Carebear06

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1. New Grad, Offered Position in clinic at Correctional Institute. Take it???

   Carebear06 replied to Carebear06's topic in Correctional

   ED is my first choice, but that door has been closed for now... This is the first thing to come my way in 2 months of job hunting. It has been really difficult. So I can't just wait around for an ED job, as a new grad it's hard to get into. My first ...

2. New Grad, Offered Position in clinic at Correctional Institute. Take it???

   Carebear06 replied to Carebear06's topic in Correctional

   :uhoh21: I've been reading through the different topics/posts here much of tonight trying to figure out what my job might turn out to be like. Now I am not so sure. I am having mixed and uneasy feelings. But the pay is good, I'm not a 'typical' new ...

3. correction nurses pay scale??

   Carebear06 replied to sphz9471's topic in Correctional

   I am a new grad, I just took a job as a RN at a Correctional Institute in WI through a staffing agency and am starting at $23/hr with a review in 90 days where they said I'd most likely get a raise. (I hope that's true). Is this a good starting rate?...

4. Correctional Nursing Salary

   Carebear06 replied to NurseNikki5's topic in Correctional

   Yeah, I don't think that it has been proven that HIV can be spread through saliva...only blood or fluids containing blood getting into the bloodstream/mucous membranes. Not that I would want to be spit on anyway... does that really happen often? All ...

5. New Grad, Offered Position in clinic at Correctional Institute. Take it???

   Carebear06 replied to Carebear06's topic in Correctional

   I did take the job. I am waiting to hear from the person who will be my boss for more specific information like on orientation... going over there to see where I'll be working etc. I'm excited but nervous at the same time, more nervous than I was whe...

6. New Grad, Offered Position in clinic at Correctional Institute. Take it???

   Carebear06 posted a topic in Correctional

   Hello! I am a newly graduated nurse as of may. I have had an interesting few months since then, some ED experience etc. Friday I was offered a position to work as the clinic nurse at a correctional institute nearby--through a staffing network. I have...