DeathRowRn

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1. What's Correctional Nursing Like?

   DeathRowRn replied to CarolM's topic in Correctional

   I assume from your post you are going into RN school. Where i work the RN's duties are mostly paper work, emergency care that are sent to the medical unit and care of the inmates in the infirmary. The LPNs work the actually housing units of the inmat...

2. "Just a nurse?"

   DeathRowRn replied to KKRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I do! I've heard this phrase many times in my career. Yet I have to wonder if we are "just a nurse" why do people ask us for our opinions? Not only in the work place, but in our personal lives as well. How many times has a friend or nieghbor aske...

3. Why are dayshift nurses so grouchy?

   DeathRowRn posted a topic in Relations

   I recently read a post in this forum that mentioned something about dayshift nurses were rude and grouchy. In my experience I've noticed the same thing. I've worked all shifts and it seems on days the nursing staff is grouchier and can be rude, even ...

4. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE CARRY DISABILITY INSURANCE?

   DeathRowRn replied to adireen's topic in General Nursing

   Correction..... i was paid one day for every month I had been employeed....sorry.

5. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE CARRY DISABILITY INSURANCE?

   DeathRowRn replied to adireen's topic in General Nursing

   I carry disability insurance, as well as liability insurance. I have both through NSO. Here's an # you can call for more info on disability ins. --- 1-800-986-4630, it's called Nurses Income Protection Plan and can pay as much as $2,000.00/mo if an i...

6. Team Nursing

   DeathRowRn replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   I was curious to what your patient load is? I'm not in the hospital setting at this time, I work in a prison, and from my nick I guess you can see it's a prison with death row inmates. When I did work in the hospital setting I work Med/Surg with pati...

7. "Eating Our Young" and Ethics

   DeathRowRn replied to RNsToBe's topic in General Nursing

   The best advice I can think to give new RNs is to remember you didn't learn everything there is to know in school, the real world is a lot different from the text books, and you can learn a lot from LPNs and CNAs (actually they can be your best resou...