[nursprl]

I've posted this question on the traveler forum; so I'm posting it here if I can get a quicker response:

Is there anyone here ever worked or currently working at Shady Grove Adventist in Rockville, MD; more specifically the PICU. Any information is welcomed. RNt ratio; traveler friendly; safe area to live; types of patients; patient acuity?

Thanks

[janis9799]

I live five minutes from Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. I was just accepted into University of Maryland School of Nursing (Baltimore) but at their satellite campus in Rockville which is two seconds from the hospital and I will probably do clinicals there. I am not a nurse yet but can tell you it is a very safe area to live. Very nice here and I love it. Not far from DC.

[fnlyRNstudent05]

I did my OB clinicals there. It is a great hospital. I liked the staff and they pay well. Its also a nice location.

[lands1980]

How is it going just saw this post? Wish you the best. What housing did you get?

[nursprl]

I didn't take an assignment. I'm just asking for the good and the bad here for future reference. May try here next spring or summer, so just want to know how is the area, and the PICU.

[Nursewife]

my wife is planning to apply to shady grove next month. we live nearby and it's a good place to raise kids. someone told my wife that there is a sign on bonus of 5000-10000 dollars. i will post an update if she is hired. ty

[zahryia]

Yes, please do. I'm getting married next year and I'm looking forward a couple of years for a nice neighborhood and hospital.

[merristudentnurse]

I grew up 5 minutes from Shady Grove and I still live there now. I'll be graduating from nursing school in May and there is no way I'll be applying to Shady Grove. Just so you know, in this area, it has a reputation as "Shady Grave". Nearly everyone I know has some horrible story or another about that hospital, and it's so bad, we all request to be taken to Suburban Hospital if we need an ambulance. My friend's mother was an RN at SG and she had to leave because it was hurting her reputation as a nurse educator. Just thought you'd like to know that.