tirzo13

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1. new grad RN still no luck!

   tirzo13 replied to k.soriaRN's topic in California

   The problem is if you live in a Metro Area such as LA, SF, SD, OC you are competing with a million people for that great RN job, you most likely will not get it unless you have serious conections. If you take a job at a SNF (with a goal of acute late...

2. Hipaa violation?

   tirzo13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone know if putting "DNR" on the outside of the chart in red letters a violation. charts are in the nurses station, but fellow patients could see that, as well as family members and non medical staff. its still private information, and it se...

3. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   There is alot to like about SLO. All the things that make it great as a small town, well being a small town there are things to not like. Really did not care for ASH. In my ideal world San Diego would be half the size it is, and they had a place like...

4. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   1. Would you recomend working there? 2. How were your coworkers, easy to get along with? 3. Is Napa an all male facility? 4. Is it easy to enjoy San Francisco while living in Napa or any of the surrounding neighborhoods? 5. Overall did you have a...

5. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   I don't want to make up someone's mind for them, i just feel people should hear all sides so they don't waste time. people say they love working in the prison. I worked in 3, never found anyone who loved it. People who say they love it, i ask this qu...

6. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   New grad RN at San Quintin gets 8500+ a month. state pay for RN is great. As is LPT pay. State pay for LVN is very low.

7. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   i grew up in the streets, so i got alot of street smarts, and street cred. if you grow up in the burbs, its going to be really hard to make it. Even with knowing how to handle and carry yourself, knowing how to give respect, knowing how to earn respe...

8. Interview at Coalinga

   tirzo13 replied to healinghands209's topic in Correctional

   they are on a state hiring freeze because of the budget. not because of staffing. state has been giving layoff warning notices. some of the other facilities have still been going thru the hiring process instead of halting altogether, but staff is nee...

9. do the correctionals hire new grads?

   tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

   Somethings i would like to echo. Yes, officers are supposed to be with you at all times. thats what they will tell you when hired. ask the manager hiring you a million times, and thats what they will tell you. They may say eventually "depending on wh...

10. Interview at Coalinga

    tirzo13 replied to healinghands209's topic in Correctional

    There are assaults at all the Mental Hospitals. the table incident was a few years ago!!! something happens all the time!!!! a women was nearly beat to death not too long ago at ASH, in a week period on my unit at NAPA, staff had cup of urine thrown ...

11. Exam at Coalinga

    tirzo13 replied to ERDawg's topic in Correctional

    At Napa you got a good shot at days. Metro in LA, and Atascadero both are hiring me for nights. I don't care so much as i'm going back to school. If i'm in school bad shifts don't bother me, its a tradeoff. If i was not in school, i would hate that. ...

12. Correctional nursing at Sierra Conservation in Jamestown CA

    tirzo13 replied to wolfies2u's topic in Correctional

    Not worked at that prison. i have worked 3 other california prisons. Shifts and weekends depends. If you work out in the yard clinics, vs. CTC (prison hospital with ER). Clinics are M-F, Hospital is 24 hour. Some clinics, staff works 4 ten hour shift...

13. do the correctionals hire new grads?

    tirzo13 replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

    Salinas Valley, SaN Diego, and Folsom hired new grads. Depends on manager and facility like anything else. I worked at plenty of places that said they didn't hire new grads, but one day boom there i was working with a new grad. Don't ever let anythin...

14. Safety of Nurses in Atascadero Mental Hospital

    tirzo13 replied to meyo's topic in Correctional

    I did my training at ASH, and i worked at NAPA in addition to 3 prisons. Not to sound like a jerk, but NICE depends on what you are looking for. There are safer jobs. There are more rewarding jobs (spiritually vs. monetary) help the women who was rap...

15. correction nurses pay scale??

    tirzo13 replied to sphz9471's topic in Correctional

    I replied awhile ago when i was a LVN, I even had a argument with someone who didn't even work for the state who would argue with me about pay, she would follow me around. By the way, i was right back then too!! anyway im a RN now. state pay vs. hosp...