adam90803
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awesome. thanks.
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hell yeah.
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JailRN - Hm. Interesting. Haven't had public health rotation yet. Maybe we'll have such an opportunity at my Cal State school. Sheri257 - Thanks for the extra information. Very interesting. I guess I'll just be patient, cross my fingers and hope for the best...get some ER experience, etc., and hope I can get hired some day in corrections.
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Hi, Sheri257 - I have a year left in nursing school. I have been interested in correctional nursing for years now, ever since I worked for a little bit (maybe six months, years ago) in a county jail and talked with some of the RNs there. So now, I'm finally in a BSN program and a year out from finishing. I wanted to ask you about your path to correctional nursing, if you don't mind. You mentioned taking a low-paying job at a private prison (I think that's what you said?) to have corrections experience, is that right? Was this a health care job, or specifically an RN job even...or non-health care? I would do any job in a private prison if I thought it would seriously aid me in my goal of working in a state prison. Of course, being a new grad, there's that as well. I don't know how much that would go against me...or if I should just plan on taking the test (that online test...you have to have a license to even take it, right?) as soon as I'm licensed, but plan on doing med-surg or something until I get an interview? Thanks for your time and your help on all this. It's been great reading your posts (all of you). So grateful to have the information. Adam
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I'll soon be a nursing student...few more months. Have to say this: the way people (the nurses on here) react to this poster makes me really sad. So much of this "higher calling," "not about the money," mob mentality type stuff. I'm 30, changing careers, and not looking forward to dealing with preachy, angry, easily-offended collegues. There's no hate in this message. Just sadness. Reading these forums, I continually come across this strange atmosphere of "we're proud, don't tread on us..don't you dare offend us or we'll unleash hell against you...blah blah blah" type attitude.