texascowgirl

texascowgirl

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  1. Privatized Prisons

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Correctional

    I have worked State facilities and privatized prisons/jails. I am curious about which privatized prison corporations yall have worked at, and your opinion. I worked for WCC (Wackenhut Corrections...

  2. Native American Reservation nursing

    texascowgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was going to take a travel job working in Shiprock NM in Navajo Nation in the ED.....but i cancelled out...always wondered what it would have been like. I think it would be a very interesting...

  3. what the HECK is PBDS?

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Travel

    i have seen it mentioned a few times. i have been an RN for 14 years and have NO CLUE! i am not a traveler so maybe it is a travel

  4. Male vs Female Prisons

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Correctional

    I have never worked in a female prison, nor ever care to. I have heard too many horror stories about how bad they are compared to male prisons. So.........everyone, do you work in a female or male...

  5. 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...

  6. Traveling With Dogs

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Travel

    My dogs are now used to apartment living (having lived for past 4 months in an apt)....so just want to hear from yall who travel with your dogs-what are your experiences with housing and the travel to...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. What state are yall in and do yall work state or privatized prisons?

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Correctional

    I am in Texas, former prison nurse (currently working ER) but going back into corrections.........this time state, not privatized

  12. 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

  13. 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...

  14. Prison Nursing

    texascowgirl replied to sidney82's topic in Correctional

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

  15. 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,...

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. 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...

  19. 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

  20. Corrections on TV

    texascowgirl posted a topic in Correctional

    anyone else avid watchers of Inside America's Jails? and

  21. Corrections on TV

    texascowgirl replied to texascowgirl's topic in Correctional

    which state do you work

  22. 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

  23. Any nurses here date the officers?

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

    you obviously have been in corrections for a long time! what you say is right on target. of course, there is the exceptional good relationship that might come out of dating an officer, but overall,...

  24. MA Correctional Nursing

    texascowgirl replied to dansegypsy's topic in Correctional

    appalled to hear this. in Texas, we truly live by the slogan "DONT MESS WITH TEXAS"....i have worked in Texas as a head nurse of a prison and in other detention facilities and i assure you, inmates...

  25. Inmates and lawsuits!

    texascowgirl replied to docpsychrn42's topic in Correctional

    i have always felt that correctional health was the lowest litigation threat of all specialties. my standard answer to the few inmates who would make threats to me, would be "well, i hope your lawyer...