Sheri257

Sheri257

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  1. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    Sheri257 replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is probably true. About 17 percent of licensed RN's nationwide ... about 500,000 ... aren't working. But, in California where we have a ratio law (i.e. improved working conditions) only 6...

  2. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    Sheri257 replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't have a problem with foreign nurses coming here, as long as they're not paid lower wages. But, the fact is, they are in at least some cases. It's obvious from the posts in this forum that...

  3. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

    Sheri257 replied to nyforlove's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I guess there's always a risk of that happening. It probably it depends on the local marketplace and whether there are enough replacements. With the University of California, everybody from the nurse...

  4. NEW GRAD NURSE with LICENSE can't find work...

    Sheri257 replied to loveandnyc's topic in California Nursing

    I really don't think that's the problem. The problem is applying after new grad orientation starts at different facilities because new grads usually require at least six weeks orientation, often a lot...

  5. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

    Sheri257 replied to nyforlove's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Let them hire the replacement workers ... hopefully, it will cost them a fortune. The University of California strike last year cost them $9 million for just one day. After that, the union got a...

  6. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    Sheri257 replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my area? Low pay. Plain and simple. Yeah ... the law requires them to pay foreign nurses the same "market" wages they pay U.S. nurses. But the supposed "market" wages the federal government says...

  7. HELP! Need Ortho Info ASAP!

    Sheri257 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    I'm not asking for a medical diagnosis or medical advice. I'm merely asking for a time estimate .... I finally got the MRI back on my knee injury. The problem is that I'm in HMO hell and, for now, I...

  8. Is US30 per hour in San Francisco a good starting salary?

    Sheri257 replied to FutureUSRN's topic in California Nursing

    I would say no. There are other places in CA that offer that much to start with a lot lower cost of living. I would not take that offer.

  9. OMG--is US$32 per hour as starting too good to be true or really true in Los Angeles?

    Sheri257 replied to FutureUSRN's topic in International Nursing

    True ... but those variances would also be included in the COL estimate for where you live now. At the very least, if should give you a rough idea of the COL differences between both areas overall....

  10. OMG--is US$32 per hour as starting too good to be true or really true in Los Angeles?

    Sheri257 replied to FutureUSRN's topic in International Nursing

    Yeah ... but that study only looked at the most expensive areas California. Texas is number one with real COL adjusted wages but, you also have to look at the TOWN that you're moving from and moving...

  11. OMG--is US$32 per hour as starting too good to be true or really true in Los Angeles?

    Sheri257 replied to FutureUSRN's topic in International Nursing

    Actually, Kaiser starts new grads at $28-30 where I live, which is about an hour a half to two hours out of LA. So, in LA ... $32 sounds about right to me.

  12. ADN vs. BSN for Entry Level Nursing

    Sheri257 replied to pattycakebaby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If we're talking about wages ... I don't believe that at all. I think it's a hellava more complicated than that. For one thing ... you've already had a labor shortage for many years now which hasn't...

  13. How do you do it?

    Sheri257 replied to FGHburg's topic in General Nursing

    Well ... I'm sure it can look like that's happening but, it's often not the case. If you call the family at noon and nobody's home because they are at work or ... they can't come pick up the patient...

  14. How do you do it?

    Sheri257 replied to FGHburg's topic in General Nursing

    I once saw the Med-Surg director announce that any nurses who were "sitting" on discharges would get written up. At the time, we were discharging patients as fast as we could. All I could think of was...

  15. Externships in Southern Cali?

    Sheri257 replied to zazenchic's topic in California Nursing

    If you're talking about real externships where you actually do RN duties as a nursing student ... the only way to legally do that (as far as I know) is to be enrolled in a California nursing program...

  16. whiners, criers, and fakers

    Sheri257 replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    A lot of it was pure negligence. This is why a federal judge ... instead of the Dept. of Corrections ... is now running healthcare in California state prisons....

  17. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I too have heard that from two Arizona travelers, both of whom said they wouldn't go back because of high ratios. It's interesting ... according to the U.S. Health Department 17 percent of licensed...

  18. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    C'mon Sherwood. I hear the word "competitive" all the time from hospitals that don't pay very well. To me, at least, "competitive" is just another word for mediocre wages. Even by your own anti-union...

  19. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If that's true, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. As I previously mentioned, the RT's at a hospital in my area were promised a raise if they voted against the union, and they did vote...

  20. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    Really? When's the last time you heard Jews refer to themselves as K*kes. Or Hispanics refer to themselves as Sp*cs. Or Asians referring to themselves as Ch*nks. Or Gays referring to themselves as...

  21. Racism in the workplace

    Sheri257 replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so ... to eliminate shock value ... I guess I'm supposed to use the N-word to address my African American patients to disempower the meaning of that word? C'mon. Ever see the popular movie "Rush...

  22. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have absolutely NO SYMPATHY for businesses that employ illegals. They SHOULD lose money. They keep claiming that prices will go up if illegals don't work here. It's a bunch of horse hockey. I've got...

  23. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is

  24. Colorado - Illegal Immigrants no longer eligble for state health care

    Sheri257 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah ... illegals "rights" to take our jobs, drive down our wages and consume our taxpayer funded services so corporations can make bigger bucks. Their "rights" to get free healthcare at ER's to the...

  25. Nurses Hit Union and Medical Center with Federal Charges for Violating Their Freedom

    Sheri257 replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I understand some of your concerns here but ... It looks to me like both sides are basically agreeing to run a clean campaign here. Look at p. 10. CNA is agreeing to limitations on what they do and...