russian roulette with their licenses. I won't give anything without an order. What if the person had an unknown allergy to Benadryl? What if it...

  21. The Risks of Nursing.....

    RNinSoCal replied to mzstacia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    All of my AIDs patients have been really sweet and grateful for a caring touch. I personally have never known a nurse to be threatened or harmed by that pt population. I have been threatened by more...

  22. How much OT did you work in 2006?

    RNinSoCal replied to nurseinlimbo's topic in General Nursing

    I am a staff nurse I only work .8 so that any extra days I work are at a higher rate. We are annoyingly well staffed. Our travelers keep going per diem on us because they like it here. :icon_eek: It...

  23. Honest question needs honest anwser..

    RNinSoCal replied to Kandigrl2001's topic in General Nursing

    I personally have never had a hair or blood sample taken. I did have to go give a urine sample in a room with no sink with someone standing outside the door. I have only been tested for drugs 3 times...

  24. Payrange in your area?

    RNinSoCal replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    I am in California (SF Bay area), new grads start at 37 here with pay raises every 6

  25. Deathbed visions

    RNinSoCal replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I have seen this with at least 5 patients. My own mother kept thinking her brother (dead for 22 years at the time) was in her room and during the last 2 weeks of her life. She would be...