kerouac01

kerouac01 has 3 years experience and specializes in med/surg.

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1. infusion clinic

   kerouac01 posted a topic in Oncology

   Hey everyone! I am interested in oncology and will be interviewing soon for an infusion nurse position. I have 3 years of med/surg experience, but have no oncology experience at all. I was curious if I'll still learn a lot of new things regarding onc...

2. drive time

   kerouac01 posted a topic in Washington

   Hey everyone! I have an interview at a hospital in Lakewood coming up and could use some help. As long as I'm not driving during rush hour, could you tell me how long it'll take me to get from the airport to Lakewood? I've never even been to WA and h...

3. What is the average RN salary for RN in Tacoma

   kerouac01 replied to twantland's topic in Washington

   Thanks a bunch for the help!

4. Gig Harbor or Tacoma!

   kerouac01 replied to sung21heart's topic in Washington

   sorry, this post has nothing to do with finding a place to rent, but I was curious to see if you ended up in gig harbor or in Tacoma. I am currently applying to that hospital system and no very little about it. Thanks for the help!

5. What is the average RN salary for RN in Tacoma

   kerouac01 replied to twantland's topic in Washington

   No, I haven't worked at St. Clare, but I did just apply to that hospital the other day. What floor did you get hired onto? What area of nursing is your 1 year experience in? I have 3 years of med/surg experience, so I'm hoping to hear from them. ...

6. Info about psych units in Seattle area

   kerouac01 replied to TotalLearner's topic in Washington

   Thank you so much for the help! How many patients are typically on a unit? Are the evening and night shifts staffed as well as the day shifts as far as RN's, LPN's, and MHT's go? How long did it take you to get hired on? Do you work 8, 10, or 12 ...

7. Western Washington State Hospital

   kerouac01 posted a topic in Washington

   Hey everyone. I'm interested in psych and was wondering if anyone had any experience (clinical or working) at the Western Washington State Hospital in Tacoma (maybe it's just south of Tacoma). I'm looking to possibly apply there and am just trying ...

8. This WA forum is so idle

   kerouac01 replied to WAstateRN's topic in Washington

   Thanks for that link (I didn't really check it out. I'm just trying to get the stupid 15 posts to enable the private messaging.)

9. Info about psych units in Seattle area

   kerouac01 replied to TotalLearner's topic in Washington

   Hi Nurselacey, I just saw that you're were working at the Western State Hospital and wanted to know if you were still there and if you liked it. Would you mind giving me some info on that place? I'm thinking pretty seriously of applying there and m...

10. Oregon State Hospital, Salem

    kerouac01 replied to kerouac01's topic in Oregon

    Thanks again for the help. Hopefully you'll see this since I haven't posted in awhile. Well, I just booked my flight to Oregon for early spring when I hope to check out the state hospital. If you don't mind I'd like to ask a couple more questions....

11. Oregon State Hospital, Salem

    kerouac01 replied to kerouac01's topic in Oregon

    Thanks again for the help. It looks like I'll have a couple options in Salem, so hopefully I'll be a little more sure about which hospital I want to work at once I see them both. Do you have much schooling left? Maybe you're not even going to school ...

12. Oregon State Hospital, Salem

    kerouac01 replied to kerouac01's topic in Oregon

    Thanks a ton for all the information. I'd been hoping for awhile that someone would reply. Glad to hear you really enjoyed it. All I can find on the net are newspaper articles telling horror stories from the 90's. Did you do any of your rotation ...

13. considering move to oregon?

    kerouac01 replied to debinius's topic in Oregon

    Not sure if you're still interested, but there's the state psych hospital in Salem if you're looking for mental health. It's not far at all to the south of Portland.

14. Oregon State Hospital, Salem

    kerouac01 replied to kerouac01's topic in Oregon

    No one knows anything about this hospital? Not even any students who've done their psych clinicals there?

15. New Grad ICU Internship: Know anything about Salem Hospital's Program? Read on.....

    kerouac01 replied to Ryanh's topic in Oregon

    Hey luvmom, how'd your interview go? Did you accept a position? I'm planning on flying up there in March to interview, but I'm kind of torn on what floors I want to apply to. Which did you apply to? Have you visited the hospital? I'm from out of stat...