I know all of you are feeling the staffing shortage as much as I am.
I was just wondering what other correctional facilities are doing when medical staff are not staying and staffing is at...
CCHP-RN replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing
As "corporate management" (and RN) for the company I work for, I want all of you to know, some of us do care GREATLY.
We are at a loss at how to operate units with no staff. We have tried...
CCHP-RN replied to fawnmarie's topic in Correctional
I haven't worked as an employee for ICE. However, the company I work for provides healthcare in 5 private facilities solely housing ICE detainees.
It's somewhat different in the way ICE...
I'm sure there are programs such as that. Of course, as with everything else, it cost's money. Typically, if my nurses are working 12 hour shifts, I work them 36 hrs one week, 48 hrs the next, with...
CCHP-RN replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in General Nursing
While the last 2 years have definitely added to the "regular nursing shortage", I've been told since 1988, at 18 years old starting nursing school, there was a major nursing shortage.
At that...
I would quit the hospital again in a heart beat. I work as a director now in correctional healthcare. Lots of room for advancement, locations everywhere if you know where to look, many different...
I did the same. NA to NT while in nursing school, then 5 years as a RN, a total of 8 years at the same hospital. At age 27, they would not promote me beyond charge nurse due to not having admin...