luilui_604 BSN, RN

i went through the same walk through process....once you recieve your TN visa, you can easily go to any security office at the state you plan to work in and apply for the SSN (you can also apply for it in a different state). you must show all the app...

Hi, I'm from Vancouver, and nursing in California is great because they have 5:1 patient to nurse ratio, which helps promote safe nursing care. This doesn't apply to L&D because our patient ratio is usually 1:1 care. I think i had more confidenc...

I've been a labor and delivery nurse for 14 months, and prior to that, i worked in neurosciences for 9 months in canada :) I absolutely love san francisco, but i've been feeling homesick for the past week. I am ready to go back home to my family and ...

My hourly rate includes the shift differential for working night shifts. I work for the reputable California Pacific Medical Center (Sutterhealth Affiliate) in San Francisco.

HI! i'm a Canadian Nurse =) Congrats on your NCLEX! I'm not in Torrance but in San Francisco....sorry, i can't give you any information but i just wanted to say HELLO =)

I am working at the most competitive paying hospital in San Francisco, and I started at $47/hr as a GN last year. Since then, i have had 3 raises and now making $51/ hr. $30/hr is definately not a competitive rate -- keep looking!

i just wanted to mention that my hospital has an epidural rate of 80% for laboring patients! although this is an unusual and heartbreaking case, none of my patients have ever complained or regret the fact of having an epidural! there are definately r...

nurses wife, i just read your post....nurses in the bay area usually make $35+ even as a new grad....what the agency is offering your husband seems incredibly low especially in northern california....just my thoughts

the last i heard from my manager, she told me we are not hiring anymore. i'm not sure how long this hiring freeze may last, but we are definately overstaffed here. we also work 8 hour shifts, not 12's. good luck.

hi there i know for a fact that our L&D manager aren't hiring anytime soon because we are getting overstaffed here....i talked to a few coworkers and they are also wanting to switch to per diem ... candidates are choosen by seniority here...i thi...

hey jellie, im curious if you've heard back from CC? i've been reading through your thread because i'm also interested to work as a travelling nurse in NY...when the time comes, i'll be relocating from San Francisco to NY! i wonder if there are many...

i work at the L&D Cal campus at CPMC....i entered their new grad training program in July 2005 and it's simply the BEST because of the great teamwork and work environment among the coworkers....even all the docs are supportive and encouraging!

Suzanne is absolutely right, it will take aprrox. 7 months from start to finish....while i was getting all the legwork done to process my Visascreen certificate, i gained 8 months of invaluable work experience during that time...in reality, it is ver...

here's a recent post that i wrote a few days ago! I just moved to SF city a little over four months ago from Canada as a new grad with 8 months prior experience in med/surg....so far, my experience to live and work in this city has only been the best...

hello! that is exactly the route that i followed to get my cali licence! i applied for the nclex in november 2004, got my att and took my nclex by january 2005. received my minnesota licence, then made a trip to sacramento by march 2005 to endorse ...

hello fellow Canadians! Graduated from University of Victoria in November 2004 through the Langara Collaborative Program! Worked at VGH for 8 months, and now I am living and working in San Francisco in L&D!!! LOVING IT HERE!!!!!!! will most li...

hello! it's been a while since i logged onto this site :) ....I just moved to SF city a little over four months ago from Canada as a new grad with 8 months prior experience in med/surg....so far, my experience to live and work in this city has only ...

hi, i'm a fresh grad (aug 2004) from vancouver, bc.....i can share some insight regarding student nurse transition to RN if that helps!

hi, can you please clarify: you said one of your problems is that you dont' have your diploma, but i am confused because you said that you graduated from your diploma nursing program and now licenced to work? how are you licenced if you do not have a...

in my opinion, studying for the Canadian Registered Nurses Exam (CRNE) is a joke! most of my classmates studied the last week before our test date and we all passed...most of it are pyschosocial questions, so it's a good idea to remember your "self &...

i will be working in the stroke unit, it is a new unit that has been operating for a few months now

hi, i just took and passed my NCLEX (jan 20, 2005), and i sent in my documents for visa screen a couple days ago....i'm just wondering if i need to be approved for my visa screen before i go ahead and get my licence endorsed in california? i guess if...

thanks suzanne, i'll find out from the hospital's nurse recruiter if i can get the bonus paid out in seperate paychecks

If nursing is your passion, and if it is truly what you want to do, you will not let NCLEX get in the way of your dreams....you have worked this hard....why quit now? NCLEX does not determine your ability to provide loving care to patients, it is jus...

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..........i'm soooooo glad i took my CRNE in August 2004!! at the time, it was optional for us to complete the short answer questions in a seperate booklet.....i don't think anyone from my graduating class bothered to complete it...