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  1. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    its straight pay. with OT i'm sure many will be at $150,000 at least. there are many MTA/LVN here at the prison who made $130,000 with OT last

  2. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    they have not raised the pay yet, as i stated in my post that you quoted. it has not happened yet. its going to be raised to 97,000-107,000. the rates of 6600 a month is the current

  3. Thinking about getting into corrections....

    tirzo13 replied to ShortyLPN's topic in Correctional

    yeah, should not be alone with a patient. should have a CO with you. that is the way it should be, but often you can't find one, or they are chilling someplace. They know they are supposed to escort...

  4. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    Oh yeah, the state LVN will make alot less than the MTA, that is why none of the MTA are going to stay as LVN, they are mostly going to become CO's. the retirement is 3.0 for the MTA, 2.5 for the LVN....

  5. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    The federal reciever set the pay. not sure when it will start, i believe january. The 107,000 is for the bay area prisons. CTF, SVSP, San Quintin. the rest of the state i believe is going to be...

  6. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    I have worked at Donovan. I think Salinas Valley is a way better run prison, as the federal receiver commented also. San Diego is my home, and i still quit to come back to SVSP. Its a safe place to...

  7. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    you get overtime pay, many nurses now are getting well over 100K now because of

  8. VA/Military vs. California corrections.

    tirzo13 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello, i'm a LVN, just finished RN school waiting to take NCLEX. I work now as an agency LVN for the California prisons. My question is who has the best benifits? I was in the army for 3 years, so i...

  9. Correctional Nursing Salary

    tirzo13 replied to NurseNikki5's topic in Correctional

    I'm telling you, if you can get over the idea that its a prison, and you wont feel how you expected to feel when you chose to be a nurse, prisons in california are great. next year, 100,000 a year, to...

  10. Correctional Nursing Salary

    tirzo13 replied to NurseNikki5's topic in Correctional

    We may all think they are slime but. nurses fall in love with them and get walked off. psychologist's fall in love with them and get walked off. CO's fall in love with them and get walked off. these...

  11. 100K in California

    tirzo13 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a LVN in a prison in california. i just finished RN school, and i'm waiting to take the NCLEX. anyway, next year the state is planning on paying state RN's at the prisons 100K a year. something...

  12. 100K in California

    tirzo13 replied to tirzo13's topic in Nursing Career

    All of the Correction RN will get a big raise, but not the same. the bay area prisons will get a larger raise. SVSP, CTF, San Quintin, they will get the big raise to 100,000. the others i think get...

  13. Fast track science core?

    tirzo13 posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Hello, i'm a LVN, i finished my RN and am waiting to take the Nclex. My question is for my LVN co workers who want to start the RN program i finished. I would like to know if anyone knows any fast...

  14. What do you like most/least about being a nurse?

    tirzo13 replied to rtin05's topic in General Nursing

    What i like best. when a patient says i'm the best nurse they ever had, or when they write a letter to the hospital saying the same thing. that makes you feel good, even if its not true. I'm not the...

  15. BSN mandatory by 2010???

    tirzo13 replied to NursePamela's topic in California Nursing

    Not going to happen. where would they get the nurses? we are way short of nurses as it is. most nurses are well past 40, and will retire, we have no one to take their place, so in 10 years, the...

  16. 100K in California

    tirzo13 replied to tirzo13's topic in Nursing Career

    well that may be true, but i will have the same risk at 100K next year, as i do at 50K this year. its the same prison i work at now. actually the risk will be less for me in january. as a LVN we have...

  17. Corrections Vs. Psych Institution for the Criminally Insane

    tirzo13 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    Both are dangerous. at a Psyc hospital, they "patient" may not know why he is beating or raping you. at a prison, maybe you did not give him his narcotic because he was at visiting and its 2 hours...

  18. Thinking about getting into corrections....

    tirzo13 replied to ShortyLPN's topic in Correctional

    yeah, I have seen plenty of inmates masterbating. the comments are few, CO staff is usually pretty good here. at my prison if a IM makes comments, cat calls, grabs the croch, they will be dealt with...

  19. Correctional Nursing Salary

    tirzo13 replied to NurseNikki5's topic in Correctional

    I work in a California state prison. we will be making 100K/year next year. great money, great benifits. in prison an inmate will notice your hair is different, when your man doesn't. an inmate will...

  20. Safety of Nurses in Atascadero Mental Hospital

    tirzo13 replied to meyo's topic in Correctional

    I did my preceptorship at ASH/atascadero state hospital. it is a safe place in general, but there is assaults. actually i work at a prison now, and it is 100 times safer. at the prison you have many...

  21. Thinking about getting into corrections....

    tirzo13 replied to ShortyLPN's topic in Correctional

    you must learn to become detached from the emotions of this job. they are criminals, never forget it. they will do what ever they can to get ahead in the prison. they will sweet talk you, to see if...

  22. Why Correctional Nursing

    tirzo13 replied to kellyo's topic in Correctional

    Its the money. RN's at california prisons will be making 100k/year next year. I don't feel warm and fuzzy here. they are professional criminals, they have a reason they are here. once they get out, if...

  23. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    tirzo13 replied to mixyplixy's topic in Correctional

    Not worked for those. i worked for Donovan in san diego, and i have been at salinas valley for about a year. donovan was bad. SVSP is good, more teamwork, less backstabbing. feel safer too, even...

  24. Stay with good paying job, or go with LVN program??? NEED ADVICE.....

    tirzo13 replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in LPN to RN

    I'd check out college of san mateo and chabot, i got offers from them on the first try. I instead went to allan hancock which is in central california. anyway, since you are working at Stanford, you...

  25. 30 unit option very tempting...

    tirzo13 replied to missnursiepooh's topic in LPN to RN

    I also heard that BSN schools will not take you if you are a 30 unit option? anyway, it should not take you 18-24 months. if you are a LVN, my school was only 2 more semesters, course we all had our...