traveling to calf to work in their er

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 21, 2005

I'm a student who was born and raised in California. This state is quite the lawsuit hotbed. You're in grave danger on the road due to the scam artists who pull the "swoop and squat" moves on the road. They purposely swoop in front of you, then slam on their brakes so that you'll rear-end them. Then the scam artists sue for bogus injuries.

Also, malpractice insurance is more expensive here because people will complain and sue if they're unhappy. If a child is born with birth defects, the mother will blame it on the obstetrician. If an obese patient doesn't lose weight, he'll sue fast food places. Upon graduation I intend to relocate to another state.

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*PICURN* · Feb 22, 2005

Upon graduation I intend to relocate to another state

I wouldn't go that far

I would say you are more likely to be sued nowadays than ever before, but I don't think its so bad that you should have to move out of CA

Maybe I just feel that way b/c I have never sued anyone, and nobody has ever sued me.....but thats just my opinion.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2005

I wouldn't go that far
I would say you are more likely to be sued nowadays than ever before, but I don't think its so bad that you should have to move out of CA
Maybe I just feel that way b/c I have never sued anyone, and nobody has ever sued me.....but thats just my opinion.

The average price for a single-family house in California is over $400,000. And this would buy a tiny, old house. They gouge us for utilities. We pay 8% in sales tax. Only twenty-five percent of California dwellers can actually afford to live here! The state is in deep financial turmoil. It's becoming over-crowded here. I'm leaving....

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2005

Bye.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Feb 23, 2005

Bye.

So what's your point? :balloons:

begalli · Feb 23, 2005

They say the work environment is terrible and they are always worried about getting sued but the money is so good they keep doing it. Does any one have any advice about this. What do you think the likely hood of getting into a law suit?

Why anyone would in such an environment is beyond me.

You take the chance I guess. Is this the way you want to proactice nursing just to make a few good bucks? Is that fair to you or better yet, what about your patients??

Commuter - that is one of the biggest generalizations I've ever heard. I've lived in CA for almost 2 decades. While there is an over abundance of terrible drivers I've never been scammed on the road or sued for anything! A nurse practicing in CA can get the exact same malpractice iunsurance that anyone else anywhere else can for $85/year through NSO.

Malpractice is rampant everywhere. And while housing and the cost of living here is astronomical, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else (speaking of the SF Bay Area - definitely NOT southern CA). In the Bay Area only 24% of people who LIVE here can afford to buy a home - not that they can't afford to live here. This is a HUGE problem for first time home buyers but it doesn't mean that people don't buy homes or already own a home.

"It's becoming over-crowded here." It's BEEN overcrowded here for probably as long as I've been an adult (which is a pretty darned long time).

begalli · Feb 23, 2005

OP - why work in a known bad ED? If you want the money it can be found in other ED's throughout California?!?!

I worked with a woman who commuted from San Diego to The Bay Area to work at the hospital I'm employed by. That's at least an 800 mile commute.

UGH!