texascowgirl

texascowgirl has 16 years experience and specializes in ER, PACU, CORRECTIONAL HEALTH, FLIGHT.

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1. malpractice ins

   texascowgirl replied to jailhousegranny's topic in Correctional

   i cant believe NSO is not covering correctional health anymore! wow i guess litigation rates have increased alot! would it not be better to go WITHOUT malpractice insurance, which can make you a...

2. Housekeepers?

   texascowgirl replied to beachgirl26r's topic in PACU

   OMG that's alot of volume for only 3 RN's! i work in a PACU where we have 6 RN's and 3 LVN's and 2 CNA's and our voume is anywhere from 15-25... oh and we have housekeepers. no patient bathrooms in...

3. What do you like about being PACU?

   texascowgirl replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in PACU

   no i would NOT recommend it to a new grad. i do believe that you need to have some ER or critical care background, and just some experience under your belt, because you need to develop critical...

4. Tired of corrections...

   texascowgirl replied to RocknRollYogaRn's topic in Correctional

   yep i worked corrections in Texas and Georgia-in large maximum security prisons, as head nurse. i left to go work ER-started a small rural hospital to ease into it, then went to work for the military...

5. PACU-ISMS...what are some of yall's?

   texascowgirl posted a topic in PACU

   we have our own little PACU-isms...things that we say on a daily basis, frequently, to kind of break the monotony and just simply make it FUN. here are some of my units. would love to hear what yall...

6. This aughta be fun: List the terms/slang/correctional nursing lingo for us newbies

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

   well in a grocery store, i think it is called jack mackerel...but in prison lingo it's simply jack mack. the inmates liked to mix it in their

7. This aughta be fun: List the terms/slang/correctional nursing lingo for us newbies

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

   jack mack.......a VERY common thing bought in the commissary. something i have never seen anyone buy or eat except when i have worked in the prison systems, but i know it exists outside of prison, cuz...

8. Prison Nursing

   texascowgirl replied to sidney82's topic in Correctional

   do you work a TDCJ unit or a privatized prison here in

9. This aughta be fun: List the terms/slang/correctional nursing lingo for us newbies

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

   i want to add to my last post, alot of prison terms are GEOGRAPHICAL. i heard different terms in Georgia, than i had here in Texas, in prisons. when i watch AMERICAN JAIL or LOCKUP, i hear terms,...

10. This aughta be fun: List the terms/slang/correctional nursing lingo for us newbies

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

    the hole-usually refers to ad seg (solitary confinement) bullpen-possibly a term used in some states for "tanks" drunk tank-where people who are arrested and under the influence first go, in a county...

11. This aughta be fun: List the terms/slang/correctional nursing lingo for us newbies

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

    ODR-officers dining room UOF-use of force DR-disciplinary

12. does prison nursing affect your home life?

    texascowgirl replied to sidney82's topic in Correctional

    i developed a big time potty mouth, and though i hate to admit it, i started hating men (most of my waking hours were in prison seeing men act like animals, jacking in front of me and basically seeing...

13. Thinking about working in a women's prison?

    texascowgirl replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Correctional

    i would NEVER work in a female prison. i did two weeks at a female detention center, as a contractor, and that was enough. much more difficult and more aggravating than dealing with

14. Corrections on TV

    texascowgirl replied to texascowgirl's topic in Correctional

    which state do you work

15. Corrections on TV

    texascowgirl replied to texascowgirl's topic in Correctional

    you need DVR or TiVo! then you can watch what you want, WHEN you want. i dont know how any nurse lives without it (unless ya dont watch