karmyk

karmyk

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  1. How Does an RN make more in Sacramento than San Diego????

    karmyk replied to Scarpydooooo's topic in California Nursing

    I was making 41/hr with 6 years experience, but we'd rather move north and kill our student loans (in order to live coastal) than live in East County (and the heat).. But to each their own-- I can see...

  2. ucsd medical center

    karmyk replied to RN_518's topic in California Nursing

    Ahhhh I stand corrected then.. I think most of the nurses I know who have wanted a position with either the VA, Balboa, Pendleton, or UCSD have primarily been concerned with retirement/pension on...

  3. Wishing to work in CA, GA new grad

    karmyk replied to Iliauna's topic in California Nursing

    Scripps La Jolla just built that huge, new cardiac center. Scripps is generally a great system. I've only worked at Encinitas and Green, and the people, including the doctors, are all really nice and...

  4. ucsd medical center

    karmyk replied to RN_518's topic in California Nursing

    It's true at just about any hospital, but positions at ucsd are pretty coveted amongst rns in the area due to the benefits (mainly pension/retirement)... So I know quite a few who have accepted per...

  5. How Does an RN make more in Sacramento than San Diego????

    karmyk replied to Scarpydooooo's topic in California Nursing

    It's called the sunshine tax. If it weren't for student loans and the insane cost of daycare, we'd still be in San Diego, even with the paycut. I miss living 5 minutes away from the beach (and surfing...

  6. ucsd medical center

    karmyk replied to RN_518's topic in California Nursing

    Correct me if I'm wrong... But I always thought the rumor was that you usually needed to start out per diem to get into UCSD, and from there you find a way to slip into a full time position once one...

  7. Tele RN with 10 year experience try to find a job in Sacramento area.

    karmyk replied to Buddyken's topic in California Nursing

    Sac isn't bad. It's more of a family town-- lots of family-friendly stuff here. Most people who think it's boring either equate "fun" to a crazy nightlife scene or have never lived in the middle of...

  8. New Grad Dialysis RN Training Programs - Experiences?

    karmyk replied to Pearl8178's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I didn't start out in dialysis, but several of the dialysis nurses who work with patients in the acute settings at the hospitals I have worked at started out as new grads working in the...

  9. Failed NCLEX twice already feeling so devastated and discouraged.. :'(

    karmyk replied to charlei09's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Have you tried going through the Kaplan review book for ESL (English as a Second Language) NCLEX test takers? I think it does a pretty good job of explaining why certain answers are correct in the...

  10. Hawaii Salaries

    karmyk replied to ec2703's topic in General Nursing

    UCLA pay is not representative of California as a whole. Pay rate drops the further away from San Francisco that you go. Starting pay is actually lower in San Diego. I started as a new grad in San...

  11. question on tube feeding and flushes

    karmyk replied to Oranges3420's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've seen nurses use the plunger to administer the meds... they always tell me they feel like they have more control over the medication and can stop it if they want to.. ..I've always done it by...

  12. Hiding meds in food: illegal?

    karmyk replied to gilmet's topic in General Nursing

    Has the head nurse discussed this with the doctor at all? IMHO if a patient is refusing to take any critical medication, it's the nurse's responsibility to inform the doctor to see if the doctor can...

  13. Not allowed to SIT during 12 hour shift and MORE

    karmyk replied to katieusa's topic in Medical-Surgical

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  14. what can I use my BSN outside of nursing?

    karmyk replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    One of the two diabetes educators at our hospital is a BSN... that seems to be a bit different from doing floor nursing. Have you considered working outpatient? Med surg is tough, and it can easily...

  15. Med/Surg certification question

    karmyk replied to tokmom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How are you studying for this? Any sites/books you can recommend with

  16. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    karmyk replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    Size/gerth won't scare them away. We had a male nurse who was bullied by the older female nurses and nurse managers at work because he didn't fit their perspective of what a good (male) floor nurse...

  17. Ive just about had it. Rant, and I never rant.

    karmyk replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    Someone needs to explain this "nursing informatics" stuff to me because the more I'm exposed to it in the workplace, the more silly it seems... I heard, as far as IT at my hospital goes, a lot of the...

  18. differences between for-profit and not-for-profit

    karmyk replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiousity, in the "not-for" case, are hospital administrators (like CEO's) allowed to reinvest it into their own

  19. Physical Abuse against Staff

    karmyk replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    We get that quite a bit (physical attacks on RN's, LVN's, CNA's) on my floor, and we're med-surg. We get a lot of ETOH, dementia, etc... and on top of that, a handful of wealthy customers used to get...

  20. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    karmyk replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, there are RN's who are like that... it makes it rough when I have to share partners (CNA's, LVN's) with them because they always seem to run my CNA's to the ground, and I end up picking...

  21. Pay Differences Across California

    karmyk replied to linRdsNay's topic in California Nursing

    Many staff RN's don't work 40hr work weeks... I work 3 12hr shifts/week, so at $37/hr, that's more like $63k/yr... wish I were making that much more.. i'd put it all into my massive student loan bill....

  22. New grad looking for work in San Diego...

    karmyk replied to elizabeth_R_N's topic in California Nursing

    New Grad hiring comes and goes in waves... I know that it was frustrating for me at first... and even more frustratingly so, most of the offers came AFTER I already accepted my current job (which I...

  23. Chabot ADN vs Samuel Merritt ABSN

    karmyk replied to iluvmusak's topic in California Nursing

    edit: never mind. I'd say go with the ADN or the cheaper program. You'll probably get more of your money's worth, with the added bonus of semi-competent

  24. Salary negotiating for a Military Vet

    karmyk replied to Christerray's topic in California Nursing

    Not quite sure where you're going with that statement... but I read that article, too. I thought it was a lame attempt by Time magazine to promote its ideal presidential candidate. The responsibility...

  25. San Diego new grads prospects and ratio

    karmyk replied to wanttobeone's topic in California Nursing

    I relocated from Northern California... no connections to the hospital systems here at all. It took me about two months before I started working... but I also hadn't taken the NCLEX yet. If you didn't...