WYDiceDancer

I,too, work for Corizon in Wyoming and part of the delay from the state. In addition to checking your background for Corizon, you also have to pass a state background check for security clearance. Some state agencies are not as efficiant as we would like them to be . You may actually get more information by contacting the site's Health Services Administrator (HSA) to get more information regarding the progress of your application. Hope this helps, we always need more correctional nurses.

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How nice for you that this works. Unfortunatly, most of the patients that came into my hospital (before I went back to corrections) were full of entitlement. There is nothing like worrying about "customer service" when the "customers" are drunks and drug addicts. Nothing in their world is right, and they do their best to make the rest of humanity around them miserable, cause you know, their problems are SOCIETY'S fault. :angryfire Let me rant, doing so in a safe environment such as this is what keep me from working at Mini-Mart.

Love those "concerned" family members. The best part of correctional nursing is no call lights and ALMOST no families!!! "Calling the Governor" is my favorite, like the Governor would do anything.

You worry to much. I worked in primarily LTC/AL for better than 10 years when I went back to the hospital via an agency and they usually asked for me over several other RN's. Since you are in school, you will be refining your skills, not letting them "rust" so go forth and get that ol' RN and be proud that you did. BTW, don't let work be your priority or else you could be doing the whole thing over. It's easier to pay off one set of student loans than it is 2 (or 3 like me).

Hey, congrats on finding it in you to go back for that old "RN" after so many years. I was an LPN for 16 years when I took the NCLEX for the second time (first time was paper and pencil so the whole computer thing kinda freaked me out). I went to Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, WY and couldn't have been more pleased with the whole experience. I don't know what your LPN year was like, mine was nothing but a nightmare. The "second year" was SO MUCH BETTER!!!! Most of the instructors treated me like a equal or a co-worker, not like an "idiot student". Last time I heard, they have 4 classes going, so you can usually get in within 6 months or so. Check them out, I can't say enough good things about that program. http://www.lccc.cc.wy.us/

hey, canuckstudent, this thread is for ranting and venting so we don't say these things to docs and disrepect them to their faces. without places like this, the nursing profession would soon be refered to like the post office, as in "going postal". let the rants continue, i'm loving every one of them.

about nursing school? the only thing that most of the instuctors want to hear is "yes ma'am, no ma'am, i don't know ma'am and i'd love to learn that from you ma'am". if you find a really good, caring instructor, take them for ever course that you can and let them know how much you appreciate them. about nclex? don't cram the night before. if you didn't learn it in the last 1/2/4 years, one more night isn't going to help. a good nights sleep will serve you much better. about getting that first job? you won't stay long. and don't beat yourself up if you discover that you don't like your "chosen specialty". you may love kids, but not everyone is cut out to take care of sick kids. about knowing when to "move on"? when you plan every waking minute how to tell your boss to go to hell, better start looking for a change. about time management? get your "boring" thing done early in the shift, you never know what will come down the pike 15 minutes before shift change. about medication administration? everyone makes med errors, just own up to yours and learn from it. about iv therapy? can't get in that peripheral line? ask for help, don't keep digging and making your patient miserable. about patient assessment? do it the same way every time and you won't forget anything, and start with the feet because they are the least seen item and usually "missed" by others. about critical thinking? remember all those care plans? they were not just an exercise in frustration. about work-life balance? everyone needs a certain amount of "couch time", you are not the only one that can pick up the extra shifts. about stress relief? get a dog, walk that dog, love that dog, stress reduction without medication. about safety? you only have one back, and if you lose that, you can't pay your bills. about documentation? if it's worth reporting on, it's worth documenting. about knowing your limits? we all have them, it's not a character fault. about doctors? most are good, few are bad, all have a bigger ego. about self care? refer to "stress relief", i haven't had more than a headcold in years because of that one. about conflict resolution? good question, let me know when you figure out how to make everyone happy all the time. about management? working nights and weekends has it's perks. about "customer" service? press-ganey scores are (fill in your own 4 letter word here). about ancillary support? they can make or break you shift. make sure the cna's love you or you will be most unhappy. about patients? "house" is right, everybody lies. part of your job is to sift through their bs so they can receive appropriate care. about families? most need to be sent to their rooms without their supper. about the b.o.n.? do what you can to avoid them. about getting involved in nurse forward organizations? do it if you want, but i don't see any advantage to it. about anything that you would like to have known!!!! just because the coffee is free doesn't mean it's worth drinking. keep a "no refridgeration needed" lunch in your locker, you never know if your food will be left alone in the fridge. keep up on your ceu's, it's no fun having to cram them all in the last week. even if you are "well" take a "sick" day every 3 or 4 months, mental health is at least as important as physical health.

On the same thread, I have a friend tell the administrator (when he ATTEMPTED to write her up for an imagined infraction)"You can take that and shove it up your @$$, and maybe on the way up it will lance the hemorroid that is keeping the blood from reaching your brain!" Ten years later it STILL cracks me up.

Some of the most shallow folks on this planet are the ones you find in a "church". Go ahead, flame away, but my experiences have been they shake your hand in the sanctuary and flip you off in the parking lot. I hope you will look into calling adult protective services, as these folks may have more "reasons" to scare off caregivers than meets the eye.

Remember telling the admitting nurse at the nursing home that you "don't have any standing orders"? THAT'S why you are getting the call at 0200 for Tylenol. Next time, think about it! ASK THE NURSE WHAT SHE WANTS ORDERS FOR!

SO TRUE!! Years ago I had the instructor that was handing out the diplomas tell me AS SHE WAS HANDING ME MY SHEEPSKIN "We never thought you would make it through." With that hunk of paper firmly in my hand my reply to her was "And it was no thanks to you." Still makes me laugh to this day.

Some people don't like to be in the spotlight, pure and simple. I've gone to MY graduations only because of family pressure, nothing more. When I got my LPN, pinning was during graduation, thank goodness I didn't have to go and deal with those instructors a SECOND time!! When I got my RN, I went to pinning but not to graduation. Who wants to go and sit around waiting for your name to be called when you are in your mid-40's? NOT ME!!! I did promise my family that I would walk WHEN I got my BSN, wonder how long I can procrastinate?

I've worked plenty of places that treat the CNA's like ambulatory chunks of gold and LPN's and RN's like dime a dozen pound mutts. Good luck on getting her out the door permanently. She's toxic and to much time around toxins will REALLY make you sick.

Another female here to agree with the "to much drama" aspects of both nursing school AND nursing. Just be aware, that as long as you continue to be in a human business (vs building computers or snaking drains) you will have LOTS of drama. A suggestion, Humpty, is go for the CRNA. Your lack of understanding of others proves that you will be most successful if those you are "caring" for are asleep.