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  1. Looks a hinderance to being hired?

    VegRN replied to newtress's topic in Correctional

    No, we're not all hags...:) If you are hot, I don't think that would be a factor in the hiring decision. Maybe I am wrong but, I imagine the nursing shortage is worse in corrections being that many...

  2. attention tall nurses!

    VegRN replied to mjbsn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I am tall 5'11" and slim, I wear cherokee brand tall size (I wear the flares). I believe they are at least 34 1/2 inches long, the longest ones I have seen in my short career. They are sized big...

  3. Rules for Med-Surge

    VegRN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How about... 1. If you start having chest pain/flank pain/(insert)severe pain of any kind please do NOT lay there for 2 hours and then decide to tell me when I stop by to see how you are doing....

  4. Difficulty with a CNA

    VegRN replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh god, I too have been "blessed" with difficult CNA's. I agree with the poster that said, when I was an NA, "I wouldn't dream of talking smart to our team leader". I also wouldn't have dared...

  5. Advice needed, take the leap into corrections??

    VegRN replied to thegreenmile's topic in Correctional

    homicidalnurse, I loved your "varied group of personalities" listed in your post. It was soooo funny! And yet I can pair up those personalities with several of my coworkers:) and the observation of...

  6. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    VegRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to go against what the majority of the posters are saying. I agree with "better to medicate a few addicts than not medicate a true sufferer". However, when a patients walking around,...

  7. Will I fit in with the other nurses?

    VegRN replied to fascinoma's topic in General Nursing

    Some people would classify me as a geek, so I can understand your concerns, however....your future job will end up being what you make of it. That being said, be careful about being too full of...

  8. Metabolic Encephalopathy / psychogenic polydipsia

    VegRN replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    We had an inmate once who had psychogenic polydipsia. He was a brain injured from a car accident and had major problems regulating his emotions. Would go from being nice to anger to crying like a...

  9. Summons to Seasoned Correctional RN's.

    VegRN replied to thegreenmile's topic in Correctional

    Hi there, I have experience in both med surg and now work in corrections and I would take corrections most days. Pros for corrections -Inmates are generally more independent, the proportion that is...

  10. Adoption option?

    VegRN replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do not work in L&D but, this is my 2 cents worth. It doesn't seem that adoption is promoted as a selfless positive thing. I think some people see adoption as a failure on themselves as in they...

  11. How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    VegRN replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSN and I definitely think it improved my clinical practice. The extra education in the way of critical thinking, research, management and problem solving was well worth

  12. Susanville, CA prison question?

    VegRN replied to surgnurse26's topic in Correctional

    OMG, I work in the midwest in a hospital prison unit and I make about 5,000 /mo before taxes for 36 hours/wk which is nothing compared to what you guys are talking about. I am so jealous of your pay!...

  13. Mystery illnesses

    VegRN replied to Lpark27's topic in Correctional

    I agree with the other posters that said you must go through the motions and get it worked up and document the heck out of it. Better to go through the motions for a bunch of fakers than ignore an...

  14. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

    VegRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    Ok so I understand he had wounds that needed to cleaned and that is why he wasn't in restraints but.. He threatened the nurse 2 hours prior to this and has a history of violence to staff and...

  15. Too Cute!

    VegRN replied to Coloradogrl's topic in Correctional

    Honestly, I think it has way less to do with how you look and much much more with how you carry yourself (confidence!), how you take control of the situation, speak to and react to inmates. Initially...

  16. help! My g/f stuck herself...

    VegRN replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

    There is NO recommended post exposure treatment for Hep C. See the CDC link below for recs on Hep B and HIV.

  17. Never understood nursing

    VegRN replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear that you have had bad experiences in working with Nurses. Nurse to patient ratios, bad pay, lack of respect all may very well have contributed to the actions of the nurses that you...

  18. 7000 fatal med errors last year-where are theses nurses?

    VegRN replied to supportneeded's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Julie, The med error that you are talking about, "went to hang pcn but it was another drug", sounds like what happened at one of the other hospitals in my town. Let me tell you, we have talked...

  19. Managing Perceptions (male nurse/student in OB)

    VegRN replied to Works2xs's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard other male nurses and students complain about not being able to witness the actual birth. However, L&D patients are always female and the birth involves a significant amount of focus...

  20. Why Correctional Nursing

    VegRN replied to kellyo's topic in Correctional

    Like it seems to be, I didn't pick correctional nursing, it picked me. After graduation in May of 04, I got a job on a general med surg floor in a teaching hospital. A few months later, our small unit...

  21. Almost fired today

    VegRN replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read the whole thread so maybe this has already been covered. I wanted to put my two cents worth in being that I am a new grad, 2 years out. Are the nurses working on your unit supportive? I...