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What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing?
Work At Home Opportunities
Last First Name: Gould Cheryl RNC BSN in progress
E-Mail: CGould3357@aol.com
City: Los Angeles
State: California
What kind of nursing do you do: Psychiatric
Marital Status: Single
How many years have you been practicing as a nurse: 4
Would you recommend the field: Yes but with reservations
Employment changes in career: 3
Reason for the change: Dissatisfied
School you attend if applicable: L.A. County diploma, Univ. of Phoenix BSN
Where do you work: Hospital
Do you carry a personal malpractice insurance policy why or why not: Yes
required for school
Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: Downsizing,
inadequate staffing and managed care, quality of care
What attracted you to the field of Nursing: Opportunity diversity
Favorite TV show and musical artists: Bruce Springsteen Melissa Etheridge
George Winston
Favorite food: COFFEE Italian and Mexican
Personal or favorite Quote: It is never too late to be what you might have
been
Qualities you admire in your friendsloved ones: honesty warmth ambition
intelligence
Pet Peeves: manipulative selfish people laziness
Major turn-offs: Drug addicts as patients and see above
Hobbies and activities you enjoy outside of work: Reading gardening cooking
my Jeep
Pets favorite vacation spots:
1 rabbit,
2 dogs,
3 cats,
4 goldfish
Other areas of interest and expertise: New York, I am going there for my
MSN I hope
See also: California Local Services
California Nursing: Battle Hymn of the California Nurse, California Nurses, California Nurse Entrepreneurs, California Management Nursing Jobs, Nurse Recruitment California Schools of Nursing
Education: California Business Schools, California Colleges & Universities, California Law Schools, Magazines: California Journal
Travel: California Diving Destinations, California Golf Courses, California Parks, California Theme Parks, California North America, California Summer Camps, California Tour Operators, California Zoos & Aquariums
California Nurses:
Ellenberger, Diane, BSN, MS, RN, California, Legal Nurse Consultants, neonatal, obstetrics, pediatrics
Jenkins, Linda B., RN, BSN, PHN, ACCE
Kathi, RN, BSN PHN MSN in progress
Alicia Orlow, LVN ASN RN working on BSN
Departments & Specialties Represented: Emergency Department, Home care, Intensive Care Nursing, Medical-Surgical, Education, Informatics, Neonatal (NICU), Obstetrics (Bilingual), Psychiatric
California Board of Registered Nursing
400 R St., Ste. 4030 Sacramento, CA 95814-6239 Phone: (916) 322-3350 FAX: (916) 327-4402 Contact Person: Ruth Ann Terry, MPH, RN, Executive Officer Web Site: http://www.rn.ca.gov/ California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205 Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: (916) 263-7800 FAX: (916) 263-7859 Contact Person: Teresa Bello-Jones, J.D., M.S.N, R.N., Executive Officer Web Site: http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/
See also:
California Nurses Association:
California Nurses Association
2000 Franklin St.
Oakland, CA, 94612
510-273-2200, website@calnurses.org
http://www.calnurse.org/
California Nursing Students' Association:
http://www.cnsa.org/
Home Page For CodeRN2
http://home.earthlink.net/~codern2/
http://orncc.org//
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, San Diego, California:"AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) is the professional organization of perioperative nurses that unites operating room nurses by providing education,representation, and standards for quality patient care."
http://www.aornsd.org/
PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association of California:
http://www.panac.org/
Mailing Lists:
PERIOP: An Electronic Forum for Perioperative/OR/Theatre Nurses WorldWide. This mailing list is unmoderated, and open to nurses and other health professionals interested in the care of patients immediately before, during and after surgical & interventional procedures. You must be a subscriber to receive & post messages to the list; instructions for subscribing can be found here:
Currently the list has nearly 1300 subscribers, representing 13 countries over 5 continents. It processes 50+ messages each day on a variety of professional topics. It allows rural or isolated OR nurses to network with their peers and get opinions and answers to their questions. It introduces North American nurses to healthcare culture in other parts of the world, and lets nurses from that world listen in on our concerns.
http://periop.org/
General Links for California:
California Department of Health:"The California Department of Public Health will provide more focused state leadership in public health and health care financing and create a more effective public health infrastructure in California. The department will increase accountability and improve the effectiveness of both public health and health care purchasing activities."
(916) 558-1784
For relay services for the hearing impaired or speech impaired, please call:
MCI from TDD 1-800-735-2929 or MCI from voice telephone 1-800-735-2922
Sprint from TDD 1-888-877-5378 or Sprint from voice telephone 1-888-877-5379
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CAPublicHealth
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CAPublicHealth
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/capublichealth
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/DEFAULT.aspx
Growth House, Inc:
provides information and referral services for agencies working with death
and dying issues both internationally and in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.growthhouse.org/default.html
Cedars-Sinai Health System:
Cedars-Sinai Health System. 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90048, USA. Phone 310-855-5000.
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/
Schools:
California Institute of Technology:
http://www.caltech.edu/
University of Southern California:
http://www.usc.edu/
University of Southern California,
Berkeley:
http://www.berkeley.edu/
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Last updated by Andrew Lopez, RN on Friday, October 17, 2010