Bopeepinwv

Bopeepinwv has 2 years experience.

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1. med surg certification!

   Bopeepinwv replied to nurses care's topic in General Nursing

   You must practice as a full time RN in med surg for two years to sit for the exam. I'm not sure if LTC would count. My nurse manager had to prove my years experience. My friend used the Springhouse Review, I used the one from the Academy of Med Surg...

2. What is an indwelling IV?

   Bopeepinwv replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

   AirForceRN: Well put, could not have said it better myself. I've been an RN for four years, in fact I am a CMSRN (certified med surg RN) and I've NEVER heard it called an indwelling IV. Maybe it's a term only used in some areas.

3. VA Hospital

   Bopeepinwv replied to 2003rn's topic in West Virginia

   I currently work at the VA in Huntington. I work on the Med/Surg floor. Of course like most hospitals it has it's ups and downs. The benefits are pretty good. As an RN I get 8 vacations hours every two weeks and 4 sick leave hours. The pay is good, ...

4. Would you ask a patient's child to dress his or her parent?

   Bopeepinwv replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

   When my husband recently had a colonscopy done he was not allowed to leave the hospital until they spoke with me to ensure he had a ride home and would not be driving. Maybe that was the situation in your case, they needed to know that someone else w...

5. Seeking employment with VA hospital

   Bopeepinwv replied to gratefulnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I would have to disagree with sosiouxme, I am a RN working at a VA hospital and I do not have a BSN. I have an associate degree as well as do several of the other RN's working here.

6. when do you get use to

   Bopeepinwv replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

   If you go to bed at 9am and get up at 2pm that is only 5 hours sleep, doesn't seem like much rest. Do you have kids that require you to get up at this time? If not, I would try to get more sleep if I were you, maybe sleep to at least 3pm. Just my o...

7. My only concern w/nursing

   Bopeepinwv replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

   It seems that your passion lies in teaching. I work at a VA hospital and we have very good retirement benefits. I will be able to retire in 20 years. I have only been here approximately 8 months and already have 3000 dollars in my retirement fund...

8. The VA Hospital System.....like universal healthcare?

   Bopeepinwv replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

   Please do not compare all VA Hospitals with Walter Reed. I work at a VA hospital and I promise you that we take the best possible care of our patients. We may be short staffed at times, but we make sure all patients are clean, medicated and shown t...

9. VA Nurses Salary?

   Bopeepinwv replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work at the VA hospital in Huntington, WV. The basic starting rate for an RN here is $41,323/year. Plus we get eight hours vacation and 4 hrs sick leave every 2 weeks (pay period) Also I can retire in 20 years if I chose to. Hope this helps.

10. What is a VA hospital?

    Bopeepinwv replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working for the VA hospital in Huntington, WV. We treat Veterans and actually some spouses of veterans. The benefits are pretty good here. I can retire after 20 years of service, and I receive 8hrs vacation and 4 hrs sick leave every t...

11. Wheeeew! Isnt this odd? ....

    Bopeepinwv replied to nub4sh's topic in NCLEX

    I'm not sure it will help or not but my test stopped at 108..... and I passed. Here in WV, you can get online and find out usually within 24-48 hours if you passed. It took me 48 hrs to find out. Anyway, like I said I stopped at 108 and my friend...

12. Burned out after only 2 years

    Bopeepinwv replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever considered going back to school to get your RN degree?

13. Nursing school friends = regular friends?

    Bopeepinwv replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Relations

    I met both of my best friends in nursing school. One from when I went to LPN school and the other from RN school. I still talk to them both at least twice a week and see them whenever I can. We talk less now that we are all working, it does take s...

14. Any WV Nurses That Use This Site?

    Bopeepinwv replied to blynn9173's topic in West Virginia

    That sounds interesting, Good luck!!

15. Are LPN's really nurses in the eyes of RN's

    Bopeepinwv replied to LUVyourCNA's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely believe LPN's are nurses. I guess I'm alittle bias, I started out as an LPN. [banana]Go LPN's[/banana] I worked hard to make my way thru school and even harder to pass that dang NCLEX. Alot of the LPN's I work with know a heck of a lot m...