angiern2000

JailRN- sorry it took me so long to reply, but just wanted to say thanks for the support. I will let you all know how it goes- I hope it's for me. I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate having this site for support. I am a home body, so I don't really meet alot of people outside of work for a good support system. Hopefully talk to you soon with good news!!

Thanks So Much Again- I Am So Glad That I Found This Site- I Think It'll Really Help Me Get Through The Unknown. Hopefully In The Near Future, I'll Be Writing To New Nurses, And Helping Them Get Through- Just Like You All.

Thank you both so much for your reply to my question, I will be working at a women's prison that holds about 1100 women. I have no idea what area of the healthcare unit I will be in, but based on a few discussions with some nurses, and the walk through to show me the facility before I went in for my interview, it sounds like I will be everywhere. Thank you for being positive, I have read alot of threads that were positive, and then I read a really negative one last night about correctional nurses and it scared me to death. Thank you again- I hope I am as happy in it as you are. It sounds like OB and psych are the main components in this job, which I love both, but having very limited experience in delivering babies, other than having my three and going through clinicals, this really scares me. I can only hope that the training is good. Thanks again!!

Hello fellow nurses, I am in desperate need of some information, a pep talk, or both. I have worked the past six years as an RN in pediatric home health, community health, and med surg( PT/registry). After working 3 years PT in med surg, I left feeling insecure about my nursing abilities. I have never been so unhappy in a job- it burned me out fast. I left nursing for the past year and a half to help my husband with his business, and to stay at home with my 3 children. My question is this- 1. Can someone tell me how corrections compares to med surg. I am so afraid that I am getting back into that setting and not even knowing it. 2. With me being out for 1 1/2 years, will I drown due to not being up to date with my nursing skills ( kindof rusty). I was very confident with my other nursing jobs, and now med surg has left me scarred regarding my abilities. Nothing major has ever happened, but I want to make sure that I'm not going back to med surg in a different form. Thank you in advance for reading, and I look forward to some insightful info!