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  1. How is the job market for RNs in Vegas?

    Nicki Laughs, I plan to do the same thing but only temporarily. I don't think I can stand driving in 100+ degree weather. I plan to eventually work in an inpatient hospice facility or even a...
  2. What other options with hospice only as experience?

    I see people do it a lot. For one company I work for, most of their nurses are part time nurses and work for other hospice companies. The DON and owners of the company know about it. In the bigger...
  3. How is the job market for RNs in Vegas?

    MusicNurseCarrlee, thanks for your response. Is the rate of RNs in Vegas lower than in CA? I'm currently being paid $35/hr for my full time job with 2 yrs experience in hospice plus mileage (although...
  4. Graduate in the Philippines to take NCLEX in California

    yup i'm an CA now. LVNs are also having a hard time looking for jobs. Most hospitals now do not have LVNs. So most LVNs work in skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes) or hospice or home health. I...
  5. CA Board of Nursing

    Highhope, I'm also from Lanting. I took the NCLEX in the philippines june 2008. I am now a nurse here in CA. I have other batchmates who recently submitted their applications to take the NCLEX that...
  6. I have been an RN with hospice only as experience. I do admissions only for one company and for the other company, I do suppervisory visits every 2 weeks and recertifications. The other company...
  7. IV certification / wound vacs / PCAs common?

    It all depends on the company you work for. I work for 2 different hospice companies. The bigger company (400 patients) have more complex patients. They do IVs (for few days), IV antibiotics, PCAs...
  8. Graduate in the Philippines to take NCLEX in California

    Hello all. I'm a pinay RN who came here to California in 2009 because of my husband's petition. I don't mean to be pessimistic but I would discourage people from coming here to California (im not sure...
  9. How is the job market for RNs in Vegas?

    Hello all. I'm a hospice nurse in Southern California who is seriously considering moving to Vegas. I've only been an RN for 2 years (hospice only experience). One of the companies I work for has a...
  10. Hospice nurse with no nursing experience

    I only had 2 months experience in a skilled nursing home before being a hospice nurse. I only do admissions in my full time hospice work, so most of it is assessment and paperwork. I was thinking of...
  11. What is your Hospice paying for mileage

    I got 2 jobs as a hospice RN For my full time job i only get paid 50 cents per mile For my part time job i get paid per diem - only $40 per patient i see. This is awful. They should really increase...
  12. 1st time to renew license help!

    yes i emailed them. unfortunately, they didn't reply. i have tried emailing them before about other inquiries but they NEVER reply. i am sooo frustrated with the CA BON as they never answer any of my...
  13. 1st time to renew license help!

    I took and passed the NCLEX in june 2008 but i only applied and got my actual CA RN license in nov. 2009. Does this make me exempted from the continuing education requirement? my license will expire...