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1. 8 hour shifts?

   wtpsych replied to wtpsych's topic in General Nursing

   i have never seen this before in a hospital setting. i am currently working 8 hour shifts but in a correctional facility, from 6am to 2pm. i would love an 8 hour day shift hospital gig, but most of the openings i see are evening or night. i would...

2. 8 hour shifts?

   wtpsych posted a topic in General Nursing

   what's going on here? i live in northern california and i'm noticing lots of openings for 8 hour shifts? this is not agency/contractor work, but inhouse fulltime permanent positions. why?

3. will i lose my licenses in corrections, jail, prison nursing?

   wtpsych replied to wtpsych's topic in Correctional

   just the other day, my RN coworker was terminated because of her "differences" with one of the psychiatric techs there. this girl put in lots of effort in our unit and was always doing extra shifts to help it. we were all surprised when she was wal...

4. reporting unsafe patient ratios?

   wtpsych replied to wtpsych's topic in Correctional

   we have about 80 patients and each of them is on q15 minute observation due to some unknown regulation i am unaware of. total staffing includes a mixture of psych personnel, rns, lvns, cnas, etc... don't know if that helps any. it's more of a team...

5. scope of practice, the EKG/ECG?

   wtpsych posted a topic in General Nursing

   long story short, i had a patient complain of chest pain. he presented OK, except the EKG was abnormal. the person does have cardiac issues. so i called the nurse practitioner covering and she asked me: "does it look similar to the previous ek...

6. reporting unsafe patient ratios?

   wtpsych posted a topic in Correctional

   I work in a correctional facility in California.There seems to be a staffing issue. Tuesdays-Thursdays, we have 14. Fridays-Mondays we have 4. Who do I report this to? I am a registry employee so I do not have a union. Ironically, the nursing offic...

7. will i lose my licenses in corrections, jail, prison nursing?

   wtpsych posted a topic in Correctional

   so a relative of mine had this to say about working in a jail, prison, corrections: do not work in a unit where you do not have access to the patient. meaning, if you cannot open their cell when a "man down" is called, good luck. the correctional o...

8. Why Do You Love Being A Prison Nurse?

   wtpsych replied to Everline's topic in Correctional

   the rules and regulations on the "correctional" side of this position. everything takes forever so i sit my behind down most of the shift.