NiceArthur32

::sigh:: the benefits of being male...

The all male facility had a mini "acute care" type of hospital setting with beds and rooms for the inmates. There was one nurse in charge of all the wound care for the day (dressing changes etc.), and the other nurses would do a brief focused assessment on their patients and give meds then chart it all. It seemed to be very relaxed and nothing like being on a med surg floor. The other jail nursing setting did not have beds and consisted of a team which belonged to a mini-clinic on each floor. The team had a nurse who saw patients and referred them to the Dr accordingly. The other nurses were "med" nurses who administered routine medications from their cart to patients. The med nurse took their pill cart into the jail unit and the inmates would line up in alphabetical order and receive their medication. Both these jail setting also have nurses who see inmates upon admission to the jail. They ask the new inmate questions regarding their health, and take vital signs. The jail system seemed like a very relaxed place to work.

I did Two rotations in different Facilities. One was an all male county jail and the other was an all female county facility. While some pts were a little intimidating the custody seemed to have everything under control. The nurses at these places LOVE their jobs! I would definitely consider the jail system in the future. Good Luck!

thanks for the advice... next week is my "go out and get a job" week... so a suit? i was thinking a shirt and slacks, maybe i should do the suit thing after all...

Hello everyone, I originally posted this in the "men only" part of the forum. I should have posted this here to begin with. I just recently graduated from an ADN program and I just received my Interim Permit. Now here's my dilemma, I postponed my first semester from my ADN to BSN program in order to be able to complete a New Grad ER training program from one of the two hospitals I hoped to work for. However, I am beginning to notice that I may not be able to get into any of these programs because I may have missed their application deadline. I've contacted their ER recruiters and have left messages and due to the long weekend (I'm assuming) they have not yet responded. Now I'm left to look for other hospitals with New Grad Training programs and I can't seem to find that information over the internet. I've called recruiters from other hospitals and a couple of them have danced around the question and just asked me to schedule a meeting with them. I guess I just don't know what to do anymore, I'm a little lost... Can someone please help me out??? oh, i forgot to add that I'm in the Southern Los Angeles Area.

last time i saw a guy with that on, was when i played monopoly... lol... just kidding...