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    Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to sirI's topic in Correctional

    Why don't you start at a facility where you live, so you don't have to relocate. The job isn't for everyone. I have interviewed many people who got so freaked out by the environment that they never...
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    Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to sirI's topic in Correctional

    Go here and click on Registered Nurse 1/SG-18 . This is the online application. https://doccs.ny.gov/employment/nursing Here is a map of NYS facilities; find one nearest your location:...
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    Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

    riverotter replied to CShel's topic in General Students

    I'm a Nurse Administrator in the NYS prison system. I loved being a staff nurse, and became a NA to make the world a better place. After 5 years of the stress, I went back to being a staff nurse. I...
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    Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to sirI's topic in Correctional

    I did it once for kicks.... but they want you to restest every year. Forget that! I learned a lot studying for it, but no need to give them my money every
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    Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to sirI's topic in Correctional

    Wow, QuePasa, Great description though. PPFD- it's a lot more hands on for nurses in NYS, I think. I highly recommend Correctional nursing . I am also a Nurse Administrator now. Any new grad...
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    Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to sirI's topic in Correctional

    We're so desperate in NY that we take new grads and give them one year of good orientation. The pay is not the best but it's OK. I'll soon have my 20 in and retire with a pension. That is priceless....
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    RN's required to be sitters???

    riverotter replied to anneRN96's topic in General Nursing

    My mom was an RN who used to work for an agency where she would get 1:1 jobs (I forget what they're called now). She got paid well to sit with an ill person all night in case something happened;...
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    From ED to Correctional Nursing

    riverotter replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I would also like to recommend Correctional Nursing. I've worked in Corrections for 15+ yrs as both a staff RN and a Nurse Administrator, at both a medium and a max in NYS. There is a LOT of autonomy!...
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    Fired and Embarrassed

    riverotter replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    You can get a job with an agency if you don't get hired somewhere right away so there's no gap in employment. Maybe even through the agency you will find something that you like- you can try a variety...
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    Tired of jumping jobs, does anyone like her job?

    riverotter replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Corrections. I LOVE IT. Best job I ever had in my life. Most of the time it's low-key, but when things happen, they are ALWAYS interesting! Just have to have good assessment skills and some...
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    Your FAVORITE job

    riverotter replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I love correctional nursing. I have been doing it since 2003. It is a unique field with its own challenges and issues. And most of the time things are pretty low-key. But when things DO happen, they...
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    Lantus vs other insulins

    riverotter posted a topic in Patient Medications

    In the prison where I work, inmates are required to have their own bottles of Lantus (nurses still keep and administer it), but we use stock bottles for regular, 70/30, N, etc. I asked why and was...
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    Lantus vs other insulins

    riverotter replied to riverotter's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you, because I asked one (the only) diabetic I know (that I know of) and she said that she gets regular with a doctor's prescription. Maybe that's just so insurance will cover it, then. Thank...
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    How do I address the cover letter if I don't know who the hiring manager is?

    riverotter replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    and don't do what we once got: "To Who or
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    I want to make a difference - Is Indian Health Services the answer?

    riverotter replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have thought about what it might be like many times, though I own my home and am working toward a state pension, so I would not leave my job. I look forward to reading about people's experience in...
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    Why I Am Grateful To Be Working On Thanksgiving Day

    riverotter replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    I love working the holidays and always try to. I never married or had kids, so I'm happy for them to have their family time. I get overtime, it's always slower, and there's this special magical...
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    Age Discrimination in Nursing

    riverotter replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I worked in hospitals for ten years before I went into Correctional Nursing, now I'm a Nurse administrator running the medical unit in my facility. I'm 55 and I have this recurring dream that I (for...
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    Where are all the nurses?

    riverotter replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a nurse administrator in NY and I just hired... I could hire two nurses and there were SO MANY applications. My heart went out to the nurses that had been laid off months ago and are unable to...
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    Salary vs per hour for floor nurses

    riverotter replied to embradsmom's topic in Nursing Career

    I refused a promotion into a salaried position. I saw the previous DON get called at home, have to stay late for emergencies, and have the weight of the whole facility on her shoulders. No
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    To List a Master's or Not To List? That Is The Question

    riverotter replied to RNtobeinSoCal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I definitely would list my clinicals in my resume, I did that as well. @ noahsmama: I have had the same experience listing my highest degree as PhD but not all that often. When I'm comfortable at a...
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    To List a Master's or Not To List? That Is The Question

    riverotter replied to RNtobeinSoCal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have a PhD in Literature and not wanting to be a professor after all, went to a two year nursing school. I have it on my resume, because I feel it is misleading not to mention it. It's not stressed...
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    What do you do to destress?

    riverotter replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    One word:
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    I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    riverotter replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I got a PhD in Comparative Literature, the most useless degree in the world! And now I work in a maximum security prison. What a life! I'm happy, though, and I LOVE my job, really! Every patient has a...