NottaSpringChik BSN, RN

New England; that was the best vacation ever!

My agency said, "don't friend on FB" during orientation on the topic of maintaining professional boundaries. Did receive a friend request and she is a really wonderful person but I did think it was appropriate advice from the agency and I did not ac...

Hi tr1216, I can speak from experience about going to nursing school and being a bit older. I started my prereqs at age 52 and got into the program at age 55. It all worked out perfectly because of the wait list for my program and by the time I wa...

So, I got a new case. Much better fit for me and the family is very nice. In spite of the conflict with the caregiver in my former case I really enjoyed nursing the little patient I had. I am enjoying my new charge also. I am at Level one right n...

I called the agency about the case I was on recieving verbal abuse. They said this case was a problem and I am getting a new case starting Monday. I started thinking about the way this woman was speaking to me and realized the tone, words as well a...

I am on my first PDN position. I feel sad today because of the verbal abuse I received yesterday. I have been working this case for a little over a month a few days a week. The female guardian does not know how to make any sort of suggestion in a ...

I enjoyed the "assessment center" also. I do think that part of the "assessment" is not just your skill in the return demonstration, but also your mobility. In the eval where I went we had to put the demo dummy on the floor to administer CPR. One...

Thank you so much for this article. I always enjoy hearing from you!! I am a second career nurse who realized in my last semester of nursing school that acute care just wasn't for me. It was almost impossible for new grad ADNs to get hospital jobs...

Nursing staff covers the small county jail I where I work approx 7 hrs per day x 5 days a week. The M-F AM meds are given by the nurse at the nursing cart. The PM meds and weekend medications are prepoured into small dose envelopes which are labele...

I just started in PDN. The thought of a "nanny-cam" came up for me. I wouldn't know what to look for, but I think that in these cases there might be one. I don't know if there is, but it doesn't really bother me. I understand why a parent might w...

I agree - you might like it.

I recently quit my job in county jail. I did love it and wouldn't mind returning again some day. One of the things that bothered me though was listening to negative, judgemental talk about our patients (inmates). We had a lot of autonomy and many...

I agree, it is really scary.

I think you should take it as it goes and if you don't feel confident or capable of delivering care in the environment and with the support available to you, speak up!! Maybe they just mean you will be on the med pass by yourself, or doing sick calls...

Okay, I need to vent a bit. During med pass I got a call to the POD I was in that I was wanted to come check on a maintenance worker who "isn't feeling well." This is in county jail with EMS I called the HSA to express my horror, and was then in...

Here in my area new grad ADNs are finding it almost impossible to get hospital jobs. Hospitals here are turning away from hiring ADNs even if you are actively pursuing your BSN. My daughter-in-law is an ADN with three years of Medical-Surgical exper...

I have three different pairs of shoes I wear. One is an BROOKS athletic type shoe and another is a shoe from P.W MINOR I got from a store called FOOT SOLUTIONS. I also have a pair of Sanitas. I have also worn a CROSS athletic shoe, which is a shoe ...

Okay, I was just a little crazy when I posted this. Have had a mental health day off and am now closer to ground level on that ledge. Sorry I posted the previous rant. Can't delete it I guess.

No, you are not the only one. Some of our coworkers can be very punitive. Why they want to work with a patient population they generally despice is curious. You have to speak up to say what you see as wrong and do what is right for the patient. This...

Which bring up exactly why there should not be punitive measures in place for making med errors. Each med error is an opportunity to examine the processes and circumstances that contributed to the error. How could the error have been prevented? What ...

Gosh, Reagin, do they let you sleep there? That is an insane amount of hours!

I also work in County jail of over 300 inmates. Standard administration is bid with few exceptions. exceptions are for diabetics and withdrawal protocols, some psych medications. others are case by case but in general we stick to bid. We do thorough...

Allhearts: I also had a bad experience ordering scrubs from this vendor and won't do business with again. I was sorry about this because I had previously ordered a stethoscope from them and all was well wtih that.

Unfortunately, this is the most common response to almost any nursing job. Hey, we all have to start somewhere and the hospitals just aren't hiring near as many new grads as they used to and every nursing job you look at says one or two years of expe...

Hi all, My job at two county jails is my first nursing job and I really LOVE it. Second career nurse, love being a nurse, love working in corrections. However, I would like some other job experiences for professional development. One of our nurses re...