r/OregonNurses

Hi nurses of Portland area!!

I'm a new nurse with 6 months of ASC Pre/PostOp experience, looking to either work at another ASC or a hospital in either Pre/PostOp again, or as a Circulator, or in Intraprocedure in Endo. I currently have a job offer in my state for Intraprocedure in Endo, but in my area the hourly rate is super low and the cost of living is super high and it sucks🫠, so I'm thinking of maybe making the move out to the Portland area lol. I'm looking at apartments, and was wondering if there were any specific hospitals or surgery centers that anyone would recommend working at (and any to avoid!) so I can look at adjacent apartments around them😊

Thank you!!🙏

Thinking of moving to Portland, and I am curious what patient populations are like there. Do you have many patients that do not speak English as a first language? If so, what are the most common languages your patients speak? And, how does this vary in different parts of the city?

Looking at options for getting into school sooner rather than later, but have seen a lot of conflicting reports on the program. (Yes, I’m aware of the cost difference between private and community college programs. But I’m not willing to wait several application rounds and/or another 1.5 years of prereqs to get into a cc program)

I am a second quarter student in Clark's nursing program and am also using my summers to take BSN courses at WSUV. I really want to get as much experience as possible to not only make myself a competitive hire but also gain as much knowledge as I can since my previous career was not in healthcare. Are there many internship options in the area for students? I had heard a classmate mention doing one over the summer and was curious how readily available something like that is. I am currently a patient transporter at Emanuel and plan to switch to being an ED tech next year for even more experience.

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Hi, I'm getting the interview soon.
I'm just wondering how many panels join the interview for ICU.
Anyone working in ICU ?