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  1. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    i'd not work the jail system. from the people i have talked to when i was at the state prisons, and they did both, county and city jails are alot harder and hectic. state prison for the most part is...

  2. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    http://www.cdva.ca.gov/Homes/Default.aspx veterans home of california. as far as i know, part of the new contract is that all state mental hospitals, of which coalinga is, the rate is going up to...

  3. I/M Harrassment- CO's doing nothing

    tirzo13 replied to articnurseRN's topic in Correctional

    do that and they will sue you, and you will get fired and lose your retirement. they have more rights than you. never forget that. if you cant take the heat, get out of the prison. some CO's will help...

  4. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    san quintin, salinas valley, california training facilility (also in salinas) are the 3 prisons that get 8000-9200 a month. all other prisons the range is 7000-8400 a month. within Salinas Valley and...

  5. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    not sure of what you mean. if the same prison has a psyc dept and a med department, the RN's within the same prison get the same exact pay. what you may be asking is this. California Medical Facility...

  6. Veterans Home Nurse putting in lateral to State prison

    tirzo13 replied to springh2o's topic in Correctional

    its pretty much a sure thing, i will leave it at

  7. Veterans Home Nurse putting in lateral to State prison

    tirzo13 replied to springh2o's topic in Correctional

    Which Vet home do you work at? Barstow, Chula Vista, or Yountville? If Barstow, not sure, is there a prison close to there? If Chula Vista, then you will be thinking about Donovan, it sucks just as...

  8. Correctional nursing role..nurse or police?

    tirzo13 replied to Kashia's topic in Correctional

    I tend to agree with you, though i have only worked in California prisons, not out of this state. So perhaps we see the same things. Sure not all are like that, just like not all officers are .......?...

  9. What are pros and cons (no pun intended) correctional nursing?

    tirzo13 replied to maximillia's topic in Correctional

    I know alot of people online say they love it. i have worked in prisons, and i never met a person who loves it. we love the pay. simple question. if the prison pay was less then what one could get...

  10. What are pros and cons (no pun intended) correctional nursing?

    tirzo13 replied to maximillia's topic in Correctional

    Pros. Pay, Pay, Pay, Super Easy, Pay, Pay, Pay. Retirement cAN'T BE BEAT. Can promote fairly quick, as the turnover is pretty high, or you can transfer to another prison in the middle of nowhere,...

  11. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    Salinas Valley has 2 prisons, much like sac has Folsom and SAC next to each other. in salinas there is CTF and SVSP. Both are considered bay area prisons, and get the max RN pay. My offer range was...

  12. Accepted to a BSN program.......BUT!!!!!Need Info please

    tirzo13 replied to Kawain's topic in Government, Military

    Schools don't all have the same time to completion. I believe there is a school in Philadelphia that is for non nurses, and they go full time for 18 months straight for a BSN. My A/P study partner...

  13. Where do you work?

    tirzo13 replied to mcknis's topic in Correctional

    Whats the percentage of males in nursing, like 10%. In school 2 years ago, I was 1 of 4 men, with 26 women. Prisons i worked at, I think the percentage of men is closer to 40 percent. Alot of us used...

  14. LVN Student with an eye on Corrections

    tirzo13 replied to SleepTech's topic in Correctional

    I worked at Donovan. I hated it there, even though as a agency LVN i took home double what the state LVN's did. I was glad to get out of there. Moral is very bad, the CO's don't really escort you, but...

  15. Abuse?

    tirzo13 replied to weirdRN's topic in Correctional

    I just don't think you can force a shower on someone, unless the Inmate has been determined by PSYCH MD that he is unable to care for himself. So, though the IM may have not complained, the CMA M...

  16. Abuse?

    tirzo13 replied to weirdRN's topic in Correctional

    If inmate is PC, and they send him to GP, thats a case against the state right there. I would also wonder about the nurse forcing the inmate to shower, thats borderline assault and false imprisonment,...

  17. Need help with interview

    tirzo13 replied to esrun00's topic in Correctional

    Its kind of like a military recruiter, not saying they give lies, but the truth is bent a bit. They will tell you that you will have an escort at all times, yeah, where are my escorts? Reading the...

  18. How safe is it, really?

    tirzo13 replied to rachelgp's topic in Correctional

    Depends where you work at i suppose. Alot of times the Officers don't give escorts. I'm male, so i kind of expect them to ignore me, they do escort young female nurses though of course. Still, we have...

  19. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    I hated Donovan (SD), maybe you will like it. The Senior RN's there are pathetic, and there are 7 of them. Salinas is the best prison to work at, just 1 Senior, and he is good at his job. At San Diego...

  20. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    Actual DMH bullitin with the MTA job and pay. http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/wvpos/more_info.cfm?recno=323851 $7300 for a LVN, thats more than i'm getting as a RN for the state!!!! plus MTA gets better...

  21. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    Thats because you contacted CDCR. They got rid of MTA's earlier this year. you need to contact DMH, as i stated in my earlier post, NOT CDC. the prisons no longer use MTA's. DMH at Vacaville and...

  22. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    duplicate post.

  23. New to corrections... question about insulin injections.

    tirzo13 replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    Yeah, its a bit different. A while ago, we got bitched at for not having escorts by the CO's. They don't escort us (men, older women), and we get bitched at. They roll there eyes when we ask for...

  24. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    Don't be an LVN at Salinas, you will take home like $2200 a month. Go to Dept of Mental Health webpage, and get the application for MTA. Don't worry about what the MTA pay says, its never updated,...

  25. BRAND new lpn, correctional nursing like community health?

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    A little secret that alot of people don't know, even some of the MTA's that had to become CO's when the CDCR phased them out. The DMH, dept. of mental health has 2 sections in Salinas Valley and...