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Hi everybody,

I'm a RN from missouri with 7 years of adult ICU & recent 2 years experiance in NICU. We are (I & my husband) planning to move to seattle due to my husband's job search & snow. my husband works in IT. We have a 1 & half year old daughter. i want you all to give me some info about best NICU hospital in seattle, RN wages, nurse-patient ratio, benefits & any hospitals with daycare facility would be great.

since we are new to seattle need some more info on offordable apartments( rates, safety,near to work). I don't have much idea about the hospitals at seattle, thinking of coming through any agency? is this a good idea? do you know any hospital or agency gives any relocation allowances?

Thanks in advance:heartbeat

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Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

Do you mean NICU (neuro ICU) or neonatal ICU. Neonatal ICU would be Childrens hospital associated with the University of Washington and Neuro Icu would bee Harborview also associated with the University of Washington. There are some outlying hospitals that provide some of these services as well.. but I am not familiar with their specifics.

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Hi Diane227,

Thank you so much for your reply. Sorry for the late response. I was really busy with our baby, work ,etc., so couldn't come online. Yes i work in Neonatal ICU currently & prefer to continue work in Neonatal ICU. Planning to move to seattle on Jan 2010. If you know any good hospitals at seattle area please let me know. and the pay rate for RN with my years of experience( atleast rough estimation). any good agency? is there any hospital providing relocation allowances?

please give me as much as info that you can.

Thanks

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Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

The neonatal ICU's I am aware of that are busy are at Swedish Hospital and at Children's Hospital. My sister in law works at Swedish as a neonatal nurse practitioner. She really likes it there. As far as salary and relocation, you would have to check with each facility. Each facility in the Seattle area is different. There may be other neonatal ICU's in the area, but these are the only ones that I know about. Both these hospitals are located in Seattle. Now Seattle is a more expensive place to live. A lot of nurses commute from areas outside Seattle. We have a great transit system here, bus and train, to get people into the city from outlying areas. My husband takes the bus to Harborview when he works. You can get better housing bargains the further north you go from Seattle.

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Specializes in in reverse order...PICU, NICU, adult ICU.

Outlying NICU's from Seattle are located at Overlake (Bellvue), Valley (Renton) Evergreen (north of Seattle) and Tacoma General (south of Seattle). Housing sucks in Seattle, be prepared to drive a lot or pay a lot.

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Specializes in Phlebotomist, nursing student.

University of Washington Medical Center also has a NICU, though surgical cases go to Seattle Children's.

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Just a warning: Many of the Seattle NICUs have low patient censuses, e.g., UW and Evergreen. Nurses who have worked at these facilities for many years are having trouble getting hours. I've heard there will be some NICU openings in Portland, OR this year. But Seattle is absolutely cutthroat for NICU nurses since Microsoft cut their insurance funding for in vitro.

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Specializes in NICU.

I don't think it's just that...Washington state is well known to be way below the national average for births. Less babies overall=less sick/preemies.

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I did not know that. Interesting. Maybe WA state also has good preventive health + maternal health programs--although it sounds like that's all going to get the axe in the next state budget :-(

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