SAn Diego

[Daron73m]

Hi, Was considering getting out of the heat of AZ.. Was wondering if anyone could give me some hospital advice in San Diego in the ICU/CCU areas...preferably not one of the huge facilities.

Thank you

[cali510]

Can't help you out with that info but was wondering if you considered doing some travel assignments there to scope things out?

[AmandaWIRN]

I worked in the ER at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego as a traveler a little over a year ago. I extended, and stayed for 6 months. What specific questions do you have?

[Daron73m]

Just on what hospitals to avoid....theres alwyas the ones you hear about not to work at...I would like to avoid them if I know before hand. If someone had a good experience in SD or bad.

[AmandaWIRN]

Don't know much about the ICU's, as I work ER, but I really didn't hear bad things about any of the hospitals in San Diego. I did hear wonderful things about Palomar Hospital in Escondido & Pomerado hospital in Poway- both North of San Diego. I have also hears that Scripps in La Jolla is a great place to work, as well as UCSD. The hospitals South of Downtown tend to be a little rougher, in that the neighborhoods are not as great, so I would try to stay north of Downtown.

[Anmutasc]

I worked as a traveler at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla (not the same as Scripps La Jolla). It is a smaller hospital with only an urgent care, a big cardiac hospital. The ICU/CCU has a lot of cardiac patients with other typical ICU patients mixed in. I did two separate 6 month stays there and loved it more than any other hospital Ive worked at. The people there are so friendly, caring, and treat all travelers equally. Ive never met a traveler who didnt love it there. The hospital sits right on the ocean and I used to watch the sunset in the ocean through my patients room. If I didnt miss the east coast so much and my family, i definetly would have signed on as staff!!

[ICUgirl]

my recruiter just submitted me at Sharp...i was wondering if anyone knew what that hospital was like?

[bgrogers20]

Anything in the Scripps System is pretty good. A good area to live if you are single is the UTC area of La Jolla. I lived there for 2 years and it was lots of fun and very close to work!