Introductions

NurseDixie · Aug 18, 2003

Hi everyone,

My name is Dixie, I am in the last semester of an ADN program. I will graduate in December. (can't wait!) I go to college in Parkersburg, WV. I hope we get lots of replies from our fellow WV nurses out there.

mary915 · Aug 22, 2003

Hey everyone im a new nurse i just graduated in july i work in a hospital in Parkersburg in Orthopedics send me a message some time

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Aug 23, 2003

I used to live in Fayette and Raleigh Co.'s family is still in both (and Nicholas Co.)

inodou · Sep 5, 2003

Hi everyone I am a 1st year nursing student in Southern WV.

wildcard · Sep 8, 2003

Hi all,

I'm a future nurse. Currently living in VA by DC and grew up in SW PA. Maybe someday I'll get to live in WVA and have some P&Q. :-)

Look forward to talkin to ya.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Sep 12, 2003

Live in Fayette county. Have been a nurse over 20 years but am fed up and with the low pay and back breaking work. Lack of respect is big on the list too. Any ideas?

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Sep 23, 2003

Why is this board so quiet? Don't we have issues/problems to discuss? how about happy circumstances with our practice. I feel like I am alone in the boat. Come on people, let's get a active board started.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Sep 23, 2003

Mary 915:

How do you like working on ortho? Was one of the first things I did and it was a hard but rewarding place to work. Deep bone pain is difficult to control and pain meds are a big issue with the patients. Do you use wound vac's, contanta-vac's, or polar pac's

much? So much has changed since the old balanced traction and pin care of my first days. Let us hear from you and how it is going.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Sep 23, 2003

Wildcard:

Hope you have a good idea of what living and working in WV is really like. Some of the area's are great to look at but pay is low. There is not a lot of peace and quiet when 4 wheelers are allowed to run the mountains and do almost everyday. Don't get me wrong, I love my home place, but it is a hard place to make a living, and even though there is lip service to the nursing shortage, there is little being done to address it. Mandatory overtime is a real issue in lots of the NHF and hospitals. Let us hear from you. This board needs some action.

barefootlady, ADN, RN · Sep 23, 2003

Inodou/Susie

Hope your first year in school is a bomb. I wish you all the best with your studies. Remember sometimes a little break, a breath of fresh air is all it takes to go at the books again. Learn all you can, we Need nurses.

NurseDixie · Sep 23, 2003

Barefootlady,

I will graduate with an ADN in December and plan to work in Pt.Pleasant, WV(starting pay is $17.80, you get a dollar more after passing boards, I think). I could drive for an hour and a half, but don't really want to. I'd make more money in Charleston or Parkersburg, but I'm tired of long drives to school everyday (over an hour one way). I've been lucky and have carpooled in the past, but now I'm driving it alone. Today was the last day of Peds rotation, next week I have a rotation to an elementary school to help with life screenings, and to the YWCA day care. The week after that we start OB.

Tomorrow my husband has an appt at the Cleveland Clinic and is going to have a balloon angioplasty on Friday. He's had 2 CABGs, 1 stent. Keep us in your prayers.

Dixie