LauraBell

My husband and I (both RN's) have property in summers county- inbetween Beckley and Hinton. We consider moving there but the drawback is finding jobs that will pay enough. We're making 35-42$/hr in the dc suburbs. Any thoughts?

Hi, I was hoping to get some feedback on my situation. I worked for 12 yrs on a primarily hemeonc unit in a military hospital (bmt's and acute leukemics mostly, though we had medsurg as well). For about 10 of those years I was on night shift. My confidence is/was not the greatest so I didn't jump into new learning opportunities. Consequently, I feel like my nursing experience has been somewhat limited. I left the hospital 3 yrs ago and have been doing outpatient infusion (dr's offices) and feel pretty comfortable there. For the past 6 months I've done an occasional med surg shift with an agency and my goal is to do agency work for the flexibility. Needless to say doing med surg with an agency is problematic for me. There is so much to know that my little aging brain gets overwhelmed. My experiences in the hospitals that I've worked at haven't been too terrible considering that the most I've worked at one hospital has been about 4 shifts. I've found the great majority of staff nurses that I've worked with to be very helpful and just downright nice so that's encouraging. I guess my question to staff nurses is, what do you expect from an agency nurse. Do you think that someone like me is suited for it. Any ideas on how I can be successful/comfortable with it. I do have a newfound respect for what medsurg nurses and aids do. It's such hard work! If you've gone this far....thanks for reading!

Hi Twinmommy, thanks for your reply. Do you have a nursing job in WVa? How is the pay? The working conditions?

I took an all day course in starting iv's. It was a great class and helped me alot. I think the company is called "Peripheral Vascular Nurses" or something like that. It is owned and the class is taught by the RN that founded the company. I think they are located in PA. I took the class in Hagerstown, MD. Practice and technique. You will get it, I'm sure.

Hi, I don't live in West Va but my Husband (also an RN) have rural property in Summers county and like to go there as much as we can and work (on the land that is). We talk about moving there but going from the dc suburbs to there will be a big change. The biggest unknown (or maybe known from what I've read on this site) is what kind of nursing jobs are out there and how much $ we can make. Anway, I'm happy to have found a way to connect with nurses in WV!