bermuda56

The issue here is not how it was done, but the concern that the Nurse has for exposure to Hep C. I wouldn't be too concerned, the amount of blood exposure was very slight. Good that you bled your finger out to flush out any that might have gotten in. I once stuck myself with a Hep C dirty butterfly needle - and it IS freaky. Learn from it and go on with your new nursing career.

Signing my name with RN after it.

I wish I could say that I have had good experiences with CMS. After 14 months, loving my job, I AM DONE. BAD management, unprofessional and disrespectful to me as a professional.

Well said, and I agree. I work at a Max Security prison, we raise the "bar"!!

I have to agree that working in an acute care hospital setting is the best way to get your feet wet - I recommend that to ALL new nurses! I am now a correctional nurse and absolutely love it!!!! I had the opportunity to work as a temp in another prison 8 years ago, so I knew what I was getting into. It is much like being a clinical nurse (like in a doctor's office), but in a specialized field. There is ALOT of HEP C, pyschiatric issues and psych meds - also annual health exams, vaccinations and sick calls. Of course there are the emergency response calls after an altercation, pepper gas spray, and self mutilation. So far everything has been rather minor, have had a couple of inmates cutting self on arm (2 different instances). We have one nurse who has been a nurse for a while, new to corrections, who looks like a scared deer in headlights whenever she comes to work, I don't think she will last very long. I am 53, and my interaction with them has been mostly good. I had one get mad and ask me (yelling)why I forgot his meds the night before. I stood up to him and told him "because I am human and I make mistakes!! Why are you in prison??" He responded because he made a mistake!! You can't let them scare you, you have to stay consistent. I've been there for almost 3 months and love it more than I thought I would - different strokes for different folks!!!