myownboss

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About myownboss

New grad (ADN). Newly licensed in CA.

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  1. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Similar to ICUMan, I got tired of nursing in an acute setting and became a nurse for a state prison system. For the state I work, the starting salary is right at 100k/year and it is easy to make a lot more than that with all the call offs of other n...
  2. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    I easily make more than 100K/yr working as a... prison nurse! I am a relatively new nurse (received ASN in 2010 and BSN in 2012; only working as an RN since 2012). I worked four years in med-surg/tele at a couple of hospitals. Then I obtained a po...
  3. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    Yep, had a verrrrry similar experience: an older woman with ovarian CA with mets kept screaming and bad mouthing everyone... we just ignored it because of the dx, but she kept 'firing' nurses and phlebotomists right and left because we never knew wha...
  4. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    I am a black male nurse. A patient asked for the charge nurse and said, " He does not want a ni**a touching him"... I switched patients with a Filipino nurse for he rest of the shift...
  5. Having a hard time saying 'no' to working overtime

    I work at two hospitals in their MS/Tele units; one full time, the other per diem! Both facilities know I work at another so they don't 'mess with me' so to speak. And yes, I rather get the extra hours elsewhere, rather than go in extra because they...
  6. I received an email notice from allnurses saying that I haven't logged onto the site for a long time which is true because I've been busy working a full-time job at one hospital and per diem at another. It was then I decided to take the opportunity ...
  7. Experience needed for Oncology certification?

    Thank you for that information! I will ask the 3 OCN nurses I know of on my unit about what it takes and see if I can shadow them during their chemo administration routine.
  8. Experience needed for Oncology certification?

    Yes this information is very helpful! Thanks. Basically as I understand it, I would not be able to apply for certification at the moment because I have not taken any courses in oncology, etc. I have noticed CE courses in oncology in the Nurse.com ...
  9. I am currently a nurse in a med/surg/tele unit. I have noticed that a fair a amount of patients are coming in for chemo treatments or side effects of cancer treatments. The unit manager is encouraging nurses to consider oncology certification. I w...
  10. Dear OP: I had to laugh as i read this post!!! I could have written MYSELF!!! As such, I enjoyed reading all the responses and may consider psych nursing (though Im considering NP eventually). I graduated in dec 2010 and it took me a 1.5 yrs to fi...
  11. What 2 do if u r called to a man down?

    hello correctional readers, just today (3 days later), i remembered another question from my interview with the jail facility in a county neighboring l.a. county: you r called to the cell of an inmate whose cellmate mentions that he fell off the top ...
  12. What 2 do if u r called to a man down?

    im sorry to admit ignorance, but i dont where the 'interview thread' is. you can let me know or feel free to copy/paste my OP if its possible.
  13. What 2 do if u r called to a man down?

    thank u for that post! i anticipate getting similar questions if and when i am called to interview at another correctional institution, so again, i appreciate your post.
  14. What 2 do if u r called to a man down?

    thank you for the words of support. i havent given up on nursing; im just putting out the feelers for the OT field. The school i am applying does require 80 hrs volunteer time with a licensed OT so we'll see. anyway, thanks again and i'll you and ...
  15. What 2 do if u r called to a man down?

    i'd rather not say exactly except to say it was not a prison, but a jail facility in a county that borders l.a. county. back in sept, i was 'hired' by a large county run facility to be in their ICU. Passed background and physical. They said they w...