What do you think of Sacramento?

WDWpixieRN, RN · Feb 25, 2007

There are a lot of great suburbs in the Sacramento area depending on how far you want to drive and how rural a setting you want to live in....my mom lived in Oroville (north) and it was a lovely town, but still pretty rural (this was about 15 years ago)...last I knew there were still a lot of towns like that in the surrounding areas.......then there were also lots of new tracts/subdivisions of homes going up nearer to Sacramento if you like something similar to "city living"....I'm sure you'll get more responses and more specific help about hospitals....

Good luck!!

elisabeth · Feb 26, 2007

I'm still waiting to get into nursing school, but I've lived in Sacramento for a long time. We live in East Sacramento. It's a great, safe neighborhood and we're close to UC Davis Med Center, Kaiser, Mercy and Sutter. :) Sutter Memorial and Mercy General are within easy walking distance from our house.

m_chatelaine · Feb 27, 2007

Thanks for the reply. I think Sacramento is going to be really nice. I'll interview first then think about things. Hmmmmm. :idea: :idea: :idea:

BonnieSc · Feb 27, 2007

What field of nursing are you in? Each of the hospitals is well known for different things.

As for areas to live... I'd never live anywhere around here except within Sacramento itself. I agree, East Sac is nice, and so are Midtown and Downtown.

m_chatelaine · Feb 27, 2007

I am en ER nurse, but would like to move on to a less "stressful" environment like Recovery Room, Intervention Radiology,Day Surgery, GI Clinics. Hopefully Sacramento has a some positions to offer. It looks like there are a lot of Hospitals there? :lol2:

mommy2boys · Feb 27, 2007

If you don't mind driving (about an hour or less) you could live in the Yuba Sutter area. The housing market is less than Sac's and so is the cost of living.

Erin

m_chatelaine · Feb 27, 2007

Is there a local Hospital in this area? :idea:

YoungWiseWoman · Feb 28, 2007

I'm still waiting to get into nursing school, but I've lived in Sacramento for a long time. We live in East Sacramento. It's a great, safe neighborhood and we're close to UC Davis Med Center, Kaiser, Mercy and Sutter. :) Sutter Memorial and Mercy General are within easy walking distance from our house.

Hi Elisabeth,

How are the apartments around UC Davis? Safety, Prices?

Sorry to butt in your post chatelaine...I am thinking about applying at UC Davis, but I know nothing about CA. Any specifics about the area around Davis would be great...

smk1, LPN · Feb 28, 2007

What are your impressions of the RN job market and general ballpark wages. ( I know I can get on salary.com but i always like to hear from some working people in the area). I know the houseing market has gone down somewhat in the last year, but is still a bit spendy. It looks like the wages make up for it according to salary.com. Any thoughts?

BonnieSc · Feb 28, 2007

The area around UC Davis Med Center (which, for those who don't know, is in Sacramento, not Davis) is known as a pretty bad, unsafe neighborhood, though it is gentrifying somewhat. On the other hand, housing prices are pretty cheap there.

Yes, there are a lot of hospitals around Sacramento. I think you could find a job in one of those specialities fairly easily. UC Davis is the county hospital, and (of course) a major teaching facility. The basic assumption around here, whether it's always true or not, is that UCD pays lower but has better benefits; Kaiser pays the most but some don't like the HMO environment; Sutter and Mercy (Catholic Healthcare West) hospitals are somewhere in between.

I won't take a stab at wages because there are so many variables.

elisabeth · Feb 28, 2007

Wendy is right, sorry about the confusion. UC Davis the university is in Davis. UC Davis Medical Center is in Sacramento in a not so great neighborhood. My mom was a patient there for a couple months last summer and the nurses there told me it's a great place to work and, because they're a teaching hospital, are more forgiving with mistakes. Also, the staff at UCD Med Center have to pay for parking. I believe Sutter and Mercy General are the same, but I don't think Kaiser is.