SquishyRN

SquishyRN BSN, RN

ER, Trauma, Med-Surg/Tele, LTC

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  1. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Literally NOTHING has changed about the application/interview process you described 2 years ago 😂 Everything you listed out step by step is still exactly how it works. Even promotions go through...

  2. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not at LA Gen anymore, but I'm still with LA County. You'll learn a lot being at County, just take it all in one day at a time. Will you be starting in the

  3. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Overtime is calculated on the hourly amount and, yes, gets added on top of the salary

  4. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    New grads would earn the lowest amount on the "Registered Nurse I" pay scale. Google "LA County Registered Nurse I" and click on the job description, not "Registered Nurse I/Relief Nurse" just the...

  5. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What department are you interviewing for? The interviews are conducted by different departments and not specifically for a new grad program. If the department hires you and you happen to be a new...

  6. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    General interview type questions like "Name a time you were faced an ethical dilemma and what did you do in response?” Things like that. Nothing clinical related like "What medication would you use...

  7. New grad LAC USC (ED)

    SquishyRN replied to jmarquez98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    @NillaWafers, ASN wrote really good step by step instructions on getting hired at LA County on the first page of this thread. LA County is huge with multiple facilities and departments, so you can...

  8. Huntington Hospital RN Residency April 2022

    SquishyRN replied to mmdanielle3's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    What's the pay rate at

  9. Exhausted from Covid

    SquishyRN replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I’m glad I don’t feel this way alone. I’m burned out and beaten down. I feel guilty because my coworkers are in the same trenches but they’re still muddling through. The California...

  10. Emergency Nursing Areas

    SquishyRN replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    As an emergency room nurse I do all of those and more. Some shifts I only do some of those things, other shifts I could end up doing all of those things. Still not sure what kind of answer you're...

  11. NBC's The Nurses - Just another nurse show?

    SquishyRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    You knew Tim! He just retired last year, except he had already been in U.R. since I started working there so I never got to work with him directly, but he's a County ER legend. I don't know if you...

  12. New Grad in LTC considering to transfer to hospital

    SquishyRN replied to Rose126's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Since they're not allowing you to work two jobs, I would take the full-time hospital job now, but maintain good relations with the LTC you're in so when the pandemic blows over you can go back and...

  13. New Grad in LTC considering to transfer to hospital

    SquishyRN replied to Rose126's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I worked in LTC for 3 years before going into acute care... it will be like starting from scratch all over again... but with only one year into your nursing career, you're still pretty new anyway so...

  14. ER vs M/S

    SquishyRN replied to MomtaRN2B2020's topic in Emergency

    I would try to break out of my comfort zone and go to the ER. However, go in with the mindset that you're a new grad all over again... sometimes having experience in a different specialty for a long...

  15. TNCC for a Travel Nurse

    SquishyRN replied to NursyParker's topic in Emergency

    4-6 weeks I think is too much given that TNCC is a class. I like to think of TNCC as the trauma version of ACLS or PALS. It's not just a test, it's a class that the completion of would demonstrate...

  16. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

    SquishyRN replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

    Location: Los Angeles, CA Experience: 6 years RN in November, 3 years LVN (LVN experience did not count towards wages) Current specialty: ER, 5 years same employer in November Pay: $41 base, $1.00...

  17. Schedules of Nurses and I am scared to start working as ED nurse

    SquishyRN replied to ScaredRN's topic in Emergency

    Every facility (sometimes even department) handles scheduling differently. At my current place we self-schedule 12hr shifts, at another place we had set blocks of 12 hr shifts. Neither place rotated...

  18. 12 hr night nurses-how many recovery days?

    SquishyRN replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I'm never "over that jet lag," jet lag is my baseline ? On a positive note, I travel all over the world on my days off and adjust to new time zones relatively

  19. Harbor UCLA or LAC USC for ICU

    SquishyRN replied to smangrolia's topic in California Nursing

    "Relief" nurses in the County system are internal registry, which is the equivalent of per diem nurses everywhere else. If hired specifically for the ICU they board you in med-surg until the next...

  20. RN's and LPN's working as Nursing Assistants?

    SquishyRN replied to blackmamba123's topic in General Nursing

    At a facility I used to work, this would not happen because the nurses didn't usually want it done that way. The patients were all usually total care and ventilated so it threw eveyone's daily routine...

  21. Two step triage process and registration

    SquishyRN replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    We have a two-step "quick reg" triage system. When the patient first comes through the entrance there is a desk with registration and a nurse. This nurse enters the chief complaint and assigns an ESI....

  22. 2018 Nurse Salary

    SquishyRN replied to #MakeItRain's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital setting, short answer, yes. Co-workers leave in droves for better pay. It doesn't bother me for the time being because my priorities are more than pay. Management doesn't micromanage,...

  23. 2018 Nurse Salary

    SquishyRN replied to #MakeItRain's topic in General Nursing

    Location: Los Angeles, CA Experience: 4 years RN, 3 years LVN (LVN experience did not count towards wages) Current specialty: ER Pay: $37.50 base, $1.00 BSN, $3.75 night, $2.25 weekend, $2.50 charge,...

  24. Current hourly wage LA area

    SquishyRN replied to MJB2010's topic in California Nursing

    Nope. Large level I trauma

  25. Current hourly wage LA area

    SquishyRN replied to MJB2010's topic in California Nursing

    My $36.88/hr before differentials is starting to look laughable... and I'll be at my place of employment 3 years next month. But some things are worth more than