Sheri257

Well ... Dallas also has a peculiar problem, which is Group One. There's lots of threads about it posted on this board that you may want to check out. There's over 100 Dallas area hospitals that belong to Group One and, they use the Fair Credit Repo...

L&D is probably a high risk area just because the damages for death/injury of child is going to be a lot greater than a 70 year old. Also, in California, if the parents fail to sue on the child's behalf then the child can come back and sue you fo...

Just to follow up on my previous post ... I was also in a situation just the other day where I had to fill in for the above mentioned RN because she had to go to court for the above mentioned lawsuit. I had to see 30 inmates that day and with just ab...

I work in a California state prison and I don't know all of the details but, a nurse is being sued right now for not referring an inmate to the MD for a knee injury. Putting an inmate on what we call the Doctor's Line to be seen is pretty easy but, I...

I agree. I think the reason coastal wages haven't gone up as much as perhaps they should have is because nurses have oversaturated those areas. After the ratio law was passed, thousands of nurses moved here from out of state but ... Where did they mo...

I don't think they're cooking the books. I just don't think they're looking at the entire picture. Everybody loves to point out California housing prices and say ... you see! Texas nurses are doing better! But not everybody pays $300K to $500K for a...

If you want to live on or near the coast that's true but, that's not where the boom market for nurses is in California anymore ... those studies only focused on San Francisco, LA, San Diego, etc. The boom market is in the inland areas. And now that i...

Good Grief! It's not that bad ... LOL. As I recall, you sold your house in Bakersfield for a nice profit and paid cash for your Texas house ... which is great but ... let's not forget that California's increased cost of living was probably a tremendo...

I know! The abuse is unbelievable! In California, there's tons of law firms lined up waiting to sue the state for everything little thing because, afterall ... the state has deep pockets and, chances are, the inmates will never see that money, espec...

I really have mixed feelings about this. While I agree with a lot of what's been said, there's some really frustrating aspects to all of this. Just today I was dealing with an inmate who was disputing a $12 charge to his account for a hearing aid tha...

Because I seriously doubt you could make $100K base salary ... with great retirement and other benefits ... in other states. The money is the reason there's so much competition in California.

Don't feel bad. I was convinced I blew my CDC interview. In fact, I know I did. At one point one of the panel members even scolded me: "You should know this since you're fresh out of nursing school." But, I was hired anyway. Why? Probably because I a...

Well ... that hasn't happened at my CDC facility. For one thing, they cut back the expensive agencies for the LVN's so, LVN's had two choices: they either had to go with cheaper agencies that paid less or become state employees. There was a rumor th...

I could answer all of these questions but, this is, IMO, what you really need to know ... With these great pay raises, CDCR now has dozens of applicants for every opening (unless the facility is out in the sticks with few applicants) so ... it's not ...

Great place to work, best hospital I've ever seen bar none ... nurses rule there. The ONLY reason I don't work there now was I got a job with much better pay and retirement benefits which, at my age, I couldn't afford to turn down. But I do love that...

Well ... the California cost of living can kill you but, I live out in the sticks where I minimize those costs. So I'm still pretty bullish on California nursing salaries. I currently make $43 an hour ($90K) with bonuses, which gets up to $48 an hou...

Are we talking about state prisons or county? Because I think some of the posters are talking about county prisons and there can be a big difference in pay there ... typically not as much as the state ... although some registry rates can get pretty...

70 miles one way, 140 miles total. The reason I do it is it's really hard to get hired for this job since the pay is about $16 an hour more than hospital pay, and the benefits are much better also so I had to grab the opportunity when I could. But, i...

Yeah ... I see your point. The only reason I think it may be worse than a regular ER is that in California we're under court order to see every inmate, for every complaint within 24 hours ... no matter how bogus it is. So, it does give the malingerer...

Well ... I guess every facility is different because the California state prison I work for doesn't sound much like what you're describing. As far as the military format, I guess you're referring to custody but, I've pretty much had a good experience...

A 100 mile commute with a 12 hour shift would probably be dangerous. I drive 70 miles with eight hour shifts, so it's manageable. I only do it because the money is great and more than pays for the gas. Occassionally I'll work an extra 4 hours OT and...

I thought I sucked at blood draws too but, I just kept doing them until I got comfortable with it ... it didn't take that long. I think my fear of it was more of the problem, actually. If the hospital has butterly needles, those things are great for ...

Who says that California has a nursing shortage because ... in a lot of ways, the California nursing shortage doesn't exist, IMO. There are hospitals that pay crap wages and aren't great places to work so, naturally, they're short. But if the pay and...

When I was working at a private prison where profit was the priority, not security then ... I would agree with you. But since I've been working for the California state prison system ... I've seen the exact opposite of what you're describing. I'm co...

The ratios do make a difference ... it's not just the pay. I've met quite a few travelers from neighboring states who tried to go back to higher patient loads in their home state but, just didn't want to do it anymore after working in California (we ...