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  1. Safety with dangerous pts

    riverlands replied to Hazelgirl_06's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto to SobreRN another reason I enjoy corrections!! I feel safer than I did in acute

  2. Nurses' Week - Upended.

    riverlands replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    I have given up waiting for my employer to celebrate me. I celebrated myself during nurses week and I celebrated my coworkers. I celebrate myself every day when I put my scrubs on. I'm so proud to be...

  3. What kind of nurse are you?

    riverlands replied to Atelophobia's topic in General Nursing

    Work at the county jail and I love it. We nurses run medical and often times there is no provider in house and we call the on call and get what we need. We are a total team and it's much less...

  4. When you have a rule that you don't 'friend' coworkers on FB

    riverlands replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I will accept friend requests from any co-workers. Facebook to me is yet another networking tool. Im glad to post happy things like a cake I decorated or cute pet pictures and I dont do the...

  5. He Wanted to Practice Satanism for the Baby

    riverlands replied to Shookclays's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The essential oils thing...OMG yes. Patient with pneumonia, in stepdown, cognitively intact and nonambulatory. His daughter a teacher was rubbing some very strong oils all over his chest and back and...

  6. 60 Days In

    riverlands replied to canoehead's topic in Correctional

    Nope we have a "crush and float" policy for commonly cheeked meds. Crush it and pour it in a cup with water and they have to drink it. Works

  7. What do you eat for breakfast?

    riverlands replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    I have severe, horrible, fight or flight AM nausea. Like crippling level. Makes it so hard to eat breakfast. But I also get hypoglycemic if I don't eat. What has saved me is a product called Almased....

  8. How does prison nursing compare to med-surg & other hospital environments?

    riverlands replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Correctional

    New to the jail but it is very, very, very safe. Jail is 1000 times safer than my previous job in medsurg/tele/stepdown. In my brief experience in jail, they care whether the patient(inmate) is...

  9. Charge Nurse issue

    riverlands replied to tree-huggin'RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Give no emotional ammunition to this person. If she offers constructive criticism, take it professionally regardless of how it was delivered to you, say OK thanks for your feedback I will work on...

  10. New BSN graduate: job options other than hospital RN?

    riverlands replied to TravelGal33's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This is not exactly what you are looking for but......In May when you graduate, your recently-graduated new grad status is a limited time, perishable commodity with an expiration date! My advice dont...

  11. May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    riverlands replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Usually the patient is already violent and/or aggressive and that's why they are getting the shot!! The thing that impressed me during psych inpatient rotation was folks getting IM long acting...

  12. Handling 2 different job offers

    riverlands posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Newish RN here. Having 6 months experience, area of interest and brief experience Med-Surg Tele. Moved far away to an area with much better working conditions for nurses and finally starting to land...