NurseBean73

Thanks! I appreciate your feedback greatly! I'm taking the exam in 4 weeks and don't want to waste my time if it's not worth it. I would much rather spend it on things that others have had success with. I also have access to the Kaplan qbank so I'll probably just stick with that and the books. I'm guessing you've already taken the NCLEX? When and what did you think?? I'm starting to get reeeeeeaaaaaally anxious.

Has anyone done the Saunders online review course? On the recommendation of a previous student that look the NCLEX 3 times and passed on the third, I bought it and just took the diagnostic PreTest. Didn't do very well to say the least. Hope that's not a glimpse of what's to come. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has used it and if so how it worked out....or didn't. Thanks!

Sounds like you've really found your niche! I can definately understand how it would be very rewarding. The facility I'll be working in is all male.

Thank you! I see that you are new at HH/Hospice. I am also very interested in hospice nursing and have considered volunteering or even working part time with hospice if my schedule allows. My family has benefited greatly from their services and I want to give others the same confort during their time of need. How do you feel about it so far? I know it would be hard for me to overcome the feelings I would no doubt have in the beginning but I think my past experiences with being on the family side of someone receiving hospice would be an asset.

Hi Sonya! Thank you! I am very excited about my future in corrections nursing and love what you said about honing our assessment skills. One of the main things my classmates were saying was how I would lose my skills but it would make sense that my assessment skills would actually become stronger. And autonomy would absolutley be a must! I knew when I went into nursing that I wouldn't be the cookie cutter nurse that most people think of. Not that the cookie cutter nurse is bad, it just isn't me. Thank goodness there are people with different strengths and interests to fill the diverse positions in nursing! I was so excited to stumble upon this forum to converse with others that have the same career interest as me!

I just graduated in June and am starting next Monday at a correctional facility as an LPN until I pass by RN boards. All my former classmates are going to work in hospitals and looked at me funny and gave me a bad time when I said I was going to work in corrections. I feel like they think it's the best I could get or something. I am very proud of going to work for the state. The pay and benefits are great and truth be told I am NOT a floor nurse (I've heard that new grads should do at least a year on the floor but I'll take my chances). I am 34 years old and think corrections nursing will be a good fit for me. I was just wondering if anyone else ever got the feeling that other nurses feel like correction nursing isn't "real" nursing. Not that I should care....just wondering how you dealt with it.

I am so excited to see a forum for correctional nursing here! I was just hired at a correction center (I am a new grad) and all my former classmates are only interested in working in hospitals. It's going to be very interesting due to the fact that my fiance is a sargeant at the same facility. I've heard a lot about the discipline side of the job but I am going to be there as a nurse and I've made it very clear that my viewpoint will be very different than his. Anyway, great job on standing your ground and not being intimidated just because it was "shift change" and they didn't want to do anything! Maybe they'll respect your judgements from now on! :wink2: