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  1. VA, differential, relocation, pay w/experience, and retirement

    tirzo13 replied to stepaukob's topic in Government, Military

    Are you looking to come to California? If so, the prisons can't be beat, pay wise. 6500-8000 a month, vested after 5 years, at 2.5 percent, retire at 55. state mental hospitals are less pay about...

  2. VA, differential, relocation, pay w/experience, and retirement

    tirzo13 replied to stepaukob's topic in Government, Military

    wait a second, my setup and my answer is correct. 2.5%(retirement rate) x 10 (years service in my example) =25%. 25% x 10,000 dollars is $2500 a month. in the 2.5 x 10, you are forgetting the 2.5 is...

  3. Any nurses here date the officers?

    tirzo13 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Correctional

    i don't want to knock married CO's or Married nurses. As married people cheat in all offices in america. There are players everywhere, in all jobs. But a women surrounded by 100 officers, married or...

  4. how much should i ask for?

    tirzo13 replied to BaadFornRN's topic in Correctional

    agency pay for RN's in corrections is about $50/hr. state rn pay at the prisons is 6500-8000, depending on the area. bay area prisons pay the upper range. i quit the prisons and went to the state...

  5. Any travel nurses working corrections?

    tirzo13 replied to RN4Nm8s's topic in Correctional

    supplamental, preferred, divine, NMR, valley health care systems, maxim/travel max. all do corrections at our facilties in

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

    tirzo13 replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    As far as CO protection goes, CO's are usually pretty good staying close to young female nurses. Us men, or married older female nurses, the CO's read the paper. Nothing against CO'S, tough job, just...

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

    tirzo13 replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    Itsa prison, as the Captain tells everyone, its unsafe, thats why we get paid well. If a person does not feel comfortable, then they should leave and get another job. It dangerous. We had a nurse get...

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

    tirzo13 replied to soragamii's topic in Correctional

    I have worked 2 years CDC. As a LVN you will simply give out alot of pills, in fast order. spend 2-3 hours packing, and do 2 med passes that take 30 minutes to 2 hours each. thats it. Nothing at all...

  9. WHY SHOULD THEY GET MEDICAL CARE/ free

    tirzo13 replied to ssalicia's topic in Correctional

    Why should they get free medical care? because they are wards of the state, the state has to provide for them, as they are unable to provide for themself. No matter what crime they did, i'm not there...

  10. VA, differential, relocation, pay w/experience, and retirement

    tirzo13 replied to stepaukob's topic in Government, Military

    sorry, how i wrote the math is wrong, but the answer is correct. With the state. they take the 3 highest years, and count your monthy rate, say your highest ave is 10,000. the next number is factor,...

  11. New Grad RN applying to Folsom Prison, Ca... insight please

    tirzo13 replied to patos1984's topic in Correctional

    you will get hired for a specific shift, may not be the one you want, or the days off you want. after a year you can post and

  12. VA, differential, relocation, pay w/experience, and retirement

    tirzo13 replied to stepaukob's topic in Government, Military

    not to hijack your thread, but i'm also interested in the retirement formula. with state its easy. 2.5 percent x years of service x your best monthly average for 3 years. so if my best 3 years is...

  13. New Grad RN applying to Folsom Prison, Ca... insight please

    tirzo13 replied to patos1984's topic in Correctional

    I have worked at SAC/New Folsom, Salinas Valley, and DOnovan in san diego. they are all different. Salinas is the best run. They keep the inmates in line. Donovan, it really seems like the inmates run...

  14. Traveling Correctional Nurse in California?

    tirzo13 replied to surgnurse26's topic in Correctional

    the various travel RN companies will pay about 50/hr give or take a few bucks for CDCR. There is not as much of a need for agency/traveler RN jobs with CDCR. Most of the positions are now staffed with...

  15. VA retirement vs. Corrections

    tirzo13 posted a topic in Government, Military

    After nearly 2 years, i realize i did not go to school to treat rapists and molester's, not to mention those that committed murder. I have worked in 3 prisons, still have not met a person who "loves"...

  16. Advice needed for Calif juvenile corrections

    tirzo13 replied to peaceful's topic in Correctional

    just keep calling them. The turnover is pretty high, even though the pay is great, and the job easy, Staff comes and goes. There was a time Donovan was very hard to get into, you had to have time with...

  17. Concerns

    tirzo13 replied to mom2saul&amaris's topic in Correctional

    i can't agree that the bad nurses wont' last that long in this environment. They are here because thats the way they are, they can get away with treating patients/IM's that way. Alot of stufff nurses...

  18. State of California employment question

    tirzo13 replied to peaceful's topic in Correctional

    At this time the process is much faster at the DMH. Nurses go back and forth between DMH and CDC when there is a big change in pay, then they go back when it equalizes. right now example is ASH will...

  19. Why Correctional Nursing??????????

    tirzo13 replied to Ga_LPN's topic in Correctional

    i hear people on the boards say they love it. i work in a prison in california, and have worked at 3 different ones. I have never met a Nurse that loved it in person. If everyone got paid the same for...

  20. Psych Tech 1 Year Accelerated Program same as LPN?

    tirzo13 replied to allbetter's topic in Correctional

    not sure of your age, but we had people in the middle 60's in both my LVN and RN programs. LVN/LPN will give you a bit more avenues to pursue than a LPT, but if LPT is what you want to do, its not...

  21. Psychiatric Correctional Nursing... Is there such a thing?

    tirzo13 replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in Correctional

    in California we have a couple of different avenues. we have DMH and CDC. Department of Mental Health and California Dept of Corrections. DMH runs Napa State and Atascadero state hospitals, and a few...

  22. What kind of narcs do you keep on hand?

    tirzo13 replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    T3 MS contin, phenobarb, vicodin, norco, methodone, hydromorphone, ativan, valium, klonopin,

  23. Older Nurse/New Job-Any Advice Please!

    tirzo13 replied to BlissfulinAZ's topic in Correctional

    Be on guard at all times. Inmates have attacked nurses. when the inmates are interviewed, the inmates said they really liked the nurse, but he/she was the easiest target. The attacks are usually not...

  24. Weapons in prison

    tirzo13 replied to tootiefrute's topic in Correctional

    When giving an insulin injection they will break off the needle while its still inserted, then simply drop the used syringe in the sharps while you watch. you really have to make sure and watch them,...

  25. correction nurses pay scale??

    tirzo13 replied to sphz9471's topic in Correctional

    the pay for the LVN may be increasing at the prisons. As i predicted when the LVN's got hired, they are pissed about the pay, and have threatened to leave to DMH and become MTA's, or quit. Course only...