OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

RNFELICITY · May 10, 2008

I live in Oxford, Ohio but I work in the Cincinnati area.

I have done a wide variety of nursing but I currently work in an 18 bed ICU.

I have been a nurse for 11 years and I have loved every day of it!!!

I am finishing (finally) my BSN and doing the Master's Bridge.

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

Marysjrfan · May 10, 2008

I live in Oxford, Ohio but I work in the Cincinnati area.
I have done a wide variety of nursing but I currently work in an 18 bed ICU.
I have been a nurse for 11 years and I have loved every day of it!!!
I am finishing (finally) my BSN and doing the Master's Bridge.
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

I hear ya about not knowing what you want to be when you grow up. So many different specialties interest me. I love mental health and I want to go into Psychatric Nursing, but Peds interests me too.

angelrejen77 · May 17, 2008

New topic so sorry...From Tx my daughter and I are looking for a home. Ohio was a thought, hows the pay scale for Rn's What is the nursing like there I noticed not a compact state..Wondering if giving up a Tx lic is in my best interest. Hows the crime rate is a good place to raise my grandson? HELP:bugeyes:

VinoLover2030 · May 20, 2008

I would check out the OHIO board. Alot ...if not all the questions you are asking have been asked and answered....i know because someone asked that very question a few months ago. Good luck

nursey42 · Jul 14, 2008

I am in NW ohio and want be a registered nurse in cardiac, med-surg or geriatrics... I can't decide yet. I have 2 quarters left.

traumajunkie63 · Jul 16, 2008

Hey All...Im from Cincy....emergency medicine for 23 years and am currently a travel RN...

Marysjrfan · Jul 18, 2008

Hey All...Im from Cincy....emergency medicine for 23 years and am currently a travel RN...

What is a travel RN? I've never heard of that.

Laurab14 · Jul 25, 2008

Northwest Ohio, LTC as well as Education

Laura RN:nurse:

Tippy-ta-ta · Aug 1, 2008

I grew up in the OVH 15 minutes south of Steub. when I was 23 I moved to OK and i have been here for the last 12 yrs. I plan to go to LPN school next fall and then LPN-RN tansition on-line.

iwanna · Aug 5, 2008

I actually live in NW PA, but live very close to NE OH. I have worked in psych in NE OH. I haven't worked in four years due to health issues, but I am trying to get back into nursing. And, I think that I would prefer to work in OH, as the pay is usually better than PA.:wink2:

Marysjrfan · Aug 5, 2008

i actually live in nw pa, but live very close to ne oh. i have worked in psych in ne oh. i haven't worked in four years due to health issues, but i am trying to get back into nursing. and, i think that i would prefer to work in oh, as the pay is usually better than pa.:wink2:

psych is my career goal too. any advice? what's the pay like? do you find it rewarding? i have always been interested in the mental health field. i'm just curious to hear from someone who has been there.

iwanna · Aug 5, 2008

I was satisfied with my pay. As an LPN with just a yr. experience under me, I started at $12 hr. I left there about four years ago, and by the time I left I was up to $16 hr. So, in four yrs. my hrly. wage increased by $4. Your starting wage in many places depends on how much experience you have.

I liked it. However, it became too physcially demanding for me. I have chronic illness that was exacerbating. You will have patients going off at times. I worked with adults,adolescents and children. Believe it or not, I found the children the most challenging. Children require a great deal of energy to begin with and combine that with behavioral problems. Wheww!

I preferred working with the adults with more of the psychiatric issues vs behavior issues.

Good luck to you. Behavioral Health is an interesting field.