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Other than advanced practice RNs, I don't know who makes $70.00/hr.

Don't move here it isn't worth it.

I have lived in the Bay area since 1979 and frankly I can't wait to get out Housing is too expensive. If you want yo pay from $1,000 for a studio apt that may have roaches than move here.

Hello, I live in California and have been here since 1979 and I am trying to get out. Housing is "outrageous" and if you are willing to live to pay a mortgage go right ahead and move here. Otherwise if I were you, I would look elsewhere. You wouldn't be missing a thing!

We have been fortunate in California! I work in a busy ER that has 2 docs, 9 RNS, 3 Techs and 2 PAs. We get 2 15 minutes and 30 minutes for lunch, sometimes you may skip a 15 minute break but youdo get to eat otherwise ther would be a lot of people passing out.

I agree with you 100%. I deliberately try to get jobs where I do not have to become a CNA member. CNA should not take full credit for the nurse-patient ratio. I believe that nurses have the power to move mountains "without CNA", the power is within us. We have given that power to someone else who clearly has reduced nursing to an "unprofessional" level.

with all due respect, you are "new" to the field and profession, nursing is hard! I have been a nurse since 1974, yes, it is inappropriate to complain all the time and some people never do anything to make changes or to help make it better. But cut them some slack, the profession has gone downhill over the years and the staff nurse has little power to make changes, over worked, mandated overtime, there is little time for family, vacation, socializing, etc. You, too, will start to complain, just wait and see.

with all due respect, you are very new in the field, this is a difficult profession to be in and I get tired of "new" nurses coming in to complain about nurses who have been in the field for a while. I have been a nurse since 1971, it is no picnic!

Insurance companies is the problem, they are diagnosing and treating patients, not doctors, they dictate what we can and cannot have, they, in addition to pharmaceuticalsare the true reason for rising healthcare cost and instead of the insurance companies fighting back, they make the patient's pay for it. They are one of the reasons for the rishe in health care cost today.

All of you that say this is great, probably don't work in a busy level II acute care emergency room where "every" nurse is pushed to the maximum and when you have people with "limited" clinical experience, it becomes a legal liability. I am working with 2 nurses now, one who went from a BA to MSN and the other is simply a new BSN graduate. I am frequently stopped and asked to assist with medication, procedures, this places an increased stress and legal risk on me. The distraction makes me lose my train of thought and this opens a window to errors. So, please, unless you have actually been there and done that, don't tell me that I should be more supportive. Perhaps maybe the schools should change their programs to include a longer "hand-on" experieince.

Emergerncy nurses Association had put out a manual on triage. THERE IS A STANDARD OF CARE.

I have been an ED nurse for over 16 yEARS. this statement is not true. Depending upon where you live and how your EMS system is set up, there will be a designated Trauma center. However, any hospital anywhere can get a trauma patient especially if the main trauma centers or other hospitals are on divert. Percentage wise, the cases can be medical, surgical, pediatrics, etc. YOu need to be well rounded and knowledgeable about all things. A telemetry nurse is limited in her/his thought processes. You need to take some clases first to know what you are getting into. Brush up on your assessment skills because you may be the first patient contact and you have to know what you are dealing with as well as the physician.

I have been a nurse since 1974 and rose through the ranks and now have my BSN and MPA degrees. I personally would not want to work with someone who took their degree online. I realize there is a shortage of nurses but programs such as this further dilute the quality of "real" nurses. I am speaking from experience in working with these type of nurses. The synapses do not connect. The may be strong on theory but lack in skills and "common sense".

Hello, I am a Nursing supervisor at a large acute care facility in California. I am interested in hearing from other nurses who have experienced or witnessed other RNs being insubordinate and refusing to provide care to patients. I experience this on a daily basis. Some of these nurses display "unprofessional" behavior in the presence of patients and their visitors. The reason for the refusal varies. Some state they are too busyor they don't like the other nurses, etc. In short, the reasons have nothing to do with what the patient needs or should have. The reasons are based on their needs & wants. The assignments are within their scope of practice and they are not assignments above the ratio. In addition, they are assignments for which they have been hired to carry out. I bring this up because I am very, very concerned about the quality and type of nurses we are attracting idue to te nursing shortage. It appears that a lot of people are simple going into nursing for the money. There appears to be a general decline in focusing on patients and meeting their needs. Please let me know what you think?