Joe33

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  1. From what I remember, the teas is extremely basic. All of the math is from elementary school decimals, rounding, percentages, etc. I don't think I studied at all and got 98 or 99th percentile. If you've taken and did decently on the SATs you probably...
  2. My plan is to retire when I'm 40 or 45. By then I should have $300-500k in the bank. I may work 6 months a year after that for a year or two and then see if it's sustainable for the long run. I'll likely retire overseas or in Mexico.
  3. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    One of the biggest expenses is housing. I would cut that down by living with roommates (search craigslist for rooms to rent). Second, I would make sure you can get the most lucrative travel contracts you can find. That's means Hawaii, New York, North...
  4. Kaiser Permanente Compensation

    The above entry is for Northern ca, I found on the nursesunited website when I googled it. The address is nursesunited.org/assets/PDF/Kaiser_contract.pdf. Southern ca contract I found by googling the following words: kaiser contract Southern Californ...
  5. LVN's Salary in California

    LVNs can make over $50 an hr as ADONs or weekend supervisors or evening supervisor after working at a SNF/subacute for a while. Starting rate for SNFs in the Bay Area for LVNs is around $26-$28. As an ADON if a SNF you should be able to get around $4...
  6. San Francisco Living as an RN?

    Your idea is possible in SF or a city nearby. I lived in my car for almost 3 months while living in the South Bay. At the time I was working in a SNF for only $33/hr + overtime, and I was saving almost $4,000 a month. A white maintenance looking van ...
  7. New grad program in CA

    It is best to apply to SNFs as a new grad and not hospitals. It can be difficult to get a hospital job in California with even 1-2 years of experience. To get a SNF position, just drive to any SNFs that are in your area that may interest you and walk...
  8. Kaiser Permanente Compensation

    I do not work at Kaiser but their RN payscale is online. I couldn't find their 2018 numbers but in 2017 an RN staff nurse 2 with 2 years of experience was making $67/hr. Staff nurse 2 with 5 years is $75/hr. Staff nurse 2 with 31years of experience i...
  9. Schizophrenic Nurse Job Accommodation

    What about MDS nurse in a nursing home? There is no patient care involved. You are basically coding the patients for payments in the back office.
  10. Career in flames

    When you say "for personal and medical reasons" it doesn't sound forthcoming enough. It sounds vague. It sound so better if you say something like "I took some time off to relax." I took over 3 years off to travel the world, and it was extremely easy...
  11. If you work in a hospital in the Bay Area, you will make more than $50 an hr most likely, even as a new grad. Your best chances of employment if you have no experience is working in a nursing home. It's very easy to walk into many nursing homes and g...
  12. I have almost 9 months of experience as an RN on a med/tele unit and almost 2 years if you include long-term care. I want to work in the Bay Area in particular. Will it be tough to find a job with 1 year of experience? I went through a residency prog...
  13. Is it worth taking a pay cut for experience?

    My advice: ace the interview. Take the job. Quit your old job. Working at a SNF is not going to look that good on your resume and is not very good experience for an RN. Stay per diem at the SNF if you can. Opportunities like this are rare. You prac...
  14. Is it ethically wrong to interview at a Seattle hospital if I plan on moving out-of-state in a few months? I do want the extra interview experience. I am a 2010 grad and have been working at a hospital in the area for about a year now (and in a nur...
  15. so-cal job market and supporting my husband

    I would guess that he can easily find a job down there with his experience. Nursing home jobs are pretty easy to get compared with hospital jobs.
  16. seattle rn positions

    I applied to Swedish many months ago (June or May or April) and just got a call this week for an interview. I have almost 1 year of experience in med-surg tele and floating to other med-surg floors. So don't give up hope! I would suggest calling t...
  17. Very encouraging LoveAlwaysV! I will be on my way down there shortly and maybe I will end up being your colleague :)
  18. Hi, I am a new grad and I will be interviewing with the AF chief nurse at Travis AFB in probably late August or September. Can anyone who has been to an interview tell me exactly what questions you were asked? Anything special I should know to be a...
  19. I have found the job market in Seattle to be not as bad as other places (like California). I graduated in 2010 and had 3 job offers at nursing homes right when I moved up here. I worked at the one I liked for a year, sending out hospital applicatio...
  20. Hey New Grads Still Looking for Work...

    lol very very funny
  21. What kind of degree do directors of nursing in nursing homes have? Also, what kind of degree do administrators in nursing homes have? What is the salary like for these positions?
  22. I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    Have you thought about long-term care? Look for facilities that have around 1 nurse to 20 patients max. It is very manageable after a couple of months. Some facilities have 1 nurse to 30 patients in LTC facilities and I can only imagine how diffic...
  23. I am a new grad RN from California and I just got my first job as an RN in a nursing home in Seattle. I love where I work right now, but I feel like I would love to eventually move to a hospital or work part-time in one and full-time in the other. ...
  24. Could employers judge people by their names?

    I think that they can and maybe even do consciously or unconsciously. People have perceived stereotypes about certain races and until they know something to the contrary, may put you in that stereotype.
  25. LTC Salary for new grad RN

    Just got hired in Seattle, WA for $24.50/hr + $1.50/hr per diem (RN, BSN). They pay LPNs a bit less. The ratio is only 17-20 pts per nurse, 8 pts per CNA, so I am loving it and feeling like I am getting the hang of it after only 4 days orientation ...