maygrad07

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1. Help! Any advice for out-of-state new grad applying for jobs at UW?

   maygrad07 replied to Flesty's topic in Washington

   hey, i work at UW hospital, i have been there for almost 5 months. I think you will have what it takes to get hired. It is mainly a cancer hospital with floors such as stem cell, oncology, rehab, med surg, transplant, ortho, etc. I love it there, its...

2. best hospital to work for in Washington state

   maygrad07 replied to badtz143's topic in Washington

   what i meant is, at SHMC i met a lot of crabby, rushed, careless, nurses. and i floated thru out that hospital. the patient satisfaction at UW is way beyond what i have seen at SHMC. at UW the majority of nurses are very intelligent, very approachabl...

3. New Grad & UW

   maygrad07 replied to chrcln's topic in Washington

   i work at UWMC and love it. they have a great program for new grads and the staff is so friendly, helpful, understanding. it has a very diverse population with a main focus on cancer. it is a research hospital so sometimes the downside is dealing wit...

4. best hospital to work for in Washington state

   maygrad07 replied to badtz143's topic in Washington

   i work at UWMC and LOVE it. i have met many new grads there who feel the same way. and the staff is amazing. i worked at Sacred Heart in Spokane and the nurses were burnt out, they also had hardly any new grads.

5. Diluting IV push

   maygrad07 replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

   what if the morphine was not compatible with the IV fluids, say it was a piggy back that was running, then what would you do personally??

6. hi a simple question

   maygrad07 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   this is a simple question but has seemed to complicate my mind. how do you give an IV pain med/nausea med when there is fluids running. many nurses on my floor do different ways. lets say the fluids are running 100/hr. do you pause them, flush a 10cc...

7. do you have a retirement plan as a NG

   maygrad07 posted a topic in New Nurse

   hi, do you guys have a retirement plan. at my hospital they automatically enroll us in a retirement plan, but we can opt out if we want to and i am not sure. I am only 22, and not at all thinking about retiring. Plus they take about $80 from each of ...

8. how to transfer from WA to OR as a new grad

   maygrad07 posted a topic in Oregon

   hi there, i am still a student in washington state and i was wondering if anyone had a lead for me on how i would take my boards here, and then transfer them to oregon. or would i just take my boards in oregon, even though i will be living and workin...

9. best hospital to work for in Washington state

   maygrad07 replied to badtz143's topic in Washington

   i have heard uw is the best hospital to work at from many different people and thats simply because it is a teaching hospital, and the nurses actually care and love what they do.

10. lost about what nursing specialty to go into

    maygrad07 posted a topic in General Students

    hi out there. is anyone totally lost about what type of nursing they should do? so we had clinicals last year at a rehab facility...no thanks. then we had med-surg clinicals and i feel like once you graduate everyone has to do med-surg, but i didnt l...

11. Just curious, name your institution and your NCLEX pass rate

    maygrad07 replied to jov's topic in General Students

    Intercollegiate College of Nursing (UW, WASH STATE, Whitworth and EWU) 98%, but really your passing rate doesnt mean how good a nurse will be. i have had nurses who are RNs and i am like....how on earth did you pass and i think some need a lesson in ...

12. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    maygrad07 replied to straba's topic in General Students

    woot woot...washington state university the ICN in spokane, WA to get my BSN. GO COUGS. we have about 100 people in the spokane class but we communicate via video with the tri-cities and yakima sites as well. It's a wonderful school. :monkeydance:

13. How many of you started or starting with NO experience

    maygrad07 replied to *lisa*'s topic in General Students

    i started with no medical experience and i think i am doing just fine. I have one more year to go. HOWEVER....this summer I got involved in a program in which i am now a nurse's aide for the summer and once a week for the school year. i highly highly...

14. Your greatest stress in nursing school?

    maygrad07 replied to GratefulHeart's topic in General Students

    definitely the first few careplans i had to complete was my greatest stress. then once you do a few you can copy and paste similarities that come up. ALSO those first few weeks of clinical were soooo stressful because you have to build up confidence ...

15. hey you what would u do

    maygrad07 posted a topic in General Students

    hi i graduate in may and think its time to start thinking about where i go and what i do when that time comes. As a nurse would you recommend that new grads begin on a med surg floor for a year or 2, or would you say to dive right into their specialt...