SLICKRN78

Hey...don't give it a second thot!!....in 20 yrs of nursing I have held more than 23 positions... forget the people who say "don't job hop" ...your committment is to your patients...giving a fourteen day notice is what's appropriate and then it falls in the lap of managers...I agree with the other writers who state that recruitment incentives just aren't enough to hold good employees...walking off a job is irresponsible and just plain evil...but a nurse who walks off a job has usually become so overwhelmed and fed up that they crack... and your next interview will not go well when you try to explain...you can' take care of people if your own stress level is too high to function... I too have driven more than 70 miles one way to take care of a patient... I stayed with it for 2 yrs...but that's because I loved the work ... and PS... the reason I had 23 in 20 yrs... is that most of them were travel assignments!!!...do it!...it's the best, and your Nursing will become the ultimate treasure...Slick

HI!...howz your day? how far are you from graduating? corrections is a good field..but it's something you need to have a little bit of exposure to before you take a job....at least that's what I think...when I was in school..I wanted nothing to do with psych/jail as all i had seen was from One flew over the cuckoos nest (movie)..pretty realistic...i've been there to visit...but when i did my rotation in school i absolutely loved it!...decided then that it was for me..went on to get my cert in psych/mental health...i've worked everywhere ...a good place to get some experience is travel nursing... tough assignments but mass education.....but first,,, going out on the floor is something everyone needs... so many think that "jail" is just "lock'em up and push pills'...to the contrary... if you are there alone, you usually "are" the medical staff..many negligence suits are filed against nurses in the jails because they aren't prepared in their minds for whatever may come...i';ve been at it for 20 yrs..never ceases to surprise me!...write me back if you want some stories...see ya.......SLICK