oahufish

oahufish

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  1. 2017 Nursing Salaries by State, Degree, and License - Highest & Lowest

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

    The majority of Hospital's here in Hawaii are Union and all Nurses have the same base pay upon making the "Job Rate" regardless or type of Degree. In our hospital there are also longevity rates which...

  2. 2016 Salary thread

    oahufish replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Hawaii/Union Critical Care 10+yrs Base 56.24 hr Night Dif 3.50hr Charge 3.50hr No weekend Diff. 2-3% raise each year. $108,000 in 2014 Health Insurance $140 mo Family Coverage Dental...

  3. How old are you?

    oahufish replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    47 and have been an RN for 23 years, 20 years Open Heart/Surgical ICU and way to long till Retirement

  4. Why do minorities have more respect for nurses?

    oahufish replied to Runman1914's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had kind, appreciative, demanding, rude, dramatic, and polite patients from all backgrounds and walks of life. Although certainly I think cultural background can influence how patients and...

  5. Tattoos in Nursing

    oahufish replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No problem with maybe one visible tattoo, but don't believe the entire sleeve look is very professional. I've also seen several Nurses around the Hospital with lip piercings, eyebrow piercings and...

  6. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I am right in the middle of this. I am 57. I got my LVN last year and my RN this year. I haven't found a job yet. Just a "Thanks but no thanks...", "We are reevaluating this position..." or "We are...

  7. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Several weeks ago our Manager was discussing a new Call in that she'd hired to try out in our unit. She then stated "He's older but we'll see if he works out, if not we can let him go before his...

  8. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    oahufish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Occupations with set age limits for retirement like Airline Pilots, Military, Police, Firefighters etc...all have great pension systems that kick in at that set retirement age. Most hospitals have no...

  9. Possible to make it work?

    oahufish replied to ssczesny's topic in General Nursing

    New Grad jobs are still few and far between here! We have 3 Nursing Schools all pumping out lots of New Grads. Most of the New Grad's get their foot in the door by working for a year or more as a...

  10. Anyone work Florida Hospital?

    oahufish replied to blue1015's topic in Florida Nursing

    I often wonder if there any RN's here who actually work in FL or are they all just students! Rarely see responses to inquires about pay, benefits and work

  11. Moving to Orlando from Oregon

    oahufish replied to superdan's topic in Florida Nursing

    I wonder sometimes about this Forum. Does anyone actually work as a Nurse in FL or all they all just students! As a person considering a move to Fl sometime to be closer to family and friends, I'm...

  12. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    oahufish replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not! I'ts been really my only career other than a few odd jobs in High School and College. I can't complain too much, I spent a few years in the Military, then landed in a pretty good...

  13. I got offered Kaiser, Straub, and Queens..which would you pick?

    oahufish replied to gtrebyari's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at Kaiser for 15 years and it's not a bad place to work. The advantages at working at Kaiser would include the commute, which is a much better choice traveling from Waipahu than Queeen's...

  14. Moving to Oahu

    oahufish replied to sweetdreamerRN's topic in General Nursing

    As all the previous folks have stated on the HI Board the job market is not great here. If your husband has a great job...meaning $100k yr+ or you have close family connections then maybe consider...

  15. Nursing in Hawaii

    oahufish replied to XcrMat's topic in General Nursing

    Job market for RN's is very tight here right now, we have many BSN's/New Grads doing Ward Clerk and NA work the past few years. If someone extensive experience in ICU, OR, Cath Lab or similar...

  16. Reserve Army Nurse

    oahufish replied to gcmiller's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite following you, do you want to enter the Army on active duty then get stationed here on Oahu...or are you hoping to get a civilian/DOD job up at Tripler AMC? If you want to join the Army...

  17. Another RN moving to Hawaii needing advice

    oahufish replied to Alaskanhills's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure things would be especially hard in Kona, since it's such a small Hospital and probably not much turnover. As others have stated even here on Oahu, the job market for RN's is pretty...

  18. current hawaii nurses

    oahufish replied to surfnurse311's topic in General Nursing

    We had one of our larger Medical Centers, St Francis go bankrupt several years ago, so right now there are many nurses looking for work here and many others not fully employed. Many of our aides...

  19. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    oahufish replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location: Honolulu HawaiiPay rate: $54.61/hr In which area / specialty do you work? CVICU What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN What type of degree and/or certification do you...

  20. Advice for less than 3.0 GPA

    oahufish posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i think this question has been asked many times in the past but i would appreciate any additional input. i've been a rn now for 19 years and have always considered becoming a crna, just seems like...

  21. Is FL really a terrible place to work?

    oahufish posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm an RN/BSN 20 yrs experience with 16 yrs Surgical and Open Heart ICU,CCRN,ACLS ect... We have spent the past 16 years in Hawaii and are considering a move back to the mainland to be closer to...

  22. Navy Nurse Corps - Questions

    oahufish replied to myeire's topic in Government, Military

    Viper 1104 Do you know for sure what the current restrictions are on entering the Navy as an RN. I am 43 but have nearly 6 yrs active as an Army Nurse, 17 yrs ICU/CVICU experience. I was let out...

  23. Experienced ICU thinking about Air Force

    oahufish replied to bryango's topic in Government, Military

    No haven't applied yet but definitely considering it lately for a variety of reasons. Spent almost 6 years as Army Nurse in the 90's, and have been at the same civilian hospital here on Oahu for the...

  24. Age Limit for Navy & Air Force Nurses

    oahufish replied to krazykev's topic in Government, Military

    Anyone know if being older than 42 but having enough prior service time as a commissioned officer to retire before age 62 still requires a

  25. AF July 2011 Boards

    oahufish replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    Prior service Army Nurse here looking for info on entering AF Nursing with break in service. How often to the Boards meet? Do prior commissioned officers go through he exact same process and boards...