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Some forums can only be seen by registered members. Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA. After a 2 year period you can move into a specialty such as ICU, ER, or NICU and the income goes up from their. Now all this is for 1st shift pay. With 12 hour shifts the differential is split between hours worked on the 2nd or 3rd shift. After working your 3 - 12 hour shifts you can also work in house, meaning that when they need you they will call you into work an additional shift or two. We also have some nurses that also work at another hospital.

In our area their are 8 hospitals within a 30 minute range one being 6 blocks away , and 14 hospitals within a 45 minute drive. Are we hiring now?

No not at this time. In fact things are slow now. Usually we pick up many of the students that finish school here at Ventura College. This year we only hired those that were working here allready as CNA's and we didn't hire all of them.

That doesn't mean that in a few years you could get a job here or some place else. I am thinking this is a temporary thing.

Also Nursing will be a strong carreer choice for now and in the future. Wherever you go to school make sure that your credentials will transfer to California. Not all states RN's can work here. In California all RN's with an Associates Degree can transfer to any state in the USA.

But that is not the truth with every state. Make sure that your state's licensing will transfer into California if that is your dream. Originally Posted by jxndean. I plan on being in nursing school next spring, but I was just wondering if nurses could live a decent life in california.

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I've always wanted to live out there and think that nursing is a good field to get into to achieve that goal. Thx for all of the responses. They were very helpful.

The mountians of Northern California. If you apply to the Dept of Corrections as an RN you can make 6 figures easy. RN's are in short supply, as are LVN's right now.

LVN's make good money working for CDRC also. Originally Posted by Inthesierras.

Originally Posted by whydoucare? Well why are there so many unemployed RN graduates working at Walmart and Starbucks? I personally know a few of them. I also hear Nurse managers at my hospital complain about having to applications for a few new grad positions.

Right now RN's are flooding the market here in the bay area and it is very competitive to get a job. I was at a skill nursing facility visiting my grandma and I asked the DON were they hiring and she said not without a year of experience. So I would advise the OP to make sure I had a job lined up before coming to Ca or come with some experience.

If a person has Kmart taste rather than Saks Fifth Avenue, they can live quite well on a nurses salary. That's the first I've heard of that.

Did every Tom, Dick and Mary go to nursing school or what? Originally Posted by CA central coast. Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Additional giveaways are planned. Detailed information about all U. Posting Quick Reply - Please Wait. User-defined colors Preset color patterns.

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