maygrad07

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 a great place to start, the staff is so helpful, i have learned more than i could have ever imagined. just apply and be yourself, from my experience and other new grads say the same thing. Ask questions, do your research on a magnet hospital, know why you want to work there, be able to give reasons and how you would benefit the hospital...hope this helps

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 approachable, willing to teach, love their job, that is why it is a magnet hospital. they have a good retention rate, but after awhile you want to branch out from a teaching hospital from the residents, from the cancer emotional side of it. it has been a great experience.

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 with the residents who are essentially like new grads too, but they are very approachable and some are great, some have some learning to do. it is a great collaboration hospital with all the interdisciplinary teams. i love it there

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.

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??

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 NS, give the pain IVmed, flush again and restart or do you give it slowly into the port of the IV while the fluids are running? lets say its not compatible with the piggy back thats running, how do you give it then? and when you dilute meds, and then how do you give that IV med while a fluid is running? ahhh please someone help, i am so confused!!!:uhoh21::monkeydance:

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 my paychecks to put into this plan, and then the hospital also puts that same amount in or so. And I can withdraw it when i leave, or just opt out. what would you do? or what are all of you doing? it is a 401 a plan. Thanks for any input.

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 working in washington until i take my boards. if anyone could just point me in the right direction, i would be so so grateful.

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.

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: