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  1. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    Does anybody who has already gotten CIC know if EPI 101 is enough to take the CBIC exam, or do you need EPI 102 and 201 (or whatever they are) as well? I'm hoping EPI 101 is enough, along with other...

  2. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    great! count me in. thanks for getting this started, chey!

  3. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    Excellent! Thanks. Yes I am a member of APIC.

  4. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    You will probably know more than I do after taking the EPI course! Ha. Good luck! As I mentioned in a previous post, I believe you get more bang for your buck with the local APIC orgs, though you...

  5. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    hi chey, can you post a link to this? i am not familiar with this course. and, as far as i know, you can retake the exam, though i have not taken it. thanks,

  6. Is it hard to get a RN job in the hospital after being a corrections nurse?

    Opera26 replied to Kitten403's topic in Correctional

    What's true? The skills, or not being able to work in a hospital?

  7. Is it hard to get a RN job in the hospital after being a corrections nurse?

    Opera26 replied to Kitten403's topic in Correctional

    There is some prejudice against nurses who work in corrections, though. When I was working on my BSN, one of my online classmates made it very plain she did not want anything to do with me because I...

  8. Is it hard to get a RN job in the hospital after being a corrections nurse?

    Opera26 replied to Kitten403's topic in Correctional

    Hi Kitten, Many of the nurses at the prison where I work also work at the local hospital. Oh, and they do not hire new grads who have no experience where I work. Your corrections departments must be...

  9. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    hi jenn, i have been studying off and on for the past 6 months. last month i bought the online practice exam. that made me realize how hard the test really is! i am not even half way through the exam...

  10. CIC Certification

    Opera26 replied to bsrn0523's topic in Infectious Disease

    hi jenn, i want to take the exam too, but have not set a date. there is so much to learn! do you go to the local apic meetings? there may be review classes available at a local hospital. you wrote...

  11. Infection control guidelines or book?

    Opera26 replied to regnurse1995's topic in Infectious Disease

    great info. thanks laura!

  12. Infectious Disease vs Infection Control Nurse

    Opera26 replied to bicleu's topic in Infectious Disease

    Unless I missed it, this is the only topic with the word "infect . . . " in it. I was looking for an "Infection Control Nursing" topic to browse here. Maybe the moderators could make an Infection...

  13. Passing KOP's

    Opera26 replied to jschut's topic in Correctional

    That sounds nuts to me. When I read your post, I thought, "what"? Let the IMs come for their meds. I don't get whatever it is they (whoever's idea this was) are thinking. Change the time the pharm...

  14. interview at SLO (CA) men's colony prison... need ADVICE

    Opera26 replied to mt_nurse's topic in Correctional

    Hi Mt, Many nurses have never worked in a prison before, so don't let your lack of knowledge of prison routine bother you. All of us were new to the system once. Try to say, "I chart everything I do"...

  15. What Are We? Chopped Liver? Why Aren't We "Officers?"

    Opera26 posted a topic in Correctional

    Hi All, My nursing job at the prison now has me surrounded by Corrections Officers, as opposed to other nursing/medical staff. I feel like an animal on exhibit at the zoo! Even the lowest ranking COs...

  16. What Are We? Chopped Liver? Why Aren't We "Officers?"

    Opera26 replied to Opera26's topic in Correctional

    Hi Travduck, Thanks for your response. I agree that it will all work out in time. I was thinking that maybe if I was an officer (like the type who wears gold bars, like a Leutenant, not like a CO),...

  17. What Are We? Chopped Liver? Why Aren't We "Officers?"

    Opera26 replied to Opera26's topic in Correctional

    Good points, Bub. There must be a reason why nurses are not the equivalent of commissioned officers in prisons. I definetly do not want to be a CO. I agree it will work out in time. Thanks,

  18. What Are We? Chopped Liver? Why Aren't We "Officers?"

    Opera26 replied to Opera26's topic in Correctional

    thanks for the replies. if i were in the military, i would be a lieutenant, at minimum, i would guess. but you're right, rank does not guarantee respect. a higher ranking might imply knowledge and...

  19. Privatized Prisons

    Opera26 replied to texascowgirl's topic in Correctional

    I don't know what's better, since I haven't been in corrections nursing that long. But working for the state Doc must be better, because my state let the DON and administrator switch to the state from...

  20. Had something interest happen this past weekend

    Opera26 replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    I've been in corrections for a few months. Those stories sound exactly like the stuff that goes on where I work, too. Being second-guessed and controlled by non medical people is something you really...

  21. CIC certification- practice requirement

    Opera26 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Infectious Disease

    I just joined this web site and saw your post. So, what happened? Are you the IC nurse

  22. Why the middle-man? Quit keeping my pay!

    Opera26 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi, Help me understand this: my state uses a staffing company for staffing nurses at some of it's prisons, yet some nurses in the state prison system are state employees. Are state benefits better? (I...

  23. Why the middle-man? Quit keeping my pay!

    Opera26 replied to Opera26's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ksilty, Thanks for your reply. They let the supervisors work for the state now, instead of the contract company. Happened within the month. So, "that boat left without us," so to speak. Also, from...