texascowgirl

texascowgirl

ER, PACU, CORRECTIONAL HEALTH, FLIGHT

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About texascowgirl

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


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  1. malpractice ins

    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 target? (that is, if you have no assets). when i work...
  2. Housekeepers?

    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 the PACU. they have to wait until they are out of P...
  3. What do you like about being 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 thinking skills, which are honed once you actually go to...
  4. Tired of corrections...

    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 in ER. then a short stint working a VERY busy civi...
  5. PACU-ISMS...what are some of yall's?

    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 say! met criteria for dc from phase I: "i'm ready t...
  6. 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 ramen.
  7. 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 i have seen it on the grocery shelf ha ha! who el...
  8. Prison Nursing

    do you work a TDCJ unit or a privatized prison here in TX?
  9. 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, sometimes, that are not familiar to me, though i can f...
  10. 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 jail. disp-disposition? or maybe disciplinary? inc...
  11. ODR-officers dining room UOF-use of force DR-disciplinary report
  12. does prison nursing affect your home life?

    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 the worst of humanity)...and i probably took it o...
  13. Thinking about working in a women's prison?

    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 males.
  14. Corrections on TV

    which state do you work in?
  15. Corrections on TV

    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 tv)