carleah

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1. New job at a Correctional facility, any advice

   carleah replied to pkt00's topic in Correctional

   I love corrections. I find it's very common to see nurses treat inmates differently than pts. on the outside. If you can resist the temptation to do that, you will do much better. Also, I don't like to know what they did before I treat them, if it wa...

2. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

   carleah replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

   Glad to know we in corrections are not alone. I thought it was just us that only gets a dinner plate.

3. Central NC assignments?

   carleah replied to kc87t's topic in Travel

   I live in Charlotte, and work in corrections. I've seen on Craigs list that Maxim needs corrections nurses and the pay is very good. Working in ED is an excellent foundation. Plus corrections is a good place to work. You have officers there to protec...

4. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

   carleah replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   Congratulations! You outdid me. You are the first person I've heard of to take advantage of that as much as I did. I am so grateful for that arrangement. I hope more people will read this post and give Clep a try.

5. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

   carleah replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   I don't believe I stood out. I don't think enough people applied for the scholarship thinking they wouldn't get it. When they told us to give it a shot I did thinking I have nothing to lose. They had 7 scholarships to give out in a class of about 35 ...

6. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

   carleah replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   In 2003 I graduated at Westchester Community College. I was taking care of my dad so his pension was not counted as income. I didn't qualify for a Federal Assistance because I was working part time but since I CLEP'd some prerequisites, I only needed...

7. Do nurses get out on time working corrections?

   carleah replied to Sensoria17's topic in Correctional

   I get out on time about 90% of the time. Most of the nurses here do. If you are organized and not a procrastinator, you shouldn't have a problem.

8. New Grad looking to relocate to Charlotte area

   carleah replied to edgarandersonrn's topic in North Carolina

   Try corrections.

9. Experienced RNs in Charlotte,NC

   carleah replied to QueenRN81's topic in North Carolina

   Try corrections if you don't get in the hospitals, I live and work in Charlotte and I like my job. Pay is good too, and work not too hard.

10. Help decifer an ekg

    carleah replied to carleah's topic in Critical

    Thanks for your replies. I think both responses were correct. Clinically, I don't believe it was a real cardiac issue, and yes you can't always trust the ekg printout. I did get an MD finally and he made sure I did a thorough history. Didn't help tha...

11. Help decifer an ekg

    carleah posted a topic in Critical

    Im' working at a jail and had an inmate come down with chest pain. He has mental issues but cardiac ones too. The MD on call did not answer my call, but I did take an ekg. The automatic reading states accelerated AV junctional rhythm (no atrial activ...

12. relocating to charlotte, nc area

    carleah replied to ColleenMommyOf4's topic in North Carolina

    :up:BTW Corrections makes about $26 hr to start compared to about $22 or $23 hr at the hospitals. The work is easier too!

13. relocating to charlotte, nc area

    carleah replied to ColleenMommyOf4's topic in North Carolina

    I work in Charlotte in Corrections Crüe pay is better than the hospitals and your experience is appropriate for the work. At the jail we have some who've worked in the ER before. This is still triage but when they are really sick we just send them to...

14. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    carleah replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound

    I should add from my hospice days that it is important to get rid of the wound drainage. That is where gauze dsgs are less than optimal. When the wound is packed with an absorbent dressing such as alginate it must be replaced once the dressing is soa...

15. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    carleah replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound

    From my experience wet to dry dressings are still widely used at the prison where I've workedin recent years. The CNA's do well with these dressings although they are more labor intensive and take longer to heal. Old habits die hard.